demands an attitude of self-effacement, and in which are nested both the freedom of God who calls, and the freedom of the answer: the Amen of Jesus and the Fiat of Mary. Bishop Dominique Rey, Bishop of Fr [...] silence, natural reserve and meditation. Joseph preserves the privacy of his adopted Son, Jesus. He respects the other-ness of Mary his wife, in the mysteries of her virginal conception and her divine maternity [...] must be shown and everything must be told, in a nonstop fashion. Just look at the success of reality TV, the reign of 'extimacy' where people exhibit their no-longer private lives and moods round-the-clock
15-centimeter long crack in the cable, leaving the wires exposed and dangerous. Thoughtlessly, I unrolled the cord without unplugging it and went to work. When I had finished, I realized how imprudent I had [...] people can open up their hearts, cry and thank Our Lady. Bishop Neri José Tondello, of Juína - MT (Brazil) Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] Lady Refuge of Sinners Our Lady of Caravaggio protected me Throughout my life, I have always kept Mary in my thoughts. For me, she is a mother, a companion, a friend ... I am attentive to her wishes. For
origin and the historic capital of Transylvania, the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in that region. Its cathedral, built in 1749, contains a Madonna and Child [...] the Virgin Mary and a staunch defender of unity with Rome. After this miracle, the cathedral became a Marian shrine attracting numerous pilgrims to the veneration of the miraculous Madonna and Child Hodegetria [...] Child Hodegetria icon (1), one of the most widespread and popular types of Marian icons, depicting the Theotokos (Mother of God) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to Him as the source of
because she was in great need. Her sorrow kept her absorbed and pierced, and she had not yet turned into herself to enjoy this joy of faith; and that he stayed with her a long time, because it was necessary [...] leaves someone in the shadows, keeping a discreet silence about her: the Virgin Mary. She is mentioned at the foot of the Cross, and is present among the first community gathered in the Cenacle, but where is [...] must have been the most moving encounter between the Mother and her Son who conquered death. Thankfully popular piety has filled this void, and trusted authors embraced it. In his Spiritual Exercises, for
of the Mother, the gift of every mother and every woman, is most precious for the Church, for she too is mother and woman. While a man often abstracts, affirms and imposes ideas, a woman, a mother, knows [...] lives... Devotion to Mary is not spiritual etiquette; it is a requirement of the Christian life. Looking to the Mother, we are asked to leave behind all sorts of useless baggage and to rediscover what really [...] Clemency (Rome, Italy) A mother knows how to "keep," to put things together in her heart, to give life Mary held nothing back; she locked nothing within out of self-pity or resentment. Instead, she gave everything
Redeemer and his Blessed Mother? The Church helps us remember them with the Angelus, a prayer recited at the sound of the bell in the morning, at noon and in the evening, to honor the Mother of God and also [...] recited one Our Father, later the Hail Mary was added. Then the Popes ordered three strokes (in honor of the Most Holy Trinity), and the recitation of a Hail Mary at each stroke, to ask the Mother of God [...] that it was time to pray. Originally, the bell resounded in the morning half an hour before sunrise, and in the evening half an hour after sunset, to exhort the faithful to pray the Lord for the conquest
Church Fathers came to see all plants and their burgeoning as signatures and symbols of Mary - applying to her the scriptural titles of Rose of Sharon, Lily of the Valley and Lily Among the Thorns. The Medieval [...] honors). Then, with the 18th century re-burgeoning of devotion to Mary, the Church dedicated to her the entire springtime budding and flowering of plants of the month of May, applying to her the passage [...] (Dante); erected cathedral Rose Windows in her honor; in her Litany gave her the title of Mystical Rose; and honored her with the Christmas carol, "Lo a Rose 'ere Blooming". An old capitol in the ancient Abbey
the door and the window with the eyes of a hunted deer. This girl has hardly just arrived, but she already wants to go away. And she will escape as a matter of fact, forever, dying in 1915, and canonical [...] Lady, without hesitating, and especially, Catherine, your innocent audacity: you pose your coarse, countrified hands on Mary’s knees, after working in the fields of Burgundy and serving the poor. Do you [...] (III) Clerk, please call... Miss Frances Richer, from Pontmain, France … Eleven years and ten months old. She is nervous and shy. She does not like to speak in public, although she does manage to say, Oh! How
reason why He created Mary: “I reserved this beloved girl for myself,” He said, “because she is like a sweet lure and she will attract human beings to her, especially sinners, and then she will lead them
reason why He created Mary: "I reserved this beloved girl for myself," He said, "because she is like a sweet lure and she will attract human beings to her, especially sinners, and then she will lead them
