study of Christian sects where so little attention is paid to the Mother of Christ. It would be strange to visit a friend's home and yet never hear him speak of his mother. (...) True, in the course of History [...] know there must be a sun. So, in this dark night of the world, when men turned their backs on Him who is the Light of the World, we look to Mary to guide our feet while we await the sunrise. [...] May 4 - Our Lady the Helper (Normandy, France) The Woman I Love (I) I think one of the major defects in world religions has been the absence of the feminine. The absence becomes more striking in a study
January 9 - Our Lady Beyond the Tiber (Rome, Italy) I Place my Hand in Yours In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Who am I, Lord, to begin to talk about the sacrament of your love [...] will be the fire of my expressions, the intelligence of my mind, the love of my heart, the support of my weakness, and that I will faithfully carry out your intentions. O Mary! Throne of wisdom, safe in [...] in your arms and in the shadow of your protection, I will gaze at the Sun of Justice. I place my hand in yours; please lead me according to the Spirit of truth.
July 30 - Our Lady Who Promotes Peace (Le-Puy-en-Velay, France) - Saint Peter Chrysologus (d. 450) Celestial Food Christ is the bread sown in the Blessed Virgin's womb, leavened in the flesh, formed in [...] in his Passion, baked in the oven of the tomb, preserved in churches and distributed to the faithful each day like celestial food placed on altars.
drops of the night of His Passion that encircled His head be transformed into pearls of consolation. My very sweet Mother, give me the grace that from this day forward, I may accept every occasion of humiliation [...] were also, more than any other, filled with the bitter cup of anguish that your Beloved swallowed in this place of torment. Ah! May this teach me to accept tribulations as a thing shared with the Divine Spouse [...] August 12 - Our Lady de la Motte (1854, Vesoul, France) - St Jeanne de Chantal - Feast Day in France May Your Hearts Be Like Empty Vessels O very blessed Mother, as you were the largest, the most able
drops of the night of His Passion that encircled His head be transformed into pearls of consolation. My very sweet Mother, give me the grace that from this day forward, I may accept every occasion of humiliation [...] were also, more than any other, filled with the bitter cup of anguish that your Beloved swallowed in this place of torment. Ah! May this teach me to accept tribulations as a thing shared with the Divine Spouse [...] August 12 - Our Lady de la Motte (1854, Vesoul, France) - St Jeanne de Chantal - Feast Day in France May Your Hearts Be Like Empty Vessels O very blessed Mother, as you were the largest, the most able
can leave the slavery of sin and live in the Light of Christ. Source: Missionary Hospitaller Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of Sorrows (more commonly known as the Sisters of St. Frai). Article [...] accepting the word of God addressed by Jesus to people of all times. Following Mary's example, let us begin our exodus journey. Mary was docile to the voice of the Angel of the Lord; she knew that the child was [...] It is a matter of life! The Life that the Lord gives us. Christ calls me, with Mary, his Mother, to take another path; to leave the path of evil and sin which can only lead us to peril, to death. For today
spiritual history of France and the dogma of the Immaculate Conception … While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was not yet solemnly defined, the theologians of the University of Paris in the Middle [...] come to him silently. The uneducated Bernadette Soubirous, from an extremely poor family, heard from the mouth of the "Beautiful Lady,” this name which alone convinced the priest Fr. Peyramale of the [...] Children's Rosary” publishes an image and a prayer for the novena of the Immaculate Conception, based on the direction given to the Church by the Holy Father. Published today in 400,000 copies, it is prayed throughout
the inauguration of the new statue of the Basilica of Our Lady of Fourvière gave birth to a particularly touching popular tradition still observed today: people put small lights outside their windows while [...] the first moment of her conception, by a grace and a singular favor of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved intact from all defilement of original sin, [...] eastern churches celebrated the original purity of Mary, in a celebration of "the Conception of the Holy Mother of God," especially in Greece, in the middle of the eighth century. Then pilgrims returning from
comprehend. God does take our wishes into consideration. Moreover, He wants to hear them. And some of our wishes are not granted just because we did not ask for them. This is how novenas of prayer elicit graces [...] means of a Virgin who obeyed God’s word, man was revived and recovered life.” This resuscitation is not only valid for Mary's response to the Angel, it extends to the whole history of humanity and to each [...] each one of us, provided we are willing to do so freely, for we are made in the image of God. We know that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil One (Jn 1: 20), but our Faith can triumph over evil
Baptism. According to the example of the Mother of Thy only-begotten Son, I also offer to Thee my child for Thy holy service, and will earnestly strive to bring it up to Thy honor. To this end give me, [...] bear children in sorrow, I offer to Thee all the pains of my child-bearing in propitiation for my sins; and I thank Thee that, through Thy help, the fruit of my womb has been safely brought forth into the [...] February 9 - Octave of the Purification of Mary Prayer for Women after Childbirth Almighty and merciful God, Who didst lay upon our mother Eve the fit punishment for her disobedience that she should bear
