sword that wounded her released the streams of life that her Son poured out for us through the Holy Spirit. Let us pray to her without ceasing, without looking for beautiful words. Let us pray to her like [...] these things are only small in appearance. When offered to Mary, little things become the work of the Spirit. Mary finds joy in granting prayers even beyond our wishes. No aspect of our lives leaves her indifferent [...] we not know how to love? The Blessed Virgin takes every opportunity to perfect our docility to the Spirit of her Son: "Do whatever he tells you." Everything works for her to transform our poverty into abundance
Lady of the Annunciation (Italy, 1470) A short meditation on the Immaculate Conception It was the Holy Spirit who made the Immaculate Conception possible, and Mary in a sense took His name, a little like a [...] upon marrying him. The great mystery that made the Incarnation possible is associated with the Holy Spirit, who in the bosom of the Trinity is the Love between the Father and the Son, the Love of the Father
harm; the spirit of strength, piety, wisdom and intelligence will be given to you, and the more fervent you will be in the recitation of the sublime prayer of the Hail Mary, the more the Holy Spirit will give
commandments of the Lord and the spirit of the Beatitudes; our personal and permanent conversion; and by helping those who are deprived of spiritual and material goods in a spirit of solidarity. We want, O Queen [...] October 15 – Our Lady of France Prayer to Our Lady of France, Queen of Peace O Mary, immaculate Virgin, holy Mother of God, exalted by the Lord as the queen of the Universe to be even more fully conformed to
of the end times, in other words men and women fully penetrated by a Marian spirit, obedient to the motions of the Holy Spirit and strong as an army drawn up in battle (Sg 6:4). They will be the last crusaders
with Christ, from Nazareth, where she conceived him by the work of the Holy Spirit, to Jerusalem, where Jesus released the Spirit and recreated the world. Our heavenly Mother is therefore a model of excellence [...] than God (...) The Virgin Mary was waiting for God. She knew that the angel had said to her: "The Holy One whom you bear will be called the Son of the Most High, and his kingdom will have no end" (Lk 1:31) [...] We must go from "me" to "you", to God. Msgr. Francesco Follo (b. 1946) Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO Source: fr.zenit.org (translated)
the third, for the immense reservoir of love she holds inside her, since she is filled with the Holy Spirit. According to Saint Gertrude the Great (1256-1301), the Blessed Virgin Mary promised this: ''To [...] reassured her and taught her how to recite three "Hail Marys" in honor of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. The first to recall her power of intercession on behalf of sinners, which she received from
work of redeeming the world, so priests are his cooperators in the work of saving souls. As the Holy Spirit associated her in the masterpiece that is the mystery of the Incarnation, so he associates priests [...] (Portugal) "Priests have a special alliance with Mary" Priests have a special covenant with the most holy Mother of God. As the eternal Father made her a partaker of his divine paternity, so he gives priests
"yes" at the Incarnation, in the spirit of Psalm 39, and Mary said "yes" at the Incarnation on behalf of all humanity, but Joseph also said "yes" to be the head of the Holy Family. Joseph was great, righteous [...] your eyes. Blessed are you among all men, and blessed is the fruit of your Virginal Spouse, Jesus. Holy Joseph, foster Father of the Son of God, pray for us, watch over our family, health and work, until
hope and desire for Heaven; 3rd Mystery : The outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 1: 14 - 2: 47): the descent of the Holy Spirit into our souls; 4th Mystery : The Dormition and Assumption of [...] Rosary (II) Each mystery has its own spiritual fruit, which Pope John Paul II calls "the fruit of holiness". We will continue today to look at those spiritual fruits (Continued from October 9): Fruits of [...] Rolland, Le Rosaire, présent du Ciel et chemin de sainteté (The Rosary, Gift from Heaven and Path to Holiness)
