July 26 - Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, Mary's Parents I am Anne, Mary's Mother (II) It was over a year before the first Holy Mass in honor of Saint Anne was said in Bocenno. The rector reproached Yves [...] truth about what I promised you." A few moments later, the peasants unearthed an old wooden statue right beneath the wax torch. It was in poor condition and only had a few remnants of white and blue paint [...] March 7, 1625, Saint Anne appeared once more, and also advised Yves to bring his neighbors with him. "Bring them with you to the place where this wax torch leads you and you will find the statue that will
(Italy, 1650) Mary and Joseph: a married couple to imitate in difficult times Discovering the Holy Family, and especially getting to know and love the future mother and father of Jesus, is a precious experience [...] because Mary and Joseph have so much to tell us about how we can accept God's plan, with all the challenges this can entail in our daily lives. Sometimes we think that everything was easy for Mary and Joseph [...] constantly confronted with successive trials, frightening by their intensity. Far from distancing them from us, the way in which Mary and Joseph lived through these overwhelming moments makes them even closer
March 31 - Our Lady of the Holy Cross, Jerusalem Mary’s Tears (III) When Mary weeps over us, her Tears are indeed a universal out flowing of heavenly Blood, of which she is the sovereign Dispenser, and [...] account of the way in which this simple soul, filled with the Holy Spirit, was so greatly illumined with the Holy Spirit for whom the future had a present and significant reality, this affirmation must [...] must be heard down the ages, not just on Good Friday, but at every moment of her life from the Annunciation of the Archangel unto her death.
March 31 - Our Lady of the Holy Cross, Jerusalem Mary’s Tears (III) When Mary weeps over us, her Tears are indeed a universal out flowing of heavenly Blood, of which she is the sovereign Dispenser, and [...] account of the way in which this simple soul, filled with the Holy Spirit, was so greatly illumined with the Holy Spirit for whom the future had a present and significant reality, this affirmation must [...] must be heard down the ages, not just on Good Friday, but at every moment of her life from the Annunciation of the Archangel unto her death.
too could be a bit like our Mother! With a heart open to God’s Word, with a silent heart, with an obedient heart, with a heart that knows how to receive God’s Word and allows it to grow with the seed of [...] February 9 – Our Lady of the Castle (Italy, 1558) - Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Mary prayed as Mother and as a disciple Mary was open to God’s voice that guided her heart, that guided her steps where her [...] terrible passion Friday. The Mother kept everything and brought it to her dialogue with God. Someone has compared Mary’s heart to a pearl of incomparable splendor, formed and smoothed by patient acceptance of
earthquake credits the Virgin Mary for saving him Only a few hours after Bassel Habkouk, a young Lebanese Catholic and father of two, arrived for a visit in Turkey on Feb. 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck [...] the rubble of fallen buildings for 52 hours as a result of the devastating earthquake, which killed more than 50,000 people and injured many more with tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands [...] and he recently shared details of his ordeal and the role the Virgin Mary played in it. [...] Habkouk described his first moments under the rubble and his immediate prayer: “When the rubble fell on me
Ravenna (Italy) “Don’t be afraid. Keep searching. I am with you” For Charbel [a Muslim convert], baptized in 2017, visions and messages set him on a path to discover Christianity. It was during Ramadan. [...] Charbel, who grew up in a Sunni enclave in Beirut, didn’t know any Christians with whom to share his experience. That Christmas Eve, Charbel was studying at home. “I saw the Virgin Mary for the first time in [...] the Virgin Mary again on Christmas Eve for the next three years. “And she would always say the same exact words,” he recalled. Not until after the last vision did Charbel become friendly with a Christian
proclaim the fact that God and the Blessed Virgin Mary make us a people of brothers and sisters," says Rona. We are not brothers and sisters without a father and a mother." Source: Aleteia [...] her "true happiness." At age 17, a very strong spiritual experience disrupted her life. Assisted by Saint Rita, the singer now strives to really live as a Christian, with of course times of struggle and [...] spiritual moments. Rona Hartner has tons of projects: she wants to create "christotheques," organize events with Christian artists, produce new music albums, etc. Behind all these ideas is a single vision:
Lady of Mondevi (Italy, 1540) With the Name of Mary on Their Lips As a missionary, Father Louis Marie de Montfort found himself in a boat going up the River Seine packed with at least 200 people, who were [...] companions to recite a third Rosary with him, everyone fell on their knees and repeated the sweet words, which they had forgotten since childhood. The holy priest could only be delighted: from a brothel of obscenities [...] were joking coarsely and singing lustful songs. Hardly had he spent a few moments in the company of these shady horse dealers and fishmongers, when Father de Montfort adjusted his crucifix to the end of
monotheistic faith such a thing was difficult to imagine. Only by the power of the Holy Spirit, who "overshadowed" her, was Mary able to accept what is "impossible with men, but not with God" (cf. Mk 10: 27) [...] announced to the Virgin Mary that she was called to become the mother of Jesus, the Son of the Most High (Luke 1: 26-38). Indeed, the Virgin Mary needed "God’s strength" at the moment of the Incarnation, as [...] his apostolic letter Mulieris dignitatem on the dignity and vocation of women, § 3: Hence Mary attains a union with God that exceeds all the expectations of the human spirit. It even exceeds the expectations
