"The Church reproduces the model of the mother of her Spouse and Savior, and she too is a mother and a virgin... The Gospel says that one day the mother and the brothers of Jesus (i.e. his cousins) were announced [...] March 26 – Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) – Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel Their hearts hold a mystery larger than themselves Consecrated virgins living in the world testify that virginity is not [...] man. What it means is a total availability to the duty of spiritual and material fertility to which the Lord has called them. Christ is at the heart of Christian marriage. Consecrated virgins testify that
moments of salvation history are relived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. 5. With Mary the heart is oriented towards the mystery of Jesus. Christ is put at the center of our life, of our [...] itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." 8. The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a biblical [...] events of the Lord's life in the company of the Blessed Virgin, pondering them, like her, in our heart. 9. May this good habit continue… with more commitment so that, at the school of Mary, the lamp of faith
Virgin Mary (different from the latria , the cult of adoration that we owe to God only). And the best way to do this is to look at how Mary was associated to the Holy Trinity and to the mystery of Redemption [...] and aim of all Salvation. Rightly placed in the Trinitarian perspective, our love for the Virgin highlights the harmony and the architecture of God’s plan of salvation into which the Virgin Mary was called [...] redemption and the deification of all of us. This is another reason for remembering Mary’s glorious titles: God established her as our Mother in the order of grace. By presenting Marian devotion from this t
there is an area where we should especially seek the help of Mary: to increase our faith. Why this importance of faith in our prayer to Mary? Because of all the dimensions in which our lives unfold, none is [...] Virgin Mary to educate us and show us how to maintain the vital link of faith with our Creator. Not only has no creature been so close to God as she was, but moreover, the sin of doubt and suspicion of her [...] having never reached Mary, she has always tasted the joy of one who walks with God in perfect intelligence and love. For this reason, our education in the virtue of faith and love of God is the most precious
January 3 – OUR LADY OF SICHEM (The Netherlands, 1306) This Birth Perfectly Reflects the Messiah's Condition Mary did not know how her child would be born, but she must have sensed that this birth would [...] aspects, and yet common, hidden and earthly in its other aspects. The incident of the grotto was probably not the humiliation for Mary, as it seems to be for us, since at that time in Nazareth peasants also built [...] a major event for a mother: with it, the past is history and a life story begins. And in the case Mary and Jesus, what a past! What a life story!
and I could not hold back my tears. I said to the Virgin Mary: "Mary, this is my life, I come to you with all of my pain. I am not worthy of your Son anymore, because I am divorced and the Lord does not [...] d my heart opening up to Mary and Jesus, which I didn’t believe could happen. After that, I confessed to a priest for the first time and unpacked my “load” of sins. In Mary’s and Jesus’ light we see everything [...] January 5 – Our Lady of Good Counsel (Bergamo, Italy) You are filled with God’s love The grace I received is something that was completely unfathomable. The closer I got to the grotto, the more I felt
June 21 - Our Lady of Matarieh (Grand Cairo, Egypt) Devotion to the Two Hearts The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many [...] many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references to their Hearts, provide a vivid revelation of the Two Hearts. "Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened [...] light" (Mt 11: 28-30). "As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). When we consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all
February 24 - Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Eastern Churches) – 8th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The Magnificat is so close to us! How closely then are we touched by Mary’s canticle (1), how deeply [...] to repeat with Mary that God “cast the mighty from their thrones” while in the meantime I continued to hanker after power, a higher place, promotion, a better career and lost my peace of mind if I didn’t [...] didn’t succeed; if every day I were to proclaim with Mary that God “sends the rich away empty” and in the meantime I hankered tirelessly after riches and possessions and ever more refined things; if I were
sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. " + Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan Superior of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney and titular Bishop of Cedamusa (Brazil) Exclusive [...] – Our Lady of Ergot Sufferers (Arras, France, 1105) We should imagine Our Lady sitting next to us My experience with Mary began in childhood, on my mother's lap, where I learned the Hail Mary. When I was [...] the end of the minor seminary, I consecrated my life to her according to the method of Saint Louis de Montfort, for which I carefully prepared myself with the Treatise on True Devotion to Mary. I have
June 21 - Our Lady of Matarieh (Grand Cairo, Egypt) Devotion to the Two Hearts The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many [...] many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references to their Hearts, provide a vivid revelation of the Two Hearts. "Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened [...] light" (Mt 11: 28-30). "As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). When we consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all
