Graces (Brescia, Italy, 1526) A great victory is reserved for Mary in our day All the ages of the Church have been marked by the battles and glorious triumphs of the august Mary. Since the Lord set an enmity [...] fleeing, becoming rarer and rarer, and the vices are unleashed with frightful fury. It seems that we are approaching the predicted moment of a general defection and an almost universal apostasy. This sad [...] the doldrums of passions. The well of the abyss vomits forth a blackish and pestilential smoke, which threatens to envelop the whole Earth in a dark night, empty of all good, full of all evil, and impenetrable
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
often shows us a hostile face. She is instead a woman who listens: do not forget that there is always a great connection between hope and listening, and Mary is a woman who listens. Mary welcomes life as [...] ‘yes’ is the first step in a long list of examples of obedience — a long list of examples! — that will accompany her journey as mother. Thus, Mary appears in the Gospels as a silent woman, who often does [...] disposition there is a beautiful sample of Mary’s psychology: she is not a woman who is depressed by the uncertainties of life, especially when nothing seems to be going the right way. Nor is she a woman who protests
jail (in Vanier, Quebec), I heard from a friend, a priest in Poland, that there was the possibility of a visit to Vanier by a priest who was on pilgrimage with a replica of an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa [...] least eight of them were post-abortive. Father West gave us a history of the icon and he also explained how the “Black Madonna” had become a symbol of hope for post-abortive women: throughout history, [...] remains intact, though evidently scarred. Father spoke of God’s boundless love for each person from the moment of conception and of the grave harm of abortion and of the need for God’s mercy and forgiveness if
scaffold the saint quickly pulled out his rosary and tossed it to the crowd as a token of farewell. There was a Protestant Baron, a traveler, who happened to be in the crowd and the rosary bounced off his chest [...] October 8 – Mary Mother of Hungary He threw the last thing he possessed to the crowd Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615) was a Jesuit martyr who was executed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Anglican Protestants on [...] to get such a relic … Here is how the event is related, in the words of the Baron: “Religion was the last thing I was then thinking about: it was not in my mind at all; yet from that moment I had no rest
Gabriel brought the message of the august Trinity to the Virgin Mother, the exchange of words he had with Mary did not accomplish much. But when the Virgin surrendered her own will to offer it to God, she i [...] mystic Johannes Tauler OP (†1361), are a collection of mystical texts of Rhenish or Flemish origin from the 14th century. They were hugely popular from the moment the Carthusian monastery of Cologne published [...] December 24 – Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord What made Mary the true Mother of the Eternal Word? Surely, what God asks of us above all else is that we offer our will to Him without reservation and let
Immaculate Conception with the virgin birth of Jesus. Some parishes precede the feast with a preparatory novena. Since December 8th is a date included in the Advent season, when it falls on a Sunday the solemnity [...] Deus : "We declare and define the doctrine that the Blessed Virgin Mary was, in the first moment of her conception, by a grace and a singular favor of Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ [...] sin, is a doctrine revealed by God, and that therefore it must be firmly believed by all the faithful." From the first centuries, the eastern churches celebrated the original purity of Mary, in a celebration
mediatrix who intercedes with her Son on behalf of men, and who says to them: " Do whatever he tells you ." Her role is to be a loving mother. Jesus confirmed this a few moments before He died on the Cross [...] Foundation of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) Geopolitical reasons for Marian apparitions Question: Eric Letty (1), in your long article on the Blessed Virgin published in a special issue of the [...] many international apparitions of Mary, while her Son tends to remain out of the spotlight in terms of apparitions. Are these Marian apparitions exceptional because Mary is mediatrix in our salvation? Eric
feasts in her honor, which he celebrated with fervor, it was chiefly centered on the Rosary. He prayed it continually, evoking, meditating and praying with Mary - which is what the Rosary is all about - [...] altar this morning with such loving care! I wish that I had a stronger voice, to invite sinners all over the world to go to Our Lady." He goes on to write: "I feel myself burning without a fire. I feel clasped [...] friars would also see him in the sacristy, meditating and praying at the foot of a picture of Our Lady of Sorrows. In a letter from 1912, he wrote: "How many times have I confided to this mother the tormented
True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin was “at the moment of the Revolution, in 1793, hidden in a chest which was in an underground cavern, in the middle of a field of brambles, and was thus free from the fire [...] he wrote to a friend: “After having read several pages, I took it, hoping to use it to write a sermon on the Blessed Virgin. I happened upon the spot where it speaks of the Company of Mary. Then I recognized [...] just one, is imbued with De Montfort's "Marian way". Cardinal Wyszynski, one of the many "slaves of Mary" who left their mark on Poland, urged him "not to refuse the See of Peter for Mary". The influence of
