for you," the Holy Spirit reveals to us that, from the very first instant of her earthly existence Mary was the object of God's most amazing delights. She is immaculate, wholly immaculate! "Tota pulchra [...] of sin have never approached you, O most pure Virgin, lily bright with light and beauty. Certainly, Mary belongs to the race of the redeemed and everything in her is the fruit of the Redemption. Like us
Spirit of Truth, for the glory of Almighty God who has lavished his special affection upon the Virgin Mary, for the honor of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages and the Victor over sin and death, for the [...] and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Hence
oldest sanctuaries dedicated to the Mother of God. After a second miraculous intervention of the Virgin Mary, Saint Vosy, a missionary from the Velay, had the first church finally built, at the end of 5th century [...] In 1051, Pope Leo IX wrote, "In this sanctuary on Mount Anis more than anywhere the Blessed Virgin Mary has received veneration, honor, and the love of a great many believers in the country."
March 24 - Vigil of the Annunciation The Time of the Resurrection (III) Christ told Mary what He had done in hell, how He had chained up Satan, and presented to His mother the patriarchs He brought back [...] of her. I will let you ponder what the feelings of Adam and Eve were when they said to the Virgin Mary: "Blessed are you our daughter and our Lady. The Lord was thinking about you when he told the serpent
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
wrinkled that in her earth-colored face her mouth seemed to be just another wrinkle. When she saw her, Mary was frightened, as if the woman was a bad fairy barging in. Fortunately, Jesus was asleep! The donkey [...] while her hand went to seek in the jumble of her rags something she seemed to take centuries to find. Mary was still looking at her worriedly. The beasts looked at her too, but still without curiosity, as [...] treasures of the Magi and the offerings of the shepherds, what was this present? From where she was, Mary could not tell. She could only see the old woman’s back bent by age, bending even deeper as it leaned
those of us who now exist and those who will live in the future, we must all turn our eyes towards Mary, as we would to the center and climax of time.
those of us who now exist and those who will live in the future, we must all turn our eyes towards Mary, as we would to the center and climax of time.
Catholics celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, to commemorate the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three young Portuguese shepherds in 1917. The Church has learned many lessons from them, especially [...] through prayer, converting sinners through sacrifice, and being faithful to Jesus with the help of Mary, by praying the Rosary. The children of Fatima provide a good example of this: their Rosaries and
devotion to the Mother of God has undergone a transformation. In the past I was already convinced that Mary leads us to Christ, but now I also begin to understand that Christ also leads us to his Mother."(John [...] II, Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination, Paris 1996) Source: Marie Reine
