Francis earlier this year conceded a Lauretan Jubilee for all air travelers, and for pilgrims who come to the Holy House Shrine. In our January 9, 2020, A Moment with Mary article adapted from the Catholic [...] that a noble family named De Angeli, arranged for its transport on a ship, appears to be a falsification, according to an Italian article of December 10, 2019 (1), which we quote here: "This is a historical [...] June 8 - The Immaculate Heart of Mary – Crowning of Our Lady of Le Puy (France, 1856 – this pilgrimage goes back to 5th century) Research concurs with Catholic tradition Christians honor the Loreto Shrine
Heart (Rome, Italy) Living like Mary, the one who serves with love In 1970, I was a member of the Focolare Priestly School founded by Chiara Lubich, where I discovered in Mary our model of life, in the spirit [...] Salvador Paruzzo, Diocese of Ourinhos SP (Brazil) Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] spirit of the Second Vatican Council. Living like Mary, the one who serves with love, the Mother of all, the one who loves until it hurts, has become my daily aim—attaining the Marian priesthood that Jesus
Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Hunter (Brazil) Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France, 1856) With our Mother Mary, we will never be alone "I don’t have anything extraordinary to share about our Mother Mary, but I can say that, as one of her sons, especially [...] She truly is the shortest way to find Jesus, her divine Son, who brings us to the Father. With our Mother Mary, we will never be alone, and we have her blessing and protection as Mother of the Church."
children, and I am grateful to Mary for this strong sign that she sent me beyond the pain of separation! Adapted from a testimonial by Gerard K., a reader of A Moment with Mary, 2020 [...] 17 - Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatness of Mary (La Flèche, France) Mary welcomed my dying wife with open arms I am a 76-year-old Frenchman. I have had a trusting relationship towards the Blessed Virgin [...] 53 years. She was a person who never intellectualized her Christian faith, but who lived it. She gave me three children and, for their greatest happiness, she led a discreet life as a stay-at-home mother
the New Covenant, a man and a woman are called by God, and we see a proclamation made to Mary (Lk 1:26-38) and another to Joseph (Mt 1:18-25). After the dialogue with the angel, Mary gives her assent. [...] Joseph Starting with a "yes" God established the New Covenant "When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife" (Mt 1:24). This verse from the Gospel says a lot about [...] and their previously harmonious relationship with Him broke apart (Gen 3). Joseph and Mary were faithful to the Covenant—Joseph was a just man (Mt 1:19) and Mary was the humble handmaid of the Lord (Lk 1:48)—and
August 17 – Our Lady of Public Squares (Crozant, France, 1664) A Marian victory with incalculable historical consequences In 1920, the same year that Karol Wojtyla, the future Polish Pope Saint John Paul [...] Army to retreat. On the Polish side, there were fewer than 200 dead! This victory was seen as a true miracle, with incalculable historical consequences: it stopped the western advance of Bolshevism at the [...] battle occurred during the celebrations of the Assumption of Mary, the victory was automatically attributed to the Virgin. In Poland, Mary is undeniably "Our Lady of Victories." She presides over all the
23 – Our Lady of the Assumption (Italy, 1624) Mary’s prayer sends a child to a couple who had been infertile for 20 years! Your daily email A Moment with Mary made me want to share the story of my own conception [...] on the west coast of France) - although officially retired. Prayerfully yours, Irene, a reader of A Moment with Mary. Personal story sent on May 3, 2021 [...] make my First Communion. I was planning on becoming a history teacher, but life (or perhaps the Blessed Virgin Mary) decided otherwise, and I became a musician instead. I am still the titular organist of
Bishop José Luis Azcona, Emeritus Bishop of Marajó – Pará, Brazil Exclusive Interview for A Moment With Mary Author: Thácio Siqueira [...] Father Tardif (d. 1999) In Medjugorje: my greatest experience with the Virgin Mary I had my greatest experience in regard to the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje. I visited the church the very afternoon of my [...] it and kept everyone under his protection. I had invoked Mary's name with all my might. Through her intercession, God dispelled the threat of a police repression, which would have brought an explosion
November 29 – The Virgin with the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium, 1932) A new Springtime for the Rosary Today, together we confirm that the Holy Rosary is not a pious practice banished to the past, like [...] power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary". Address of Pope Benedict XVI in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, May 3, 2008 [...] like prayers of other times thought of with nostalgia. Instead, the Rosary is experiencing a new Springtime. (…) When it is prayed in an authentic way, not mechanical and superficial but profoundly, the
priest unearthed a huge rock that was actually the opening of a cave where St Augustine’s Lady of the Rule was hidden. It was inside a wooden crate with a perpetually burning lamp beside it. A church was soon [...] be safely placed inside a Marian Church. During his journey, the priest first fell asleep, then he heard a “sweet voice” saying that he was in the spot. A ball of fire struck a certain tree, but did not [...] venerated images of the Virgin Mary. According to Corpuz, the Nuestra Señora de Regla was highly venerated by St Augustine of Hippo, who had a little black image of Mary in his oratory. Augustine said
