into the Queen of Heaven, and said to him, "Trust me. I will save you." John awoke, recited one Hail Mary with enthusiasm and felt consoled. He walked to be hanged with a firm step. He promised the Good Mother [...] Mother to give up soldiering, if she delivered him from this terrible fate... He did not doubt Mary's help for one moment. John, in the gallows, declared his innocence. And added, "I have confidence that [...] hands, which he had found in the captain's tent. The latter was condemned and executed on the spot. Mary was trustworthy to her promise. John also kept his word. He gave up his life of soldiering and went
"Marian way". Cardinal Wyszynski, one of the many "slaves of Mary" who left their mark on Poland, urged him "not to refuse the See of Peter for Mary". The influence of the Treatise on the Second Vatican Council [...] to write a sermon on the Blessed Virgin. I happened upon the spot where it speaks of the Company of Mary. Then I recognized the style and thoughts of your Venerable Founder’s ‘Allocution’ to his missionaries; [...] : in the evening of his life, Bishop Philips, author of a section of Lumen Gentium (1) devoted to Mary, confided: "I did not have the physical Treatise on my table, but I had it in my memory and in my
available in more than 300 editions and published in thirty languages. Saint Louis de Montfort points out Mary’s essential role in God's plan and in guiding souls on the difficult path to holiness. The three Persons [...] fully engage ourselves in the service of God and achieve union with Christ the Savior by imitating Mary’s humility, the surest way is to devote ourselves completely to Him through her hands. "True God and
He preached on this prayer for forty days Saint Jerome said that "the truths contained in the Hail Mary are so sublime, so marvelous, that no man, no angel could fully understand them." Saint Thomas Aquinas [...] a single Ave Maria recited with devotion. One day, Saint Mathilda, who was very fond of the Virgin Mary, endeavored to compose a beautiful prayer in her honor. Our Lady appeared to her carrying on her bosom
only during the three years of His missionary life. By remaining under the authority of Joseph and Mary in this way, our Lord invites us to do the same: it was in Nazareth, at the school of His parents [...] grace, in the eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille Saint Joseph Community (France) 2021 Adapted and translated from: Aleteia
venerating the Mother of God in the Evangelical Church? Isn’t this indisputable proof of the role that Mary has to play for our salvation today?(...) “Today, in most countries, the existence of Christianity [...] danger. It would be total unconsciousness to ignore God’s voice as He tries to speak to the world, via Mary, and turn our backs on her only because He makes her voice heard in the Catholic Church.(...) “Moreover
Pope Sixtus III celebrated its dedication in 435, soon after the Council of Ephesus (431) in which Mary was recognized as Theotokos, "Mother of God." The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the first Marian [...] a solemn Mass during which white flower petals are showered from the ceiling on the assembly. The Marie de Nazareth team
beginning of May 2015, Pope Francis exhorted the baptized to trust in the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, during the general audience of Wednesday, May 6, in Saint Peter's Square. His exhortation [...] honored: "Bring to her all your intentions with confidence," the pope exhorted. The Pope sees in Mary, the Mother of God, a particularly important support for the young, the sick and the newly married
May 5, 1968, concluding: "The Patriarchal See declares with complete faith that the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared in clear and stable forms for several nights and for periods of over two hours, from [...] Coptic Catholic Church (united with Rome), also endorsed the same official statement of recognition. Marie de Nazareth
to the usual conditions - during the jubilee year of the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary, starting on November 26, 2016. Sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the Holy [...] recommends that pilgrims actively participate in a celebration or a prayer in honor of the Virgin Mary, pray the Our Father, recite the Creed, and invoke the Virgin of Fatima. The indulgence may be granted
