annually as a Memorial on the day after Pentecost… The Holy Father wishes to promote this devotion in order to encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the Church in the pastors, religious and faithful
to God, seeking His justice, and renouncing the legitimate desire to have biological children, in order to be available to God’s plan for him. He denied himself, even in his fundamental aspirations, not
bringing it to an end… In sacred Scripture we often find that God seeks righteous men and women in order to save the city of man and He does the same here, in Fatima, when Our Lady asks: “Do you want to
a Basilica on the site where Saint Peter was put to death. In 324, she left for the Holy Land in order to discover the places where the Lord breathed and died, and she actually found the Cross of Jesus
in her womb. The truth and the body were both Christ...but what is kept in the mind is of a higher order than what is carried in the womb." (Lesson, Liturgy of the Hours, Presentation of Mary)
the priest and cause him absolutely no displeasure. Then the lady asked the sister to disregard the order that the priest had given her and tell him that she was there to see him. The sister was dumbfounded
the Nazi SS troops hid in the convent of Altoetting after shooting the eldest monk. The Americans ordered them to turn on the electric lights or they would bomb the place. The Nazis refused, but a brave
in St Peter's Square. The Pope asked us to pray to the Hearts of Christ and the Blessed Virgin "in order to learn to love God and neighbor with complete dedication." The month of June is, in fact, the month
its source within her memory of those events. Our vision is blurred. Forgive me this image, but in order to see clearly, we need to look through Mary’s spectacles. The words "He suffered for us" can only
September 1) Humbert of Romans, a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263, gives 3 further reasons for dedicating Saturday to the Virgin Mary:
