for revenge to compassion and forgiveness. Her faith, she said, was rooted largely in devotion to Mary. As she recited the Rosary, a verse from the Lord’s Prayer (“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive [...] upon waking at 6 a.m., she recited the Rosary of the seven sorrows, beginning with Simeon’s words to Mary that a sword would pierce her heart. In our conversation, she stressed that she said these prayers

official language, says Father Leopold Kropfreiter. The Austrian priest of the Servants of Jesus and Mary Congregation has been a missionary in the largest of the central Asian republic since 2008. Under [...] Church of Kazakhstan, namely, a strong Eucharistic adoration and a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. The cross bears an inscription paying homage to the martyrs and victims of the Soviet repression

she’ll go to court if she has to. She does not plan to remove her painting. The painting of the Virgin Mary was done on a piece of plywood that replaced a window Francis had removed from her mobile home. She [...] this. I need help and I don’t know what will happen to me, but I do know I’m not taking it down.” by Mary Rezac CNA

prayers from memory that are intended to allow us to enter into the mysteries of the life of Jesus and Mary. Some find it helpful to combine Scripture reading and even some silence with the prayers to aid in [...] meaningless words. But this is not the way the rosary was meant to be prayed. The repetition of the Hail Mary, rather, is often compared to a child speaking words of love over and over again. As St. John Paul

receiving Fr Ezeagu's phone call, Fr George Okorie, Superior General of the Congregation of the Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy, said: "When I spoke to Fr Valentine, he told me that seeing him praying the Rosary

Italy) At Notre-Dame des Victoires During her pilgrimage to Rome, St Therese of Lisieux experienced Mary’s faithful tenderness, through Notre-Dame des Victoires (Our Lady of Victories): "The graces that she

and going. He acted by nature in a divine manner, penetrating into the brilliant virginal purity of Mary’s womb; the holy and radiant Virgin, full of a divine wisdom, and free from any stain of the body,

he said. Speaking further on what he prays for Conlan said: “I’d say three Our Fathers, two Hail Marys and hope to God that I’m going to win, that’s if I hadn’t trained. If I had trained I’d say an Our

Lady of the Rocks) miraculously appeared on a rock cliff in Colombia. This image depicted the Virgin Mary giving a friar’s cord to Saint Francis and a rosary to Saint Dominic. Mystified by its appearance

veneration after years of being forgotten. Story contributed by Marco Frederico Dalma, A Moment with Mary reader from the Philippines, in September 2019