Joseph as a sign from the Lord, a message of enlightened faith and persevering service. Beginning with Simeon's prophecy, Mary intensely and mysteriously unites her life with Christ's sorrowful mission: [...] and day with fasting and prayer" (Lk 2:37), offer the Holy Family a further incentive to put their hope in the God of Israel. At this particular moment, Anna's behavior would have appeared to Mary and Joseph [...] Paul II’s First Visit to Poland (Czestochowa, 1979) Mary Has a Role in Jesus’ Saving Mission (II) Simeon's prophecy is followed by the meeting with the prophetess Anna: "She began to praise God, and spoke
(Ireland, d. 464) He noticed the bust of the Madonna, with her burnt eyes In October 1945, Father Kaemon Noguchi, a former Japanese soldier who had become a priest, entered the ruins of the Nagasaki Cathedral [...] was looking for a souvenir from the church of his youth to take with him to the Trappist monastery of Hokkaido, Japan. After more than an hour of searching among the debris, he noticed a bust of the Madonna [...] in the Nagasaki Museum. In August 1998, a rich Japanese industrialist convinced the Church that the statue was not a mere memory of the nuclear holocaust, but a sacred object that had to be returned to
10, 2015. Threatened with decapitation on several occasions if he did not convert to Islam, whipped and subjected to a mock execution, Father Mourad’s detention conditions resemble a Way of the Cross. "The [...] relationship with the Virgin was renewed While he was serving as the pastor of the parish of Qaryatayn, near Palmyra, Syria, Father Mourad was abducted by the Islamic State group on May 21, 2015. He was a hostage [...] to regain my peace. It was May, the month of Mary. My cellmate and I began to recite the Rosary, which I did not pray much before. My whole relationship with the Virgin has been renewed." aleteia.org/2
practice of a lifetime will support and comfort you when you need it most, and you will be ready then to honor God in Heaven beside her. Teach this devotion in your homes. Make sure that a statue or a picture [...] – Blessed Josbert (d. 1186) Share your thoughts about the Mother of God with others May you continually turn your thoughts to Mary, as loving children always think about their mother. Ask her to help you [...] picture of Our Lady occupies a prominent place. Talk to your children so that your family stays together, united around her. Share this with your friends… Do not be afraid, let alone ashamed, of saying what
seers of Fatima are thrown in jail (Fatima, Portugal, 1917) "The Rosary puts me into harmony with God's action" As a teenager, I read the book Our Lady of Light : World-wide Message of Fatima (1950, by S.J [...] Original French title Fatima, merveille inouïe), which inspired me to offer my life for the intentions Mary entrusted to the three children. I often manage to pray 5 decades, but the effects are more evident [...] pattern of my daily life is transformed, and I see events differently. The Rosary puts me in harmony with God's action. Guylaine. October 18, 2016 Source: www.perifmedia.com
(Spain) As a good Mother, Mary never wants to abandon her children There can be a no more difficult experience for a mother than to witness the death of her child. It is heartrending. We see Mary there, at [...] situations… Mary has always been in our hospitals, our schools and our homes. She has always sat at table in every home… Hers has been a discreet and silent presence, making itself felt through a statue, a holy [...] card or a medal. Under the sign of the Rosary, we know that we are never alone, that she always accompanies us. Why? Because Mary simply wants to be in the midst of her people, with her children, with her
the church of St. Matthew. He showed it to a young mass server, Michel Marchi, with whom he had become friends. In 1863, a Jesuit priest who was preaching a retreat in Rome asked where the miraculous image [...] 1490 by a merchant who wanted to protect it from the Turks threatening to invade Crete. On his deathbed, the merchant entrusted the icon to a friend and asked him to have the image placed in a church. [...] Research was undertaken. The young Marchi, who had become a Redemptorist, remembered that he had seen the image when he was a young Mass server with the Augustinians, and that he knew where it was. In December
comest to me with a sword, and a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of armies . . . and all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and [...] evil that afflicts our times. Not with force, not with arms, not with human power, but with Divine help obtained through the means of this prayer, strong like David with his sling, the Church, undaunted [...] nature… With the meditation of Sacred Mysteries added to the vocal prayers, there emerges another very great advantage, so that all, even the most simple and least educated, have in this prayer a prompt
"the mission of the Son of God is realized through the generous availability of Mary, a humble creature on whom God looks with admiration… The history of salvation," he said, "does not follow the golden paths [...] Lady of Lavang (Vietnam, 1798) - Our Lady of Soufanieh (Syria, 1982) - Virgin of Quinche (Ecuador) Mary is a mother full of gentleness and humility On September 8, 2020, the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal [...] Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Torre Ruggiero in Calabria, southern Italy. In his homily he invited us to imitate "the Virgin Mary, making concrete our love for the Lord in
upper-class home where a father was dying, and at the same time a child was born. The Most Blessed Virgin Mary appeared and said to me: ‘I entrust this creature to you. She is like a diamond in the rough [...] Italy) - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) Mary gives Padre Pio a spiritual daughter It was January 18, 1905, in Italy. Padre Pio remembers: I was in the choir with Brother Anastasio, at about 11 o’clock pm [...] birth in Udine, describing to her in detail the house where she was born. Giovanna became a Third Order Franciscan and a devout spiritual daughter of Padre Pio. Summary by Anthony Birolini Source: Yves Chiron
