of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Presentation of Jesus in the Temple The day of Mary’s Purification It was thus prophesied of old: “Mother Sion says: And a man was made man in her; and the Highest himself [...] carried in the womb, and is saluted by John the Baptist from the womb of his mother; is presented in the temple, and is recognized by Simeon, an old man, famous and full of years, proved and crowned. First he [...] world he desired to see Christ, singing and saying with the prophet: “Show us, O Lord, your mercy, and grant us your salvation.” And lastly, that thus you should know it to be his joy, he says: “Now dismiss
desires and requests will be purified and transfigured. Everything will pass through her yes and our prayer will be much more fruitful. https://fr.aleteia.org/2021/04/23/pourquoi-sadresser-a-marie-pluto [...] August 3 - Act of Consecration to Mary inspired by St. Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) Why address our prayers to Mary instead of directly to God? Cardinal Suenens [...] friends came to visit his elderly mother and brought her a bouquet of flowers. "Since that day, I have understood Marian devotion better. When we turn to Mary, we can make Jesus very happy; it is a way
is immaculate by nature. Mary’s Immaculate Conception is a grace for the Church, who sees its mirrored image in Mary, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, who is without blemish. Mary’s Immaculate Conception is [...] June 9 - Mary Mother of Grace (France) - Saint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor Can mud be turned into gold? The Immaculate is, from the moment of her conception, what we all hope to become in the [...] kneaded mud, and I turned it into gold." This is His loving plan for our humanity. In the morning of the world, it was the Father, the divine craftsman, who whispered: "I kneaded mud and turned it into
France) – St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Carmelite nun and mystic Everything connects through Mary! Mary! My first encounter with her was in 1980, when I was about 15. I had never met my father, and had grown [...] my life to Jesus through Mary... Everything connects through Mary! Father René-Luc , founder of CapMissio, the diocesan mission school of Montpellier and a preacher in France and abroad [...] In June 1980, Marie-Do took me to Lourdes on my first pilgrimage. On the last evening there, I knelt before the Grotto and gave my life to Jesus through Mary. When I returned from this pilgrimage, my
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo No saint ever practiced silence as Mary did Tradition says that the three inhabitants of the Holy House at Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph hardly [...] Alpine winds moan in the corridors and shake the casements reigned there, and all else is silent as the tomb. The words of Jesus were very few. That was the reason Mary laid them up in her heart, because [...] unveiled His Heart to her. Thus she had learned His ways. Between the Creator and the creature, in such relations as He and Mary were in to each other, silence would be more of a language than words. What
Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot (French laywoman, foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Association, d. 1862) How the Virgin Mary saved Saint Mary of Egypt At the [...] When she died, he found her body surrounded by light, and these words written on the sand next to her: "Bury the body of the poor sinner Mary here, and pray for the repose of her soul." In The Life of the [...] to enter and prostrate herself before the Holy Cross. Asking the Blessed Virgin, "Where do you want me to go now?" A voice answered, "If you cross the Jordan, you will find glorious rest." Mary of Egypt
September 30 – Saint John Paul II dedicated a new basilica in Knock, Ireland, and gave a golden rose to the Virgin Mary (1979) I would like you to pray the Rosary every day As he greeted the Polish pilgrims [...] the Church, for the See of Peter, and for the intentions of the whole world. Ask forgiveness for sins. Pray for the conversion of unbelievers, for those who reject God, and for the souls in Purgatory. All [...] Square at the general audience of October 4, 2017, Pope Francis evoked the message that the Virgin Mary gave in her six apparitions in Fatima, 100 years ago: “I would like you to pray the Rosary every day
Our Lady, and began to live as a hermit. Ever since and to this day, the shrine he built has been an important place of religious life and popular devotion to the Virgin Mary. Dedicated to “Mary Consoler [...] he would build an oratory to the Virgin Mary upon his return. And Jerusalem was reconquered. Inside the liberated city, Geraud found an icon of the Madonna and Child that he brought back to France with [...] Hundred Years War and during the Wars of Religion. Both times its hiding place was forgotten, and later miraculously found—the first time by a mule, the second time by an ox! Pilgrims and faithful know that
August 3 – Act of consecration to Mary inspired by St Peter Damian and approved by the archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) See the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary! Tomás Morales Pérez was a Jesuit [...] heroic virtues. Father Morales was born in Venezuela in 1908 and died in Spain in 1994. He promoted the role of the laity in the Church and was founder of a secular institute, Cruzados e Cruzadas de Santa [...] Blessed Virgin). “What is and what isn’t the Rosary?” asks Father Morales. “It is not a routine, a custom, something to be rushed. The Rosary is the whole of the Church reunited with Mary, contemplating Jesus
Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary The parents of the Virgin Mary The author of the Protoevangelium of James (apocryphal gospel) portrays the parents of Mary, Anne and Joachim, as [...] Temple of Jerusalem, and belonging to a priestly tribe. They were greatly tested because of their infertility, at times even despised and contradicted. Rather wealthy, they were generous and compassionate, often [...] account, according to the Syriac Fathers, Mary is the "Daughter of the poor," a "humble daughter of poor people," "one who was among people of humble condition," and, in continuity with such origins, she became
