revealed that he spoke about the statue “with the Holy Father, when some months ago, I visited him with a small delegation of Buddhist monks from Mongolia. I showed him a picture and he was very happy”. The [...] Mongolia to Mary. The event took place in the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar, in front of the statue from the landfill, which for the occasion had been enthroned in the cathedral and covered with a special mantle [...] missionaries”, the Cardinal explained. “Each small piece of fabric represents a key moment in their life”. The Virgin now watches over a boundless nation where there are only 1,400 Catholics (all gathered in
Purgatory: “I saw my guardian angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty place full of fire in which there was a great crowd of suffering souls. They were praying fervently, but to [...] January 1 - Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God “I saw Our Lady visiting the souls in purgatory” In purgatory, the soul is in a process of passive purification. In addition to the help of saints and angels [...] Faustina, a Polish nun canonized by John Paul II in 2000, recounts in her Diary having visited purgatory. Guided by her guardian angel, she saw the most consoling presence of all, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen
(Approved apparition) Like Mary, accepting Christ in our lives Everyone is asked the question of the birth of God in us. At every moment the Angel calls us, observes that the Lord is with us and that he loves [...] imposes on us. For our true self is like a seed deeply buried within ourselves. By accepting Christ in our lives, as Mary did, we allow him to act and develop a mode of existence that is no longer confined [...] greatest blasphemy and cause of misfortune is to prevent the force of individual creation from becoming a reality. If we answer "yes" to God’s invitation, he will let what we possess in germ grow;
(Treviso, Italy, 1510) The Rosary: A heavenly sword The Rosary was forged in an age of chivalry. It is a spiritual weapon, a heavenly sword, fashioned by the hands of a Divine Craftsman. All swords take [...] was the founding moment of the Holy Rosary of Mary. It was the moment the sword was unsheathed. Father Donald Calloway, MIC (1) Catholic Exchange (1) Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, has been a priest for 15 years [...] violent opposition from a group known as the Albigensians, a heretical sect named after the town of Albi in southern France where it originated. During the spread of this heresy, a Spaniard named Dominic
saw a beautiful Lady standing on a rock, holding the hand of an adorable Child. “Beautiful Lady!” she said to her. “What are you doing up there? Would you like to share my lunch with me? I have a little [...] and did not say a word to her. “Beautiful Lady, would you like to give us this Child, He would make our hearts so glad?” The Lady smiled again without answering. After a few moments with Benoite, she took [...] (Southern Alps, France) My Name is Lady Mary (I) One day in May 1664, seventeen-year old Benoite Rencurel was tending sheep in a valley surrounded by rocky cliffs with crevices resembling shallow grottos.
for a few moments in order to remember what had actually happened. I wondered how my distraction had ended, and then I suddenly remembered the words that I had heard and this thought froze me with terror [...] - Notre Dame of Victories (Paris, 1836) Consecrate Your Parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (II) After giving thanks, I examined the way in which I had offered the Holy Sacrifice. Only then [...] I heard these words distinctly again, "Consecrate your parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary." I fell down on my knees again, and my first reaction was of utter amazement. I had heard the same
The Hail Mary is the prayer addressed to Mary. The first part of the Lord's Prayer is praise to God, the first part of the Hail Mary is the praise of Mary. The second part of the Lord's Prayer is a request [...] It must be said with the soul turned to Heaven, farther than life, farther than the earth, where Mary, my Mother and yours, lives with her body and soul after she lived on earth with her soul always hovering [...] December 1 – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) Your Mother must be invoked, just like the Father The Hail Mary must not be recited by thinking only of the earth and your flesh, which is dust and will become
"I do not think so." The Virgin spoke with great humility, and deposed in my soul a new feeling of an unknown sweetness ... The Virgin Mary added: "After the visit and the blessing of the Son, it is fitting [...] learned that, to set a soul afire, there is no firelighter like the presence of Christ. Saint Angela of Foligno Book of Visions and Instructions , Chapter 39: Mary rosaire-de-marie.fr [...] heard what I had never heard; I heard that it was a new joy. Indeed, the joy that resulted from the words I heard was such, that if someone asked me, "Can a creature express it in words?" I would answer,
visit to Poland (1983) At every Mass, the Virgin Mary is there Jesus wanted to uniquely and singularly associate his Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the work of our Redemption, the work of Salvation [...] his Cross. We are truly on Mount Calvary! Mary is there too. We can hear the words: "Behold, your Mother," and "Behold, your son… and from that moment he took Mary in his home.” At the same time that I receive [...] actualizes the gift of himself on the Cross, the Virgin Mary is there at the foot of the Cross. This is why I like to see an image of the Virgin Mary next to each altar. She shouldn’t be far from the altar
quite a challenge when it starts snowing! But what a joy to end a long day of work with this prayer, entrusting all the people and difficult situations we have encountered during the day to Mary's intercession [...] transportation to pray a decade. Finally, I realized that this prayer is suitable for all ages. It is wonderful to pray the Rosary with children and teenagers. I am convinced that a family and a couple who pray [...] pray the Rosary every day, at least a decade, are in good hands. The same goes for me, a priest and a bishop. It took me a long time to say the Rosary every day. Today, I am happy to say that I pray it every
