raised about Mary as witness to the Incarnation. 'One cannot be surprised', he says, 'that the specifically Catholic faith regresses and atrophies precisely where the understanding of Mary as the highest [...] her'. (Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, September 1845) For Newman, confessing that Mary is Deipara, or Bearer of God, is a doctrine which copper fastens St John's affirmation that 'the Word

joyful mystery (the Annunciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel and the Incarnation of Christ (Lk 1: 26-38; Mt 1: 18-25) is humility; the 2nd mystery : the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Lk 1: 39-55): [...] the state of grace; 2nd mystery : the Wedding at Cana (Jn 2: 1-12): trust in the will of God and in Mary; 3rd mystery : the proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the invitation to conversion (Mk 1: 15):

is for the Virgin Mary, to put herself under her protection). That same day she made her consecration to Our Lady and received the medal and the blue ribbon of the Daughters of Mary. Josephine had a deep [...] patron saint of Sudan and her feast day is celebrated on February 8th. Adapted from Our History with Mary

hands on Mary's knees, after working in the fields of Burgundy and serving the poor. Do you realize, my little sister, what you have just said? The others saw, but, in addition to seeing Mary, you touched [...] to say under oath what pretty white the teeth the Blessed Virgin has. They are only a part of you, Mary, but I call them your sparkle. Clerk, the next one please. Sister Catherine Labouré, living at 140

invite Mary into what we are doing, and she is our Mother. She never fails. She is so good, so full of love for her Son, and for all of us. When we pray the Rosary, it is as if we are saying to Mary, “Mother [...] believing. I would like to offer a simple, yet profoundly powerful corrective to this unhappy trend: Mary and the Rosary. I know, it sounds too simple, even a bit boring. The Rosary? Yes, the Rosary. I have [...] the Word of God. The key prayers of the Rosary are taken from Scripture; the Our Father and the Hail Mary are from the Gospels. The Rosary also puts us into contact with the saving mysteries of Jesus. Like

her called “The World’s First Love, Mary, Mother of God.” He also spoke much about her in public. In a talk titled “The Woman I Love,” Archbishop Sheen indicated how Mary and the church were intertwined because [...] The less we pray to and venerate Mary, the less we are connected to the church. It would follow, then, that the opposite also is true. The more we honor and pray to Mary, especially in her signature prayer

honor of the Virgin Mary, in order to invigorate the practice of Christianity in his region. He asked a friend, a resident of Brazil, to send an image of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. For a better choice [...] Aires, the capital of Argentina, stands the city of Luján, famous for its great basilica dedicated to Mary, Our Lady of Luján. Called Nuestra Señora de Luján in Spanish, its construction was begun in 1887 [...] Conception and the other was of the Virgin holding the baby Jesus. First the box with the statue of Mary and Jesus was removed, but the oxen were still unable to move. However, when the box containing the

shrine, Pope John Paul II said: "We see Mary's tears in apparitions where she shows that she accompanies the Church in her earthly journey, everywhere in the world. Mary wept at La Salette, in the middle of [...] the Weeping Madonna of Syracuse, this plaster hanging wall plaque depicts the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the style of the 1950’s. Like many others just like it, it was mass-produced in a factory in Tuscany [...] sons and daughters of Israel; and the threat posed to Eastern Europe by openly atheistic Communism. Mary's tears are signs: they testify to the presence of the Mother in the Church and in the world. A mother

Elizabeth, her relative, who was of advanced years and with child, something strange and miraculous. Mary sets out on with generosity, without letting herself be put off by the discomforts of the journey [...] the fears that block every impulse and that prevent us from moving forward. And then let’s do as Mary did: let's look around and look for someone to whom we can be of help! Is there an elderly person [...] away. Complaining leads you to always look for someone to blame. On her way to Elizabeth’s house, Mary proceeds with the quick step of one whose heart and life are full of God, full of his joy. So, let

of Valvenere (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio (d.1968) We Will Never Let You Go Again O blessed Rosary of Mary, Gentle chain linking us to God, Bond of love connecting us with the angels, Tower of Salvation against