Virgin at Guadalupe The Virgin Mary is linked in a special way to the birth of the Church in America How can we fail to emphasize the role which belongs to the Virgin Mary in relation to the pilgrim Church [...] towards its encounter with the Lord? Indeed, the Most Blessed Virgin “ is linked in a special way to the birth of the Church in the history ... of the peoples of America; through Mary they came to encounter [...] proclaimed by presenting the Virgin Mary as its highest realization. From the beginning — invoked as Our Lady of Guadalupe — Mary, by her motherly and merciful figure, was a great sign of the closeness of the
October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) Mary’s Assumption, a message of hope for all The Lord sends a message hope to the faithful through the Assumption of Mary, the Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna [...] hope the convoy brought. Mary is an example of the Lord’s mercy, a star shining in the darkness, a ray of hope, Mgr Scicluna said and added: “We all know the sorrow which comes with death that separates us [...] Scicluna said on Sunday August 15, 2021. Delivering a homily during the mass celebrating the Assumption of Mary – the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven at the end of her earthly life
Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) Mary is a real mother in the order of grace Devotion to the Immaculate Heart is at the center of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary predicted at Fatima. Cardinal [...] Matthew 5:8, the immaculate heart is a heart which, with God's grace, has come to perfect interior unity and therefore sees God. To be devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means therefore to embrace this [...] this help is real! I want to cry out with all my heart that this “Woman clothed in the Sun” is not a symbolic mother but an actual mother in the order of grace. She is a real and actual refuge for sinners
archipelago for you to attend Mass in a different one, almost every day, for a whole year: a whooping 359 in total. (…) Most of these churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and some of them are known for [...] Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Since Saint Paul, the Maltese have had a constant devotion to Mary Saint Luke is not only credited with the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles : Eastern [...] were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed. Since then —and to this day— the Maltese are among the most passionate Catholics in the world. With an uninterrupted two-millennia long
[abandoned her own] to live with others, knowing well that it ill becomes [a woman] to abandon her husband or her children. But, since she was a virgin and was his mother, he gave her as a mother to his disciple [...] disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that moment on, "the disciple took her into his home" (cf. Jn 19:26-27). With these words, the Savior affirms that Mary did not bear another son after him. For, if [...] Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, doctor of the Church (d.373) How Jesus instructed us that Mary remained a virgin until the end Indeed, when he was lifted up on the Cross, Jesus commended John to the
– Saint Alphonsus of Liguori (d. 1787) Noah’s ark is a true figure of Mary A sinner who goes to Mary must never be afraid of being rejected. ''Mary is the new ark. As brute animals were saved in the ark [...] Gertrude saw Mary with all kinds of wild animals under her mantle. These represented sinners whom Mary welcomed the moment they turned to her. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary [...] will gain salvation in Mary.'' (Saint Bernard) Saint Gertrude saw a vision of Mary welcoming lions, bears and tigers. She realized that these were abandoned sinners who went to Mary and were saved from eternal
right cheek is charred, and a crack runs like a streaking tear down her face. "When I first saw (the damaged statue), I thought the Virgin Mary was crying," said Shigemi Fukahori, a 79-year-old parishioner [...] should be preserved forever." The remains of the statue of the Virgin Mary have found a new home inside a rebuilt church, also called St Mary's, built on the same site, only 500 metres (1,640 feet) from the [...] and to a ceremony in Guernica, Spain to mourn the victims of Nazi air attacks during World War II. "We traveled overseas with the statue, with the idea that we would like to ask the Virgin Mary to act
Bessières (France) Mary sends a doctor to a dying child The famous French doctor Louis Granpas, known for his great talent and benevolence towards the poor, lived in a suburb of Paris. A good Christian, he [...] One Sunday night, he was coming home from a medical conference. Carrying a heavy trunk, he hailed a cab and gave the driver his address. The taxi driver, with a grim expression and Herculean strength, grabbed [...] all absent. With a heavy heart, I had to leave my child to take the night shift. When I saw you, I had only one thought in my despair: to save my child. - Yes, but how did you know I was a doctor? - It
Matthias, apostle – Germany: Our Lady, patroness of Bavaria Mary found me a job very quickly! Hello, today I want to thank Mary Undoer of Knots with all my heart. I had been unemployed since 2018 and, in my [...] submit my resumé to a company, to work as a home helper with the elderly and disabled, although I have absolutely no experience in this delicate field! So I started to say the prayer of Mary Undoer of Knots: [...] my job with elderly disabled people. Today, I feel very comfortable in my work with these people who bring me a real renewal of the heart. Thank you Heavenly Mother! F.B. Testimony sent to Mary of Nazareth
Mother of God, pray for us! Mary, Mother of Jesus, help us!” At these words, Satan increased his frightful screams, shouting, "Mary! I have no Virgin Mary! If I had a Virgin Mary for myself like you have [...] have, I would not be what I am! ... If I had a single moment of all those you waste, and a Virgin Mary, I would no longer be a demon!” From Le Chapelet des Enfants (The Children’s Rosary) [...] July 11 – Dedication of Our Lady of Le Puy, “Queen of France” (France) If I had a Virgin Mary for myself In the 1640s, a young man from Chablais (French Alps) had been possessed by the devil for 5 years
