Francis of Assisi A Greeting to the Virgin Mary Hail, O Lady, Mary, holy Mother of God: you are the Virgin made Church and the one chosen by the most holy Father in heaven whom he consecrated with his most holy [...] holy beloved Son and with the Holy Spirit the Paraclete, in whom there was and is the fullness of grace and every good. Hail his Palace! Hail his Tabernacle! Hail his Home! Hail his Robe! Hail his Servant
(1979) Mary Queen of Peace, Patroness of Kazakhstan (II) In the 1980s, the faithful of the Almaty diocese, in Kazakhstan were still without a priest. They began to build a church near Oziorno—a town whose [...] symbolizes entirety," he concluded. 1. See A Moment with Mary of June 3, 2019 Adapted from Vatican News [...] means “of the lake.” When a priest was sent there (he is the current bishop of Nurslutan, formerly Astania, the capital of the country) the church was completed, with the help of a benefactor who asked that
especially by signing me up to receive A Moment With Mary . At first, these messages annoyed me, but gradually I became caught by the Love they contained, and by the power of Mary that I never had suspected was [...] perfume of Mary near me We live in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (Brittany, France). At the age of 17, after not practicing for a long time … I ended up receiving the sacrament of Confirmation in a wonderful outpouring [...] great. After that, I went on a trip around France without any money, living on Providence for a whole month. I wanted to meet other brothers in Christ and the Most Holy Virgin Mary ... At Our Lady of Laus Shrine
(Italy, 1635) Mary and Joseph: a different kind of holiness There are two creatures whose holiness is of a completely separate order, that is to say, who have an incomparable relationship with the Holy Trinity: [...] are sanctified as a result of the Incarnation. Mary and Joseph also received the effects of the Redemptive Incarnation; but first God intended them to be associated with Him, each in a different way, for
children, I ask you again today to consecrate your lives to me with love. In this way I can guide you with love. I love you, dear children, with a special love, and I want to take you all to Heaven to God." [...] to Bruno Cornacchiola and his 3 children in 1947 (Rome, Italy; approved in 1956) In Medjugorje, Mary gives a message for our time (2) The message of Medjugorje (Bosnia Herzegovina) insists on the violence [...] respond to the call to holiness in the modern world. Sometimes in the form of a word of consolation and encouragement, sometimes with warnings, the messages regularly return to the malice of the Adversary: "Now
thy word" (Luke 1:38). Thus Mary, a daughter of Adam, consenting to the divine Word, became the mother of Jesus, the one and only Mediator. Embracing God's salvific will with a full heart and impeded by [...] March 3 - Our Lady of Help (Italy) - 14th apparition in Lourdes (1858) Mary: a very distinct holiness underlined by Vatican II It is no wonder therefore that the usage prevailed among the Fathers whereby [...] stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature. Adorned from the first instant of her conception with the radiance of an entirely unique holiness, the Virgin of Nazareth
apparition in Fatima (Portugal) A Christian painter meets Mary The work of the contemporary Christian painter François-Xavier de Boissoudy, tells the story of the Virgin Mary, and of holiness. His works were [...] why he chose a Marian theme for this exhibition. His answer: "The idea was to raise the question of holiness, to wonder what it means to live with God even through trials. The figure of Mary obviously comes [...] June 3, 2017. Since his encounter with Christ in 2004, the painter has endeavored to show the sacred and the light in his art through the ink wash technique. Aleteia met with François-Xavier de Boissoudy and
She has one clear memory of this period: "I saw a beautiful lady with a veil full of light, who looked at me with a smile and told me her name was Mary. As I had given up all religious practice, I didn't [...] answer, Mylène watched as a spark came to rest on her shoulder. When she left the hospital, her aunt welcomed her into her home. A devout Catholic, she had prayed a lot with her prayer group during Mylène's [...] the Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary with a little star on her shoulder. That's when I realized it was her." Interview by Lætitia d'Hérouville https://frejustoulon.fr/marie-ma-guidee-sur-mon-chemin-de-foi/
inches in size, it represents the Virgin Mary in a sitting position with the child Jesus on her lap. Jesus is holding the globe with his left hand and blessing it with his right hand. After this second apparition [...] fruits. But a Coromoto (or Kospes) tribal chief ("cacique") strongly, and understandably, resisted the new religion, which had come along with a sometimes controversial colonization. The cacique had a difficult [...] November 3 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Mary appears to a tribal chief to urge him to be baptized At the end of the 16th century, the evangelization efforts of the Franciscans and Dominicans in Venezuela
pending) In Garabandal, Mary speaks to us like a Mother In his book A Message of Hope, José Luis Saavedra tells us that the messages of Our Lady in Garabandal are an "urgent exhortation." In a clear and simple [...] Paul II). Many other points contained in the message of Garabandal are aligned with the recent doctrine of the Church. Along with the Eucharist, the message insists on: - The need to do penance: "We must sacrifice [...] to make many sacrifices, many penances, and to visit the Blessed Sacrament." The Eucharist also has a central place: the apparitions already emphasized it through the daily mystical communions of the v
