second visit to Poland (1983) French policeman died a hero’s death thanks to Mary Arnaud Beltrame was a French policeman who voluntarily changed places with a hostage during the March 23, 2018 terrorist attack [...] met Marielle, whom he married. They first had a civil marriage, then decided to prepare for a religious wedding at the Abbey of Lagrasse. On March 23, 2018, a few miles from the supermarket where Arnaud [...] had no idea of what was unfolding inside the supermarket. Then he received "a singular grace" from God: a sudden vision, as in a flash, of Arnaud Beltrame covered in blood. "That had never happened to me
celebrated the Eucharist with great care, and for me it was a great source of strength in prison,” he said. Tamkevicius also turned to the Virgin Mary as a source of strength, from the moment he was sentenced [...] years in a gulag, he drew his strength from Jesus and Mary One of the newest cardinals of the Church says he drew strength from the Mass and the Blessed Virgin during the decade he spent in a Soviet prison [...] Francis' frequent emphasis on martyrdom, saying: “if a believer is not ready to suffer for his faith, then he's a very weak believer. Our local Church can give a good example to the whole Church, because during
Heart of Mary. This is in keeping with the powerful teaching of Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort: "Mary has produced, with the Holy Spirit, the greatest thing that has ever been and ever will be, a God-Man [...] Blessed Virgin Mary A sign from heaven? The feast of the Visitation was extended to the entire Church by Urban VI on April 6, 1389 (Decree then published by Boniface IX, Nov. 9, 1389), with the hope that [...] to "hide" behind the smallest creature, Mary, in order to manifest his omnipotence. It was so with the first coming of God in the flesh, and it will be so with this mysterious coming of the Spirit on the
volunteers. This is proof that a little can go a long way. Margherita Bassi, a dapted from Borgen Magazine *The Marist Brothers were founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest. He founded [...] the Visitation of Mary - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit novice (d. 1591) Les Maristes Bleus*, a symbol of hope for the Syrians Dr. Nabil Antaki founded Les Maristes Bleus in 1986 with his wife Leyla Antaki [...] tortured for painting revolutionary-themed graffiti on the walls of a school. The protests that followed were concurrent with the Arab Spring: a series of anti-government protests that spread throughout much
000 children of Mary dressed in white (1947) Saint Catherine Laboure: a humble, everyday life type of holiness Is Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-1876), the visionary of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac [...] century, the Holy Spirit was beginning to forge, for a new era, a new type of holiness rooted in the sources of the Gospel: a humble, everyday life type of holiness. Fr René Laurentin, Life of Catherine [...] St Vincent de Paul, "our masters"? She knew how to approach them on their level with dignity. She mended their clothes with as much care as she mended her own and kept them impeccably clean, witnesses said
"meeting of hearts" that Mary brings to us, especially in Medjugorje. It is beautiful to see so many pilgrims arrive with a tense face and an oppressed heart and leave with a smile on their face, because [...] personally met their heavenly Mother. Mary likes it when we talk to her frankly, with the simplicity of a child, and expect a lot of her. This gives her the freedom to act as a mother. Read the rest of this story [...] Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth A Tender Threat (1/2) Certain stories in the lives of the saints can inspire our actions and even make us more fearless. This is what happened to me with Cardinal Alexandru
gifts. With our present perspective, we can ask ourselves: Why didn't Mary give birth to Jesus in a palace instead of a miserable stable? Why did Mary remain so calm while Joseph could not find a place [...] Christ is born in a stable. His Mother places him in a manger where the shepherds and then the Magi come to visit him. Mary passes from the stage of learning after her three months with her cousin Elizabeth [...] October 31 - Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Mary, help us to live in a spirit of detachment Today is Monday, the day in which we pray the joyful mysteries. Let us
of the Virgin Mary in the Temple A temple more sacred than the temple of Jerusalem The feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple evokes first of all the holiness of Mary. The 3-year-old [...] image of a consecrated life, a life of intimacy with God: "Today the All-Pure and All-Holy enters the Holy of Holies" (Orthodox liturgy). It is evident that the Church in this passage makes a special allusion [...] allusion to the Perpetual Virginity of Mary; but all human life, in various ways, can be a life "presented to the Temple," a holy and pure life with God. The second theme of this feast is the comparison
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary A Newly Converted Saul is Confounded by the Greatness of Mary (II) It was then that a sad coldness spread over the faces of his guests. Barnabas [...] blessed?" Saul shook his head. "It is a mystery," he murmured, with uneasiness. "I must meditate upon it." The Nazarenes (*Christians) received women among them with full equality and respect. They met in [...] beside her as a Child; He was helplessly dependent on her for nurture. We men love our mothers and reverence them. How much more, then, must God love and bless His mother! Nothing is impossible with God. If
genuflecting or kissing the floor as many times as I said a ‘Hail Mary.’ She has always been a mother to me and has never refused to help me. I ran to her with so much trust that it seemed like I had nothing to [...] myself to Mary as her slave forever, begging her not to refuse my vow. I spoke to her like a child, with simplicity, just like I would have spoken to my own good mother for whom I felt, as a consequence [...] Lady of Safe Hiding (Overloon, Holland) - Birth of Saint Marguerite Mary Alacoque (1647) I Spoke to Her Like a Child I always ran to Mary in all my needs. I had the habit of giving the small crown of the
