he has found her in order to sanctify her; the Son has found her in order to dwell in her; the Holy Spirit has found her in order to illuminate her; and the angel has found her in order to greet her thus:
although a simple human being, as the perfect model of every virtue and perfection, fashioned by the Holy Spirit for us to imitate, as far as our limited capacity allows. In every action then we should consider
he must reign in the world. Because Mary remained hidden during her life she is called by the Holy Spirit and the Church "Alma Mater," Mother hidden and unknown. So great was her humility that she desired
to the genetic message that animates and gives life to it. In order for the whole message (the Holy Spirit) to take flesh in Mary (the Incarnation), the Virgin must have been conceived to perfection (Immaculate
Casimir (Poland, 1411) Pediatric oncology department prays the Rosary in Malta It was certainly the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of Mary, our Mother, who inspired my Capuchin superiors to send me to [...] time of pandemic, when everyone is wearing masks, the Lord encouraged me to bless the people with holy water. I also discovered in this service a rich tradition of praying the Rosary. Every day at 5:00
about herself and about Our Lord, which she knows partly from inner knowledge and partly from what her holy mother Anna told her. Thus today I heard her telling Susanna and Martha that during the time when [...] been granted to them here in such abundance as to make it possible for her alone, from her parents’ holy obedience and pure love of God, to have been conceived in her mother’s womb without any stain of sin [...] Anna encompassed by a host of angels with heavenly light. They themselves shone and were as pure as spirits in a supernatural state, as no human couple had ever been before them.” Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
purgatory is like "a great hope, the masterpiece of God's mercy…It is the beauty parlor of the Holy Spirit. I also define it as a mystical experience of passive purification, because everything is accomplished [...] assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," paragraph 1030 reads. "The Church gives the name Purgatory
"take Mary his wife into his home". To find out more, we must prayerfully ask for the light of the Holy Spirit and learn from mystics and theologians. We must also be open to accept different perceptions of [...] rooted in God's decision and entirely directed towards the divine Child. The representations of the Holy Family we often see in Catholic art - a man and a woman somewhat embracing each other, a child between
her womb insofar as He is man… Mary is both holy and blessed, and yet the Church is greater than she. She is a part of the Church, a member of the Church, a holy, an eminent—the most eminent—member, but still [...] birth then as members of Christ… This holy, honored Mother, like Mary, gives birth and still is a virgin... Keep virginity in your hearts; the virginity of the spirit is the integrity of the Catholic faith
wave of “super holiness” upon returning to Mass. The local sacristan had gone on holiday and Dylan was nominated by women at the church to take over, thinking that might “scratch the holiness itch” and it [...] laugh. “It turned out that day they were praying for vocations.” He remembered the group put the Holy Spirit Seminary calendar with a grid of portraits of the current seminarians in front of the group to