The first of these meditations will begin on March 11th, and the last one will be sent out on March 19th, the solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition, Marie de Nazareth [...] series of prayers offered for a particular intention, prayed and repeated over nine days. It is a form of prayer in which we ask for the intercession of a particular saint, or the Blessed Virgin Mary. The [...] saint by Pope Francis, A Moment with Mary will bring you meditations about Our Lady’s chaste spouse for the next nine days, to enable you to better grasp the magnitude of Joseph’s holiness, and hopefully inspire
consist in saying a series of Hail Marys , but in getting into the habit of living under Mary’s benevolent gaze. Since her Assumption, her face has been transfigured. "Her eyes full of mercy " are constantly [...] two girls from France saw something of Mary's smile and their lives were changed forever. Father Pierre Descouvemont In Marie au cœur de nos vies , (Mary in the Center of Our Lives) Paris, Cerf, 1999 Fr. [...] entered forever into the glory of Heaven, she is completely free from the limitations of space and time and can be intimately present to all members of the Mystical Body of Jesus. True Marian devotion does
Lady of Good Counsel (Genazzano, Italy, 1476) The devil trembles and flees when he hears this prayer One day, after Saint Bernard had prayed a Hail Mary with great respect in front of a statue of the Virgin [...] around him. When someone expressed some surprise at this habit of his, he replied, "An Ave Maria is a treasure that surpasses the price of the whole world." The Children's Rosary From the booklet Histoires [...] , that the demon flees when he hears it. Saint Alphonsus Liguori had a great devotion to the Hail Mary . He recited it every day on the hour every hour. When the hour struck, he would stop to recite it
resemblance of their father and mother, Jesus’ features appeared as a pure reproduction of Mary’s features, with a stamp of virility and divine splendor. Jesus, who because he is God is of the same substance [...] as the Father, not only chose to take Mary’s features, but also her character. Mary was the Beloved woman of the Song of Songs, and Jesus the Beloved man. Mary’s soul was an embalmed paradise, in which [...] ingratitude of men. Excerpt from a talk given by Dom Louis-Marie Spick In Chaque jour avec Marie dans la sainte Espérance (Living in Holy Hope Every Day with Mary) , December 29, p. 94 Hermitage of Saint–Evroul
granted the solemn crowning of the statue. From conversations, letters, contributions, requests for Masses of thanksgiving and similar sources, generations of Ursulines and friends of Our Lady of Prompt Succor [...] Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor." Since the end of December 1810, when Mother St Michel, her companions and the statue arrived in New Orleans, devotion to Our Lady of Prompt Succor has grown [...] in what is now the United States. During a period of crisis after a large group of nuns left New Orleans for Cuba in 1803, Mother St Andre Madier, one of the seven nuns who remained, appealed to her cousin
that Mary—the Mother of God and Our Mother—brings us back to Jesus through her Rosary! She is truly the Mother of Reconciliation! Adapted from a text by Father Mario Attard, OFM Cap., a reader of A Moment [...] April 27 - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain) - Our Lady of Vilnius (Lithuania) "I'm so happy, now I can receive Holy Communion..." After fighting her failing health condition my dear, elderly auntie passed [...] family I was asked to conduct her funeral, something that I accepted to do from the bottom of my heart. On the day of the funeral a taxi driver came to pick me up at the friary as scheduled. On our way to
May 2 - St Athanasius of Alexandria, Patriarch, Father of the Church (d. 373) They will surrender themselves to her, body and soul God wishes therefore to reveal Mary, his masterpiece, and make her more [...] by the grace and light of the Holy Spirit, adopt the interior and perfect practice of the devotion which I shall later unfold. Then they will clearly see that beautiful Star of the Sea, as much as faith [...] faith allows… They will love her tenderly and will appreciate how full of compassion she is and how much they stand in need of her help. In all circumstances they will have recourse to her as their advocate
heaven just as much the Son of Mary as he was on earth. Consequently, he has retained the submissiveness and obedience of the most perfect of all children towards the best of all mothers. We must take care [...] greater, then, will be the prayer of the humble Virgin Mary, worthy Mother of God, which is more powerful with the King of heaven than the prayers and intercession of all the angels and saints in heaven [...] April 28 – Sunday of Divine Mercy – Our Lady of Graces (Avellino, Italy) – Saint Louis de Montfort – Saint Gianna Beretta Molla God never resists his dear Mother’s prayers Since grace enhances our human
to me is for my good, in view of my eternity with Him, and I continue to have full trust in Him despite this accident. Françoise, 63 (2021), a reader of A Moment with Mary [...] June 30 – Feast of the Most Holy Icon of Spoleto (Italy, 1185) Protected in an accident because she was praying the rosary I would like to share a story for which I am grateful to God. I was crossing an [...] thank God for all the graces he gave me on that day. I felt protected through this accident because of the rosary and I thank God for sending a fireman toward me at that exact moment. God knows better than
Lady of Loreto (Port Lesney, France) - St Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) The day I was ordained a priest, I strongly felt her presence The Most Holy Virgin Mary is a strong maternal sign in the life of every [...] taking me as her son so that I would never abandon the priesthood. Mary, Mother of the supreme and eternal priest, becomes the mother of all the priests, her beloved children. Let us entrust to her our whole [...] the way to fulfill her Son’s will, as a sure means of attaining holiness. Among the many graces I have received from God through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, I would like to highlight one that
