that we have - our thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings; our past, present and future; at every moment of our lives so that whether we work or eat or sleep or pray, all that we are and have and do

“Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the Gentiles and

13th C.) The Queen Mother of the Church The Lord allowed me to see that if we look in the Bible we have Mother Mary as a perfect example. The Lord exalted her. He allowed me to see that she was truly the [...] why I felt such great peace. Then I began to realize that when you are in the presence of people who have given their lives totally over to God, they exhibit great peace. I believe because Mary gave herself

you are quite sweet when as you get entangled in your own words. What I would have given for one of your kisses. You would have refused, I know, it is written in red on your card: hates money, idiotic praise

remaining a virgin, a plan which God Himself had inspired in her. "’But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the [...] admirably restores all mankind: “You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.” (Lk 1: 38). She was now the Mother of God. She knew the prophets well enough to know what awaited

Palestinian territories, worsening the climate of tension between Israelis and Palestinians, some have chosen to react by brandishing the weapon of prayer. This is the case of Italian Sister Donatella [...] echoing what the Latin Patriarchate thinks. And it is also a failure for humanity. Mankind is made to have relationships." Aleteia

tell you, many souls will be saved" In 1917, Mary said to the children of Fatima (Portugal): "You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. In order to save them, God wants to establish the devotion [...] devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and you will have peace...". She also said, "In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph!" (July 13, 1917) "(...) All

angels and the deceased. On March 25, 1936, she wrote: "I saw the Mother of God who said to me, 'I have given the world the Savior. As for you, you must speak to the world of his mercy, and prepare the [...] Queen of Heaven and Earth, but above all your Mother.' She held me close to her Heart and said, 'I have compassion on you'" (Diary, 295). Françoise Breynaert

and in Africa are subjected to Islamic violence. In France, they have been struck many times by this same violence, and they also have to contend with entrenched official secularism. Rather than hide behind

order to know Jesus better: Through the Virgin, and through her more than through any other means, we have been offered a way of reaching the knowledge of Jesus Christ (...) with her alone Jesus was for thirty [...] with a mother, in the closest ties of intimacy and domestic life. Who could better than His Mother have an open knowledge of the admirable mysteries of the birth and childhood of Christ, and above all of