bishop, or Cardinal Léger, in a monotone voice, would say the first part of the Hail Mary, and we would mechanically respond with the second part of the Hail Mary, along with those on the radio. I found [...] praying to Mary was quite a life lesson for a little boy. I felt that Mary was happy to see us all together. It was as if I were saying to her, "Mom, I love you." The repetition of the Hail Mary's seemed [...] November 29 - The Virgin with the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium, 1932) "Seeing my father praying to Mary on his knees was a life lesson" "My mother was very exhausted towards the end of her second pregnancy
July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (III) There were four of us around the dying child. The doctor took the child’s pulse as her heartbeat became almost imperceptible [...] hand off her wrist, exclaimed: “It’s a miracle! It’s a miracle! She has come back to life! She’s alive!” Earlier when the convulsions first began, I went to fetch a statuette of the Virgin from the neighbor’s [...] heard someone breathing in the room; we had the impression of a vivifying presence, but there was nothing visible, just the strange certainty of a supernatural intervention. I called my husband and told him
such a blasphemer! In fact, I belonged to a sect that prohibited us to honor Mary, forbid us to make the sign of the cross and to enter a Catholic church. However, I had spent a year as a girl in a parochial [...] (Akita, Japan, recognized by Bishop Shojiro Ito in 1984) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (I) In the year 1958, we lived in a poor working suburb. Life was miserable for everyone and the second halves [...] unrecognizable. She no longer looked like a human being. What was I to do? … I called the doctor, who saw at once the gravity of the case and spent the entire night with us, trying to use, without success, all
Great Miracle (Portugal) "Priests have a special alliance with Mary" Priests have a special covenant with the most holy Mother of God. As the eternal Father made her a partaker of his divine paternity, so [...] he associates priests with him for a continuation of this mystery in every Christian through baptism. This is why priests, having such a close alliance and wonderful conformity with the Mother of the High [...] special obligations to love her, to honor her and to clothe themselves with her virtues and dispositions. You should strive to do this with all your hearts. Offer yourself to her, and ask her to strongly help
Italy, 1470) “I understood for the first time that Mary really is a mother with authority” In Feb. 2021, my mom passed away after a brief, fierce battle with cancer. The absence of her earthly presence radically [...] the first time that Mary really is a mother with authority, to whom is owed reverent obedience. Immediately, Mary’s maternal wisdom and direction brought to mind my relationship with my own mom. Like my [...] mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. I didn’t pursue a relationship with her; in fact, I was quite skeptical and, at times, indignant at the suggestion that she could satisfy a portion of the maternal void
January 16 – Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) The great joy of making a pilgrimage with Mary Although the Guadalupana pilgrimage that usually draws thousands was virtual this year, Francisco Hernández [...] he said. Francisco considers himself a man of great faith in God and Our Lady of Guadalupe, from whom he has received great favors. For example the recovery after a seriously work accident in which his [...] suffered the accident his faith was already strong, and continues. Faith was a virtue his mother left to him because she was a Mexican woman of extraordinary faith, he said. "When my mother died on December
July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (III) There were four of us around the dying child. The doctor took the child's pulse as her heartbeat became almost imperceptible [...] hand off her wrist, exclaimed: "It's a miracle! It's a miracle! She has come back to life! She's alive!" Earlier when the convulsions first began, I went to fetch a statuette of the Virgin from the neighbor's [...] heard someone breathing in the room; we had the impression of a vivifying presence, but there was nothing visible, just the strange certainty of a supernatural intervention. I called my husband and told him
such a blasphemer! In fact, I belonged to a sect that prohibited us to honor Mary, forbid us to make the sign of the cross and to enter a Catholic church. However, I had spent a year as a girl in a parochial [...] (Akita, Japan, recognized by Bishop Shojiro Ito in 1984) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (I) In the year 1958, we lived in a poor working suburb. Life was miserable for everyone and the second halves [...] unrecognizable. She no longer looked like a human being. What was I to do? ... I called the doctor, who saw at once the gravity of the case and spent the entire night with us, trying to use, without success,
the Cross (Italy, 1490) The Virgin Mary is with me as I pray on my rehab bike I love reading your daily email (Editor's note: A Moment with Mary) about the Virgin Mary. Thanks to this letter, I went to [...] healing by now, are becoming more mobile. A faithful reader who now feels the presence of our Blessed Mother at his side. A French reader of A Moment with Mary , in 2018 [...] sclerosis, I had a sense of hopelessness. Anticipating a total loss of autonomy in the near future, I was contemplating ending my life so as not to become a burden to my family. The priest gave me a penance of
November 29 - 1st Sunday of Advent - The Virgin with a Heart of Gold (Beauraing, Belgium, 1932) The Virgin with a Heart of Gold On the evening of November 29, 1932, five children—fun-loving, mischievous [...] them exclaimed that there was a bright light moving near the viaduct. First they thought it was the lights of a moving car. Very soon, however, they discovered the figure of a lady, and they instantly recognized [...] evening they came home with the same story. The villagers laughed at them and their parents got quite angry. The next time the children related with more details that they had seen a lady who was more beautiful
