the Annunciation and the Incarnation of the Word of God in Mary’s womb, by the operation of the Holy Spirit who covered her with his shadow , and the moment of Christ’s birth, Mary, engaged to Joseph, was [...] beginning, on the contrary welded it forever, by faith. It is also at the price of this test for the holy spouses, reported in the Scripture, that the virgin birth of Jesus is highlighted without any ambiguity
Poland (1670), Saint Joseph healed a man after showing a painting representing the family, the Holy Spirit, and God the Father – this painting is entitled “Go to Joseph.” In 1870, Pope Pius IX entrusted [...] this month of Saint Joseph, which began on March 1st, we should remember how much the discreet and holy husband of Mary has been present throughout the history of the Church. Following are a few important
long time … I ended up receiving the sacrament of Confirmation in a wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit. My mother played an important role in this conversion by her example and especially by signing [...] money, living on Providence for a whole month. I wanted to meet other brothers in Christ and the Most Holy Virgin Mary ... At Our Lady of Laus Shrine (France), I experienced the grace of perfumes. I smelled
conversion (Mk 1: 15): interior conversion, holiness; 4th mystery : the Transfiguration (Lk 9: 28-36): contemplation; 5th mystery : the institution of the Holy Eucharist (Jn 13): receiving the sacraments [...] the Rosary (I) Each mystery has its own spiritual fruit, which Pope John Paul II called "fruit of holiness". Fruits of the joyful mysteries The fruit of the 1st joyful mystery (the Annunciation to Mary by [...] fraternal charity; 3rd mystery : the Nativity of Jesus in Bethlehem (Mt 2: 1-12; Lk 2: 1-20): the spirit of poverty; 4th mystery : the Presentation of the newborn Jesus in the Temple (Lk 2: 22-38): purity
thoroughly tractable, entirely detached, most ready to be molded in her by the working of the Holy Spirit. What blemishes and defects, what shadows and distortions, what natural and human imperfections
spiritual way". Through faith, the Christian soul becomes the mother of God under the action of the Holy Spirit. The soul’s "first name" therefore is “Mary”. Brother Manuel Rivero www.fr.zenit.org
Virgin Mary, the power of Mary's "universal motherhood" is exercised, under the action of the Holy Spirit. Adapted from: Marian Encyclopedia
Jesus Christ and of His most holy Mother and to persevere in it to the end." St. Clare of Assisi, a faithful disciple of St. Francis, founded the Poor Clares in the same spirit of humility, in imitation of
mystery, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (Mt. 2:1-12; Lk. 2:1-20), whose fruit is the spirit of poverty. The Holy Eucharist is the continuation of the Incarnation of Jesus. When we come to the Blessed [...] Mary, so she may teach us to detach ourselves from everything, to such an extent that Jesus in the Holy Eucharist becomes our greatest treasure, our "pearl of great value", and Christ our "immeasurable [...] contemplate Jesus, in whom we find our dignity and identity through his boundless love for us, in the Holy Eucharist. Christ makes our soul eternally more beautiful with each communion and each visit we make
the special link existing between Jesus, as "first-born" (Lk 2:7, 23) and God's holiness, as well as to indicate the spirit of humble offering which motivated Mary and Joseph (cf. Lk 2:24). In fact, the [...] of Jesus in the temple, St Luke emphasizes Jesus' messianic destiny. The immediate purpose of the Holy Family's journey from Bethlehem to Jerusalem according to the Lucan text was to fulfil the law: "And [...] the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, 'Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord'), and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, 'a pair
