excludes the soul, but as a movement of the spirit bowing before the queenship of Mary, and rising to her motherly heart. If you could say these words with a true spirit, just those little words, you would become [...] better, purer, more charitable. Because the eyes of your mind would then be fixed on Mary, and her holiness would enter your heart through this contemplation. If you knew how to say it, you would never be

of Christ cannot be complete without the mention of Mary. Hence, the Holy Church, in her wisdom under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, has meticulously preserved this devotion and accorded it the universal [...] the Holy Rosary especially in the face of economic crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, wars, violence, killings, insecurity and terrorism ... Let us journey with Mary through the mysteries of the Holy Rosary [...] because she is our Mother. Whenever we pray the Holy Rosary, we are invoking the maternal protection of Our Blessed Mother. Meditating on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, especially within the family, promotes

publicly once again that We have great hope that the Holy Rosary can heal the maladies afflicting our times… Let us arm ourselves with the most Holy Rosary, to free the world from the hatred that tears [...] individuals, families and nations back to Christ … It is a very powerful weapon for sending away evil spirits, preserving the integrity of life, and acquiring virtue more easily; in a word, to obtain true peace

her. Jesus comes to welcome his tender Mother. Mary sees her Son and the Father carried by the Holy Spirit. Mary is rewarded for the exemplary nature of her life. She put her trust in God even in times

‘Mother.’ She is Mother, because she brings us Jesus and she helps us with the strength of the Holy Spirit, so that Jesus will be born and grow in us. She constantly gives us life. She is Mother of the

Through the centuries Christians seeking most fully to know, love and serve God--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--have done so by consecrating their lives to Jesus through the Blessed Virgin Mary. This consecration

19:25-27); later, at the hour of Pentecost, it will be they who gather around her as they wait for the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).

Mary) several times. This precocious devotion can only come from an extraordinary movement of the Holy Spirit. At the age of twelve, Simon withdrew to the desert and lived in the hollow of a tree, from which [...] considered to be her servants. Indeed, John Lord Vesoy and Richard Lord Gray of Codnor returned from the Holy Land, bringing with them a number of hermits from Mount Carmel. Docile to the directives of the Mother [...] Virgin appeared to her servant, all aglow with light and accompanied by a great number of blessed spirits. She gave him a scapular, saying: "Receive, my son, this scapular as the sign of a close covenant

members, branches of his vine, temples of the Holy Spirit, and adopted sons and daughters of the Father. "For the Almighty has done great things for me, Holy is His name, and His faithful love extends age

importance of the mystery of the spiritual motherhood of the Blessed Virgin who, in waiting for the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (cf. Acts 1:14), has never ceased to take maternal care of the pilgrim Church." Cardinal [...] Marian doctrine ever elaborated by an ecumenical council, with a view to manifesting the face of the holy Church, to which Our Lady is intimately associated." Vatican News