recognizes the need of the spouses at Cana and makes it known to Jesus. We see it in the humility with which she recedes into the background during Jesus' public life, knowing that the Son must establish a new [...] new family and that the Mother's hour will come only with the Cross, which will be Jesus' true hour (cf. Jn 2:4; 13:1). When the disciples flee, Mary remains beneath the Cross (cf. Jn 19:25-27); later, at
way of placing oneself, with a poor heart, in the radiance of the life of Jesus. A way of letting oneself be looked at by Jesus, as Mary would have done, throughout an ordinary day. * A musical phrase repeated [...] as fresh clay in the creative hands of the Holy Spirit. We experience the poverty of Easter when Jesus comes to fill our daily life with His glory, and that we know, with a deep sense of peace, that we [...] know that he understands us. The Rosary is a chaplet of single moments where Mary, the Mother of Jesus, offers her presence and her intercession, as in the beginning of the Christian faith, when the whole
precedes and discloses the Sun of Justice Jesus Christ, she must be known and acknowledged so that Jesus may be known and acknowledged. (4) As she was the way by which Jesus first came to us, she will again be [...] and immaculate way to Jesus and the perfect guide to him, it is through her that souls who are to shine forth in sanctity must find him. He who finds Mary finds life, that is, Jesus Christ who is the way [...] she must shine forth in grace to inspire and support the valiant soldiers and loyal servants of Jesus Christ who are fighting for his cause. (7) Lastly, Mary must become as terrible as an army in battle
Pentecost Mary brings us to Jesus. Mary also brings us back to him. She is the one we need to live and put into practice what we have discovered in the living presence of Jesus. It is Mary, our Mother, who [...] upon the apostles, those whom Jesus has chosen to found his Church. The new covenant is more fully realized here than at the Nativity. "I will send you the Spirit." Jesus has returned to the heart of the
The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world. The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, [...] Magi, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations who welcomed the good news of Salvation “When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem [...] star of David, the one who will be king of the nations. Their coming means that pagans can discover Jesus and worship him as Son of God and Savior of the world only by turning towards the Jews and receiving
true light, Jesus, your son--the Son of God. You abandoned yourself completely to God's call and thus became a wellspring of the goodness which flows forth from him. Show us the goodness of Jesus. Lead us
Lady of the Smile O Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother too, who once by a visible smile didst graciously console and cure thy child Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, we beseech thee, come to us also to
kindness. Teach us to love Jesus and the Father more and more, and through Them, to love one another in the Holy Spirit, deepening our knowledge of each other in the light of Jesus, respecting each other, [...] of ourselves, so that our whole family may bear witness in the midst of the world to the love of Jesus victorious over evil. Amen.
of Salvation History Saint Paul did not witness the earthly life of Jesus, and probably never met the Virgin Mary, yet he knew who Jesus was and was therefore able to reflect on the fact that he had a mother [...] mother. The letter to the Galatians, written around 56 A.D., places the mother of Jesus at the central point in salvation history. This verse would deserve a whole chapter: "But when the fullness of time
never forget to go through Mary! "To preach Jesus alone is arid and fruitless work," said Saint Francis Xavier, model and patron of missionaries, "but to preach Jesus with and through Mary," he continues, "is [...] forget to go through Mary! My brothers, the Church reminds us of our duty to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ without which no one can be saved. "For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby
