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.
ons bring no solution and oftentimes create new problems.) They sought Jesus and suffered together: "My son," Mary said to Jesus, "why did you do this to us? See how your father and I were anxiously looking [...] created this union was the common exercise of the mission. After finding Jesus in the temple, they went down to Nazareth, where Jesus "was subject to them." Until the age of majority, he lived under an authority
life, we must understand that if Jesus spent 30 long years in Nazareth, it was not only to prepare for His public life, but above all to show us the road to follow. Jesus is for us "the way, the truth and [...] Joseph and Mary in this way, our Lord invites us to do the same: it is in Nazareth, at the school of Jesus' parents, that the seed of divine life received at baptism can grow, mature, and blossom, in order [...] all the fruits that God has the right to expect from it. We must all be very eager to grow, like Jesus and with Him, "in wisdom, in stature and in grace, under the eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at
the first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared. Could not Mary’s absence from the group of women who went to the tomb at dawn indicate that she had already met Jesus? This inference would also be confirmed [...] Mary first The Gospels mention various appearances of the risen Christ, but not a meeting between Jesus and his Mother. This silence must not lead to the conclusion that after the Resurrection Christ did [...] confirmed by the fact that the first witnesses of the Resurrection, by Jesus’ will, were the women who had remained faithful at the foot of the Cross and therefore were more steadfast in faith. The unique
once wrote a meditation in which I picture Jesus speaking to us right after the Crucifixion, as his body was being placed in the tomb. In that mediation, Jesus assures us that you and I were worth living [...] Over the years, I’ve often written about how I’ve felt comfort in the Blessed Virgin Mary. While Jesus is indeed love itself, his promise to return as judge scared me when I was growing up. Was Christ’s [...] our darkest hour, remember that we were worth the life of God. Later in the meditation I imagine Jesus speaking of Mary: “And if you ever feel that no one loves you or cares about you, remember that my
And the old lady replied, “She always points to Jesus”. This is beautiful: Our Lady takes nothing for herself, she points to Jesus. Do whatever Jesus tells you: that is what Our Lady is like. Mary knows [...] how to do this more than any other person, and indeed she is present in the fundamental moments of Jesus’ life, especially in the supreme moment of death on the Cross. Pope Francis, General Audience of January
prayer that we address to the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior Jesus Christ. Why not pick up our rosaries and meditate on the mysteries of Jesus' life? On Sunday, November 1, we contemplate the lives of the [...] "Our beautiful France is again partially shutting down. But Life goes on. Its source is the Heart of Jesus, from which flow so many graces of love and reconciliation for those who open themselves to these [...] celebrated for them. This is a powerful prayer because it is through the Eucharistic sacrifice that Jesus offers his life to the Father to save us." + Philippe Christory, Bishop of Chartres August 27, 2021
Blessed Virgin Mary on their way to our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us not forget that Mary is the instrument of God to save us and be united with our Lord Jesus Christ. No one can enter heaven except through [...] follow.” Having the Blessed Mary in our life will help us to find the way to our Lord Jesus Christ. And through our Lord Jesus Christ, we will be able to enter the Kingdom of the Almighty Father. Rev. Fr. Antonio
is what I heard: Satan said to Jesus: I can destroy your Church. Jesus replied: You can? Then go ahead and do so. Satan: To do so, I need more time and more power. Jesus: How much time? How much power [...] power over those who will give themselves over to my service. Jesus: You have the time, you will have the power. Do with them what you will. Jesus gave Satan permission to act to "destroy his Church" as the
its 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 Jesus. Lead us to him