before her, and begging her the favor of honoring them with one of her commands. According to St Augustine, St Michael is the most eager of all the angels to honor her and lead others to honor her, although [...] are all compelled by the force of truth, willingly or unwillingly, to call her blessed. According to St Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her, "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother
the writings of St Jerome where he makes the following statement amidst various interpretations of Mary's name: "We should realize that Mary means Lady in the Syrian Language." After him St Chrysologus says [...] born and was called 'Lady' by the authority and command of her own Son." (...) For all these reasons St Alphonsus Liguori, in collecting the testimony of past ages, writes these words with evident devotion:
the onset of National Socialism; St. John XXIII, for the upcoming Ecumenical Council; St. Paul VI, who recommended the recitation of the Rosary as a family, as well as St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and [...] Romani Pontifices, dated September 17, 1559, promoted the devotion of the Rosary, attributing it to St. Dominic, and pointing to its efficacy in intercession and sanctification. Many other popes have urged
worthy of proclamation accomplished in God's silence People are sometimes troubled by the silence of St. Mark's Gospel and the New Testament Epistles about Jesus' virginal conception. Some might wonder if [...] mysteries with one another" in the totality of Christ's mysteries, from his Incarnation to his Passover. St. Ignatius of Antioch already bears witness to this connection: "Mary's virginity and giving birth, [...] prince of this world: these three mysteries worthy of proclamation were accomplished in God's silence." (St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Eph. 19, 1; cf. I Cor 2:8) Catechism of the Catholic Church #498
of Sweden, Co-Patroness of Europe (d. 1373) The Virgin Mary is closely associated with the Redeemer St. Bridget of Sweden heard from the mouth of the Mother of God: "I say with some boldness that his pain [...] felt at the moment of my Son's death and then it will not seem heavy to you to abandon the world.” St. Bridget also heard from the mouth of the Son of God: "Therefore, I can affirm that my Mother and I [...] of her Heart." (Revelationses extravagantes, ed. C. Durante, Romae 1606, c 3, p. 804) Mary also told St. Bridget this: "Consider, my daughter, the Passion of my Son. His limbs were like my limbs and my Heart
of Saint Anne. The Latin Church adopted it gradually during the 10 th century, but St Bernard, St Bonaventure, and St Thomas Aquinas still refused to admit this "immaculate conception." Saint John Duns
the church of St. Matthew in Rome, run by Augustinian monks. This was done on March 27, 1499. Irish Augustinian monks, driven out of Ireland by persecution, took over the direction of St. Matthew's Church [...] icon. St. Matthew's was destroyed during Napoleon's invasion of Rome in 1798, but fortunately the icon was saved. In 1819 what remained of the Irish Augustinian community moved to the church of St. Mary [...] was almost forgotten, except by an elderly Augustinian friar who had seen it often in the church of St. Matthew. He showed it to a young mass server, Michel Marchi, with whom he had become friends. In 1863
stoned to death), Rabbi Gamaliel, his nephew Nicodemus and his son Abibos. Lucian wrote that Gamaliel, St. Paul’s teacher, appeared to him in his dreams and pointed to the location of his tomb in Beit Jamal [...] Some of its remains can be seen in the back of the Ottoman period monastery. The Byzantine church, St. Stephen, was named after the first Christian martyr. His name was written on a 5th-6th century Greek [...] are two monasteries (one for men, one for women), and two churches (Sisters of Bethlehem church, and St. Stephen’s church). The place is open to the public, offering weekend concerts, a shop where you can
the Church and from the teaching of the Doctors and Saints. Among those are St. Ephrem, St. Bernard, St. Bernardine, and St. Louis de Montfort, whose Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is
the two major basilicas of St Mary Major and St John Lateran. Following his daughter's pleas, the father finally acquiesced and the icon was installed in 1499 in the Church of St Matthew where it remained [...] Redemptorists on April 26, 1866--who had the church of Saint Alphonsus rebuilt where the Church of St Matthew was formerly located. The Pope added solemnly: "Make her known! Make her loved! She will save
