exactly what Jesus says in the Gospel of St John: "Whatever you ask in my name, I will do" (Jn 14:13). So to me it’s an invitation to address my prayers to Jesus. Especially because Jesus is true man like [...] more difficult than speaking to Jesus. I have noticed that the prayers said during Mass are always addressed to God the Father, and they all end with the line: "Through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord." [...] like each one of us, while at the same time true God. Jesus shared our human condition, lived as a man, loved, wept, prayed and suffered, all the way to His sacrifice on the Cross. But at the same time
Mother of Jesus, is the first tabernacle in history. Christ radiated through Mary's gaze and voice as she visited her cousin Elizabeth. From the wedding at Cana where, at the prayer of his mother, Jesus changed [...] memorial of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Let us live the Eucharist with the attitude of Mary at the foot of the cross. In the memorial of Calvary, Jesus also says to each one of us: "Here is your [...] changed water into wine, until the hour of the Eucharist when Jesus gave himself under the species of bread and wine, God expects the same faith and trust from us that Mary showed. Saint John Paul II placed
us all through Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Commendation Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary and Joseph [...] you. Mother who loved to the end, we thank God for you. All holy and ever-living God, in giving us Jesus Christ to be our Savior and Brother, you gave us Mary, His Mother, to be our Mother also. Grant, we [...] Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.
dialogue between Mary and Jesus at the Wedding at Cana, St. John Chrysostom offers this explanation: "Now there was a shortage of wine; Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no wine.' Jesus answered her, 'Woman [...] important to examine the source of Jesus' mother's high opinion of her Son, when he had not yet performed any miracles, since the Evangelist later remarks: 'So Jesus performed the first of his miracles [...] reply that his glory and power were beginning to be revealed by the testimony of John, and by what Jesus himself was saying to his disciples. Moreover, and long before that, his divine conception and the
that thirst. But how strongly she must have felt with Jesus that spiritual thirst that thirst for all of us who He wanted to save by His death. What Jesus went through, Mary went through with him. In her [...] good and the bad. With her beloved Jesus, she also said: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." These words were not only for those who made Jesus suffer on Calvary. They were for [...] was also the invisible presence of Saint Joseph, who shared everything with Mary. Mary said with Jesus, in a low voice: "I am thirsty." She was thirsty with Him, and not only that atrocious, physical thirst
fact that Jesus was Mary's only child (Jn 19: 25-27). Mary is alone with her Son at the foot of the Cross and Jesus entrusts her to the apostle John. If Mary had had other children, wouldn't Jesus normally [...] Concerning Mary's perpetual virginity, there is the question of the Gospel's episodes which speak of "Jesus' brothers." While in Greek two words are used to designate "brother" (adelphos) and "cousin" (aneptios)
precedes and discloses the Sun of Justice Jesus Christ, she must be known and acknowledged so that Jesus may be known and acknowledged. As she was the way by which Jesus first came to us, she will again be the [...] her as their advocate and mediatrix with Jesus Christ. They will see clearly that she is the safest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus and will surrender themselves to her, body [...] body and soul, without reserve in order to belong entirely to Jesus. Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Treatise on the True Devotion to Mary, Excerpts § 50 à 55
said: Each one naturally loves his native land, and since the native land of Jesus is the Virgin of Virgins and since Jesus was born by His will of a Lily, He loves to find Himself in virgin hearts." (Letter [...] why this extraordinary privilege, why? . . . Ah! what a grace to be a virgin, to be the bride of Jesus! It must indeed be beautiful, sublime, since the purest and most intelligent of all creatures thought [...] it better to remain a virgin than to become the Mother of a God . . . And this is the grace that Jesus grants us, He wants us to be His brides, indeed He even promises us that we may be His mother and
examine our relationship with Jesus. Because Mary brings us back to her Son, every time. She doesn’t keep anything for herself, and all the graces we obtain come from Jesus. It does not matter what we ask [...] graces, even if they don’t always match our initial request. Why ask Mary instead of Jesus? When we are Catholic, Jesus is the primary object of our prayer, with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But "the [...] hearts wider and wider, as sons and daughters. Finally, turning to Mary in prayer is to contemplate Jesus in a different way, as Son and Brother. Father Bertrand Cormier Actu.fr
but as an integral part of the same parental function with respect to Jesus. It was actually through Joseph's paternity that Jesus is connected with his Davidic ancestry, since the genealogical descent [...] Joseph's fatherhood in the shadows. We should strongly affirm this: Mary's motherhood with regard to Jesus called for Joseph's fatherhood. This fatherhood is inseparable from that motherhood and draws its [...] all his heart. So it was in a common act that they dedicated themselves to their task of receiving Jesus and preparing him for his mission, she as a mother, he as a father. Jean Hémery mariedenazareth.com
