nation consecrated to the Mother of God In 1036, Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978-1054, son of St Vladimir the Great), defeated the nomadic Pechenegs who were attacking the lands of Kievan Rus’ (present [...] of gratitude to God and His most Holy Mother, he built the beautiful and still standing Cathedral of St Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Kiev and erected the Church of the Annunciation at the Golden Gates of the

thanks to the influence of the Dominicans, from the 13th to the 15th century. According to tradition, St. Dominic of Guzman, the founder of the Dominican Order, received the Rosary directly from the Virgin [...] rosary on their belts. Numerous artistic representations depict the Virgin Mary entrusting the Rosary to St. Dominic. The rise of Marian piety was also a result of the great plague of 1349, and it was in the

"The head and the members are born of one and the same Mother" (Treatise on True Devotion, n. 32), as St Louis Marie reminds us. In this sense, we can say that, through the work of the Holy Spirit, the members [...] the virgin birth of Jesus. "These words can be attributed better to the Mother of the Lord than to St Paul of himself: "My little children, with whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you

Brazil (1968, approved) "Never let anything depress you or discourage you.” In The Secret of Mary, St. Louis de Montfort writes: "God made a world for man while he journeys, which is this world; he made [...] we visit them, Mary opens a window for us onto the mysteries of God and human lives. As she did for St. Juan Diego, the Blessed Virgin reassures us in our struggles and says to us: "Listen to what I am

(Tortosa, Italy) Mary Did Her Part (I) The holiness of the Old Testament saints, and indeed that of St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, came through their absolute obedience to God's will. (...) This was

and independent. One day in 1560, the cardinals were divided about a nun who claimed to have visions. St Philip Neri’s advice was solicited. He observed the nun as she arrived, and greeting her congenially

was read by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, who offered Mass at the altar of the Chair of St Peter's in the Vatican Basilica on behalf of Pope Francis, who was suffering from painful sciatica

(Tortosa, Italy) Mary Did Her Part (I) The holiness of the Old Testament saints, and indeed that of St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, came through their absolute obedience to God’s will. […] This was the

longer saw God present in our flesh, to be able to see his Mother and be consoled by this loving sight. St Amadeus of Lausanne, Cistercian Abbot (1110-1159) Homily 7 : The death of the Virgin and her Assumption

Transfiguration does not mention any role played by Mary, but the tradition of the Church, particularly St. Gregory Palamas in the East, speaks of Mary's role in similar experiences of contact with the divine