Archangel Gabriel announced to her that she had found favor with God, and that by the action of the Holy Spirit she would conceive Jesus, the Son of the Most High. “Rejoice, full of grace: the Lord is with you [...] lay aside all narrow-mindedness and to rejoice, because in them we see the mystery of the eternal holiness of God shine forth." Vatican News

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

the Agony of Jesus in the Garden. "Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation: For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Mt 26:41). No matter how sick our soul may be, we should never [...] despair. Let us present to Him all our sufferings, including the most secret ones, the anxieties of our spirit, the tears of our heart, and even the infirmities of our body. Let us tell him, with simplicity and [...] Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart began on March 13th, 1863, at the Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary at Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The result of much hard work on the part of Sister Marie of the Sacred

have his desire fly without wings.” When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 1:35), she intercedes for us before the Father who filled her with grace, and before the

all those with whom I live and those with whom I work. Mary I would like to be the bearer of the Holy Spirit with you. Let my heart be obedient to His inspirations, as was yours. Mother of Peace, let my words

She is worthy of even more praise, respect, love and service. Indeed, let us repeat after the Holy Spirit, "All the glory of the King's daughter is within", meaning that all the external glory which heaven

Lord, who nevertheless told her that one must "distinguish between the Scripture inspired by the Holy Spirit and the pious writings of Christians. Only the Gospels canonized by the Church are dictated by

recorded both in Simeon's prophecy and in the story of the Lord's Passion. "This child is here", says the holy old man of the Child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction, and you yourself - he is now speaking to [...] piercing your soul that it was able to penetrate the flesh of your Son. After your Jesus gave up his spirit, the cruel spear that cut open his side obviously couldn't reach his soul; but it did pierce yours

saved. "For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we might be saved," as the Holy Spirit affirmed through the mouth of Saint Peter (Acts 4:12). But to do this, let us never forget to go

universal mediatrix and distributrix to the world of the divine grace, light, wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit; and providentially governing Queen of Heaven and earth. In short, we consecrate ourselves to Jesus