of Jesus has been the daily companion of my life, as a layman, as Catholic Action activist, then as a priest, a bishop and now a bishop emeritus. May the true devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and [...] of God (Byzantine Church) "Mary has been the daily companion of my life" Our Lady, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, has always had a special place in my family. We used to always pray the Rosary in
(Matthew 2: 13-21); 3. The disappearance of Jesus for three days and his finding at the Temple (Luke 2: 41-51); 4. The meeting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus on the Via Dolorosa (Luke 23: 27-31); 5. Mary [...] Mary seeing the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross (John 19, 25-27); 6. Mary receiving her dead Son into her arms during the deposition from the Cross; 7. Mary letting go of the body of her Son when
that leads us to always do the will of Jesus! May Mary, our Mother, the perfect disciple, the apostle of Jesus, always accompany us in our lives and bring us to Jesus so that we may do whatever He tells us
Satan, count on Mary and the Rosary In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we find the account of Jesus sending out the Twelve, two by two, on mission. The first thing he gave them, Mark tells us, was [...] those more ordinary dimensions. They knew about the world of fallen or morally compromised spirits. Jesus indeed battled sin in individual hearts as well as the sin that dwelt in institutional structures [...] far higher pitch of ontological perfection, and you will have some idea of what a devil is like. Jesus has entrusted to his Church the means to apply this victory, the weapons, if you will, to win the
members of the Church towards the Mother of Jesus, who was given to us as a mother when Jesus said to John on the cross: "Behold your mother." A perfect disciple of Jesus and a living incarnation of the Beatitudes [...] essential dimension of the Church, for she is our mother in the order of grace, of our relationship with Jesus, of faith, hope, and love. diocese gatineau
God to make us grow in virtue. In the episode of the blind man (Jn 9:1-12), Jesus answers a question from his disciples: "As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth. His disciples asked him [...] parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not because he or his parents sinned; but so that the works of God might be made manifest in him." So Jesus clears the responsibility for this
Aires and was going through many difficulties. After twelve years as provincial of the Society of Jesus, he had been dismissed and was now simply a professor of pastoral theology at the Colegio Máximo San [...] He lived in a modest room at the College and was far removed from the decisions of the Society of Jesus. It was in this difficult context that he received a Christmas card from a German nun with a painting [...] art, and was enthusiastic about it: "The knots of life must be placed in the hands of the Mother of Jesus, the Mother of all who entrust themselves to her. She will take care of undoing them. All we need
March 18 - Our Lady of Ajaccio (Corsica) What God has United, Human Beings Must not Divide Jesus said to His apostles, “So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.” There are two creatures [...] his or her own manner, for the very realization of the Incarnation. Of course, we all owe God for Jesus, but after God, we owe Mary and Joseph.
your noble heart forever, Saint Joseph, for all the love that it held and will hold eternally for Jesus and Mary, for all the care that it provided for the needs of the Son and the Mother and for all the [...] of ungrateful people! Great Saint Joseph, we offer our hearts to you; bind them to yours, and to Jesus’ and Mary’s. Beg them to make this union inviolable and eternal.
of Verdun, Lorraine (5th C.) O Mary My Mother! Let me nestle up close on your heart, like your son Jesus, where I will be safe. Protect me, console me, reassure me, and comfort me. Listen to me as your own [...] gentle presence in the silence of your soul.) Thank you for this "heart to heart" moment with you. As Jesus, I say unto you, you are my mother, I am your child. By the Holy Spirit, lead me to my Father in Heaven
