made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what [...] March 13 - Our Lady of the Rose (Italy, 1655) Joseph, the Faithful Cooperator This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she
February 16 - Our Lady of the Thorn (Châlons, France) Our Lady and the Burning Bush According to tradition, the discovery of a statue of the Virgin Mary took place on the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation [...] polychrome statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus in the midst of the flames. In 1406, on the very same site of the miracle, construction of a church was begun for the enshrinement of the miraculous [...] beautiful shrine is a worthy place to venerate the Blessed Virgin, where Christian souls can adore the Son of God.
those moments. Praying the Rosary is a back and forth movement, a swaying to the music of the Holy. The Hail Marys’ familiar words smooth in the background, the Our Fathers punctuating our space with heaven’s [...] alone, but rather with—with Mary to carry our prayers to her Son, with saints whose charism coincides with our intentions. We pray in community—and it is a massive community of saints—while experiencing [...] April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Quito, Ecuador) The Rosary has something musical about it I often used to spend time with a friend from church I’d known for years. During all our conversations, music lightly
April 19 - Our Lady of the Country (Italy, 1559) My friend is recovering from lung cancer after I gave him a Miraculous Medal My friend Francois was actively dying of lung cancer. Two days after I gave [...] smiling again and he is ready to fight to the finish. He continues to pray, and thanks the Virgin Mary every day for having heard his prayers. Personally when I saw him on February 16, 2013, I cried with [...] He is still undergoing treatment but we continue to pray until he is completely healed. Thank you Mary and Jesus for hearing our prayers. A. Translated from: http://oratorium.die
the spellbinding beauty of the artwork nor, at the same time, to observe the devotion of all those engrossed in prayer in search of comfort and assistance before the image of Mary, who is venerated here [...] under the beloved title of Salus Populi Romani . Every August 5th, a solemn celebration recalls the Miracle of the Snows. Before the amazed eyes of the congregation, a cascade of white petals descends from [...] the site of a temple to the goddess Cybele. According to a 13th-century legend, the first church was built here by Pope Liberius (352-66), on the site of an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The legend
the morning of her original splendor. Ineffably intact because you are the Mother of Jesus Christ, Who is truth in your arms, and our sole hope and sole fruit. Because you are woman, Eden of ancient tenderness [...] you exist. Mother of our Lord, be thanked! Paul Claudel, The Virgin at Noon, excerpted from Oeuvres poétiques (1957), Note: Claudel converted to the Catholic faith in front of a statue of Our Lady in Notre [...] May 9 – Our Lady of the Wood (Italy, 1607) To gaze upon you, to weep with joy, to know that I am your son It is noon. I see the church open. I must enter. Mother of Jesus Christ, I have not come to pray
Homily of October 6, 1918 in La Courneuve, France. (1) Father Lamy was a Mystic and Founder of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary. On September 9, 1909, he had a vision of the Blessed [...] against all the powers of hell. The Mother of God, who in the past has given proofs of her maternal goodness, responds to our requests. She will not deceive us; leaning on the Mother of God, even though you [...] April 14 - Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) A great truth that is not sufficiently known We must be aware of a great truth that is not sufficiently known, and that is that the Rosary is a powerful weapon
is a bit like that: it is a way of placing oneself, with the heart of a pauper, under the radiance of the life of Jesus. It is a way of letting Jesus look at you, as Mary did, throughout the day. Father [...] is a string of moments where Mary, Mother of Jesus, brings us her presence and her intercession, as during the beginnings of the Church, when disciples gathered in the Upper Room and Mary "was there," [...] it is for all of us who are poor? What makes us rich or poor? · The poverty of the hours of helplessness, which leave us with no strength, no desires, no certainties. · The good poverty of happy days, which
Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The dramatic fire of Notre Dame of Paris last year led to the impossibility of holding the national procession in Paris in 2019. So it was decided to have two statues of Our Lady [...] The “M for Mary” pilgrimage was to have started at the beginning of May, the month of Mary. Because COVID-19 restrictions on public worship were only lifted on May 25th, the launching of the long road [...] be the 40th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s famous challenge from the forecourt of Reims Cathedral: “France, eldest daughter of the Church, are you faithful to the promises of your baptism? Are you faithful
"Pure souls take the Mother of God into their hearts. Your body and mind are the house of the Lord and that is where you must take her. All the children of God should take Mary into themselves and all that [...] special day of grace, reminded him of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross out of love for us, his wounds, his blood, his sufferings, his humiliations, his offering to the Father, as well as Mary's tears and [...] Good Friday – Our Lady of the Wound (Italy, 1490) When Satan confesses: "She always walks by your side" On Good Friday of the year 2006, while an exorcist was reading from the Gospel of John the words Jesus
