Tuesday and Friday, the sorrowful mysteries: the Agony of Jesus at Gethsemane, the Scourging, the Crowning with thorns, the bearing of the Cross, the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus; Wednesday and Sunday [...] is meditated upon with Hail Marys grouped in series of 10 called “decades.” Each set of mysteries is usually prayed on different days during the week, as follows: Monday and Saturday, the joyful mysteries: [...] Marian prayer of which Pope Benedict XII (d.1730) said: "The Rosary is the sovereign remedy for errors and vices." The prayer of the Rosary is often prayed with the help of an object also called a “rosary.”
one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ( Lk 17:17-18). After Mary, our Mother heard the message of the Angel, she lifted up her heart in a song of praise and thanksgiving to God [...] is God’s gift, and to say “Thank you.” Then, I assure you, our joy will be complete. Only those who know how to say “Thank you” will experience the fullness of joy. The heart of Mary, more than any other [...] ready to receive God’s gifts? It is easy to approach the Lord to ask for something, but to return and give thanks is another matter. That is why Jesus points to the nine ungrateful lepers who failed to
at her bedside. Our Lady rebuked the demon and he immediately departed. Our Lady then looked at Estelle and said to her, “Do not fear, you are my daughter.” Mary also told her to be brave for she was to [...] dead. On the 19th of February, Estelle was cured… She led a life thereafter of humility and prayer. In total peace and certainty to find our loving Mother of Mercy, she relinquished her soul to God on August [...] Lady requesting her intercession to obtain a cure from God. In "response" to this letter, the Virgin Mary paid special visits to Estelle… During the night of the 14th of February 1876, a demon appeared at
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, answered: "Listen to what I have to say, Satan. When you came out of the hands of the Creator, you had the understanding of the justice that is in God from eternity and without [...] without beginning. You also had the liberty to act at your pleasure, and although you have preferred to hate God instead of giving him your heart, you still know what justice demands. But I say to you that [...] she showed me great affection; she liked to remember that God deigned to choose me for his Mother and that he wanted to exalt me above all creatures. The thought of the privileges with which God was
destined this place for the conversion of the sinners," Benedicta would say. And the Virgin Mary announced to her: "Many sinners, men and women, will come here to be converted." She asked the girl to "pray u [...] 7-year-old girl lost her father. This sad event plunged her family – mother Catherine, two sisters and herself – into extreme poverty. In May of the same year, the Mother of God began to appear to her almost [...] paralyzed legs for six years, the vicar general recognized the "hand of God" behind the occurrence and authorized the construction of the church that would later become the Basilica of Our Lady of Le Laus
at her bedside. Our Lady rebuked the demon and he immediately departed. Our Lady then looked at Estelle and said to her, "Do not fear, you are my daughter." Mary also told her to be brave for she was to [...] On the 19th of February, Estelle was cured... She led a life thereafter of humility and prayer. In total peace and certainty to find our loving Mother of Mercy, she relinquished her soul to God on August [...] Lady requesting her intercession to obtain a cure from God. In "response" to this letter, the Virgin Mary paid special visits to Estelle... During the night of the 14th of February 1876, a demon appeared
to visit a prisoner and found him shivering with cold. It was winter and the poor man had only a thin shirt on. The priest took off his cassock, removed his own shirt and sweater and gave them to him. This [...] Every day, he would recite the rosary, pray the stations of the cross and receive communion. He gave up tobacco, coffee, and dessert, and wore a hair-shirt. One night he saw Saint Therese of Lisieux in a dream: [...] attended Mass and received communion. The hour arrived, Juan-José was perfectly calm. A witness later said, "Saints are made in Spanish prisons!" In Le Sourire de Marie ("The Smile of Mary"), n. 27, March
as once it guided the steps of the Magi: that we too may be led into your presence and worship you, the Child of Mary, the Word of the Father, the King of nations, the Savior of mankind; to whom be glory
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 [...] 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, "Arise, my love, my dove, my beautiful one and come. For [...] For the winter is past, the rains are over and done, the flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning has come and the voice of the turtle dove is heard." (Canticles)
go pray to the Blessed Virgin, say a little Hail Mary, and ask her to help you to know her Son. I would tell him to read a passage from the Gospel, and recommend that he read the work that was revealed [...] extraordinary and which helped me to love Jesus more." Florian Boucansaud was a professional player for eight years, but his success didn’t give him a sense of fulfilment. He couldn’t bear it anymore and asked [...] everything would stop: his prayer was answered on the spot, and very soon he lost his professional contract. No club would hire him. Without a penny, he and his wife went back to live near his family in Paray
