Francis said this prayer to the Virgin Mary on Friday evening, October 27, 2023, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the conclusion of the prayer for world peace: "Mary, look at us! We stand here before you. ( [...] every human life! – and to repudiate the folly of war, which sows death and eliminates the future. Mary, how many times have you come, urging prayer and repentance. Yet, caught up in our own needs and
Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary, emphasized that the rosary is “a prayer rooted in the Gospel [and] in the word of God.” Approximately 3 million pilgrims travel to the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the [...] 13, Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to contemplate the life of Christ “through the gaze of Mary” during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. “It is providential that the jubilee of the image of Our Lady
Aquinas (d. 1274) Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas to the Blessed Virgin O most blessed and sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, filled with all tenderness, Daughter of the most high King, Lady of the Angels, Mother
no one say: Though I should do this or that against the Lord, I don't much care; I will serve Holy Mary and will be safe. It is not so. As soon as a man offends the Son, he surely offends the Mother, as
April 8 - Easter Sunday The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (IV) Mary’s heart rent apart at the foot of the cross. She accompanies her only Son to his death: it is not the first or only time she has
windowpane. Indeed, as the sun does not break the windowpane while shining through, in the same way Mary's virginity was not injured or broken when I took my humanity.
solidarity with their neighbor, especially those who are in greatest need. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom Padre Pio called by the beautiful name of "Our Lady of Grace" (Santa Maria delle Grazie), help
May 19 - Our Lady of Flines (Douay, 1279) Help Us Understand the Great Value of Silence Mary, my good and holy Mother, help me, help us all understand the great value of silence wherein we can hear God
April 8 The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (IV) Mary's heart rent apart at the foot of the cross. She accompanies her only Son to his death: it is not the first or only time she has surrendered Him.
was in Peru in January, he spoke about the role of women and the violence against them: “Looking to Mary, I do not want to conclude without asking all of us to think of the mothers and grandmothers of this [...] like, without its mothers and grandmothers! What would our lives be like without them! Our love for Mary must help us to feel appreciation and gratitude for women, for our mothers and grandmothers, who are
