about your childhood than you do? Your mother. Men have memories, but we tend to turn to mothers and grandmothers when we want to know our past. They have stories, even about us, that we cannot recall. St [...] world, but how is it that we see what another cannot? Because we have looked again with the eyes of our mind. Because, like the Virgin, we have prayerfully reflected and pondered. Fr. Terrance Klein, December

of His human flesh. For thirty years He was hers alone, and what wonders must have been revealed to her! And how she must have brooded and wept over His cradle, understanding that one day He must leave her [...] Mary (II) It was then that a sad coldness spread over the faces of his guests. Barnabas said, "You have forgotten. Even God waited on her consent--this little maiden just past puberty--to bear His Son! [...] tidings to mankind, and that he must die under frightful circumstances. The Apostles, and Lucanus, have told us of these things. The Lord performed His first miracle at her loving request. It was He who

one part of Celtic culture seems to have seeped deeply into the heart of St Louis: the high-spiritedness of its warriors… Saint Louis's father, Jean Grignion, must have descended from these wild warriors [...] that's where Saint Louis de Montfort grew up. There's something special about Brittany that seems to have had an influence on Saint Louis: its Celtic roots. Brittany is considered one of the six Celtic nations [...] warriors, for nobody wanted to mess with him either. In fact, he was known for having the fieriest temper in all of Brittany. As one author puts it, "He was a frequently erupting volcano." Saint Louis, on the

something that might have touched Jesus captured my imagination. Praying near the Veil has taken on great meaning to me. Some of my most meaningful times of prayers for my family have happened while sitting [...] France today The Veil of Mary ( Sancta Camisa ) is an oblong piece of silk that Mary is reported to have worn during the Annunciation of Jesus’ birth by the angel Gabriel, or during the birth of Jesus. King [...] protection of the city was lost, but on the third day… a procession appeared with the relic safe, having apparently been taken by priests into the Carolingian crypt beneath the choir. The cardinal then

the Blessed Virgin Mary is responsible for my vocation. I have a deep devotion to Mary. I feel like she is my mother. I can go to her and have comfort, protection and guidance. I would pray every night [...] was born on October 12, 1955 in Myanmar. Some people call it Burma. My family are rice farmers. I have two brothers and two sisters. I am the second. We were raised in a farming community out in the c [...] Burmese priest here. I was scared to leave my family. I was only supposed to be here 3 years, but now I have been here for 22 years! My favorite part of being a priest is the Mass. But I also like to sit for

Franciscan friar named Jacopone da Todi is said to have written the original text of the Stabat Mater in the 13th century, although some scholars have attributed it to Pope Innocent III, among others. There [...] seeing her beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, dying on the cross in His Passion so that we might have Eternal Life! Its title comes from its first line in Latin “Stabat Mater dolorosa” (roughly translated [...] It has been so popular that numerous composers including Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Schubert, and Verdi have set the original Latin text to music. The Stabat Mater was used frequently in the Liturgy for centuries

Crowning of the miraculous image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) - Saint Justin Martyr Mary will assist us Having left the world to become a Franciscan monk, Rodolphe, count of Alsace (France, 13 th century), had [...] man. Surrounded by a procession of saints, she addressed these tender words to him: "My dear, you have devoted yourself to me, so why fear death?” At these words, the servant of Mary, relieved of so a

possible, that would have cost me too much. I am God, I am her Son, and I’m the one who gives the orders. And then, God said, I did it for my brothers and sisters on earth so that they could have a Mother in Heaven

your Love! ... Our poor human intelligence, left to itself, could never have dreamt of such a Redemption. Our hearts could never have dared to believe in such a Love! ... In the astonishment and the rapture

joyous assembly of holy bishops who, at the invitation of the holy Mother of God, Mary always virgin, have gathered here filled with great enthusiasm... We salute you O Mary, Mother of God, sacred treasure [...] who in the holy Gospel is called Blessed and who comes in the name of the Lord... We salute you, who have contained in your virginal womb that which the heavens cannot contain; you by whom the Trinity is