comes from God, but the family home is the place where it grows. We will never have to fear a lack of vocation, if we have the faith and courage to implement the recitation of the family Rosary. It is
day I would see you thus, Little would I have believed, Even seeing that wild, ungodly crowd With treacherous hands outstretched to you, Their children still have the word "hosanna" on their lips And strewn
Mary If we want to resemble Mary, to be transformed from the inside out as the years go by, we must have this double movement of both momentum and passivity. "Yes, I am here," and at the same time, "I surrender [...] existence, if we say to God, "Here I am, let everything be done to me according to your word," we have to negate attitudes such as: "I like it, I don’t like it," our own judgment, desires, and worse still [...] carry out his work. God wants us to be pliable, and normally, when the Holy Spirit dwells in us, we have this flexibility in us. Flexibility is the watchword to make our hearts totally available to God’s
Lady, patroness of Bavaria (Germany) "The Rosary is like dynamite!" The rosary is my essential. I have one in my purse, one in my pocket, and one in my room... Whether I am joyful, confident, full of optimism [...] for our families and friends, and for so many other intentions, like my projects at work, anything having to do with education, reflection, evangelization; all the projects of the Church; my colleagues, [...] person... struggling couples or mothers, unborn children, sick children, nursing staff, couples who have lost a child and those who are hoping to conceive... There is never a lack of intentions! The Rosary
experienced there, you have to go there yourself to understand, I have never felt so much peace as in that place." So I went there. I had nothing to lose and I especially did not have peace: so why not try [...] matter how hard I tried, I felt emptier and emptier. I went to college parties where everyone seemed to have a good time and wore artificial smiles. These were like banquets where the food had no flavor and [...] found the answers to all my questions and even more. I could no longer doubt the existence of God. I have never felt so much peace as I did in that place. Life is beautiful and it has meaning! Adapted and
and was baptized at the age of 6 months. Since then I have remained in the Protestant faith knowing only Jesus. When I got married, I wanted to have children but it was impossible for me because of all [...] another word confirmed what the priest was telling me: I was going to have a child! I had my first daughter when I was 33. Today, I have two daughters aged 19 and 21! Thank you Virgin Mary! Yomin T. Testimonial [...] closer to receive the graces." I got down on my knees and began to talk about my worries about not having a child. While I was talking, I felt like invisible drops of water were touching my skin and, at
what he looked like (see Jas 1:23-24). In a word, those who have faith without works. On the contrary, those who give birth to Christ without having conceived him are those who do many works, even good works [...] d maternity. Today, there exists another type, which consists in giving birth to a child without having conceived it. This is the case of babies conceived in test tubes and then placed in the womb, and [...] conceive Jesus without giving him birth are those who accept the Word without practicing it; those who have one spiritual abortion after the other, making proposals to convert that are then systematically forgotten
day I would see you thus, Little would I have believed, Even seeing that wild, ungodly crowd With treacherous hands outstretched to you, Their children still have the word “hosanna” on their lips And strewn
"Servant" sent to the chosen people and to the nations. To him the Lord says, "I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations" (Is 42:6). And [...] perspective and puts the stress on the universality of Jesus' mission: "For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
memory is certainly one of the major gifts we have received from the Lord. He made us able to have impressed in our minds the most beautiful experiences that we have been living. And for me certainly, my memory [...] memory is helping me, in the sense that one of the first memories that I have, was being carried in my mother’s arms, when I was about two years old, down into a bomb shelter during the bombardment of Milan
