given to Redemptorists’ Church (Rome, 1886) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (II) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer make my heart like a violet and white [...] many unfortunate souls still too often think. It is the beginning of a beautiful new birth. "For me, Jesus Christ is my life." To die will be to my advantage since the great effect of death will be to clear
Paris in honor of Our Lady (France, 1248) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (I) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer make my heart like a violet and white [...] that He feels for me. This is why I am always smiling and I always feel peaceful inside! I live for Jesus, to be united with Him! This is what I ask him: to die in His Love.
March 22 - Pope Paul VI Publishes Marialis Cultus (1974) Mary Lets Jesus Shine In Mary God shows us what grace can do in a soul, in the life of a human being. When we look at Mary, it’s as if God were
Mary Seyom (Ethiopian Church) Jesus takes care of your littleness! Sister Josefa Menéndez, born in Spain (1890-1923), was a novice nun in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She wrote The Way of Divine [...] faithful; but do not lament over yourself. The only thing that Jesus asks is that you surrender yourself to His Will. He will do the rest. The more Jesus asks of you, the more you should rejoice, my daughter. [...] because it is Jesus who acts, He who lives in you, He who uses you. Give Him thanks for so much goodness! Be very faithful in little things as in big things, without looking at the cost. Obey Jesus, obey your
Lady of Quinche (Ecuador) - Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church I chose you to fight under Jesus Christ’s banner! During the octave of All Saints' Day of 1465, Blessed Alan de la Roche (1) was in [...] far. For I have not chosen you to be a parade soldier, but to fight as a brave and heroic man under Jesus Christ’s banner and under my own banner. As for the drought and aridity that you have experienced
fact that the Mother of Jesus was with me.” He further encouraged the participants to develop a relationship with the Blessed Virgin, for she is the best person to lead us to Jesus. Adapted from Herald News [...] September 6 - Italy: Our Lady of Tears (1553) Mary is the best person to lead us to Jesus Are youths today being empowered by the Holy Spirit? This topic was discussed by about 100 teens and young adults [...] don’t even have to change to go to God. We go to God and He changes us. We come to Him as we are. Jesus has extended His invitation not only to the best people but even the worst, because that’s what His
September 16 - Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church (d. 1621) Jesus established a new bond between Mary and mankind It was Jesus who gave his disciple to his Mother, saying "Behold your Son," and [...] him—her humility, faith, purity, etc. She makes up for his failings and becomes his representative with Jesus. Just as one who is consecrated belongs entirely to Mary, so Mary belongs entirely to him." Father
Our Lady's 9th apparition at Pellevoisin (France, 1876) Pray to receive the treasures of Mary’s Son Jesus In Pellevoisin (a town in central France), on Saturday, September 9, 1876, visionary Estelle Faguette
founder of the Redemptorists, Doctor of the Church (1696 - 1787) Jesus is the mediator of justice and Mary obtains for us grace Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for, as St [...] the Blessed Virgin, ever to have recourse to her and to say: "O Mary, intercede for me with thy Son Jesus." The Blessed Virgin is very powerful by grace; she obtains whatever she asks for. It is impossible [...] should ask any favor of her Son for those who are devout to her, and the Son not grant her request. Jesus delights to honor His mother by granting whatever she asks of Him. Hence St Bernard exhorts us to
celebrate Mass, often have a great love of Jesus Eucharist, of the Body of Christ, which, I think, is a feminine and Marian grace. Mary is the person who loved Jesus the most, who had the most intimate bodily [...] Agnes Sasagawa Katsuko from 1973 to 1981 (Akita, Japan, approved by Bishop Ito in 1984) The love of Jesus in the Eucharist is a Marian grace Father François-Marie Léthel, OCD, Consultor to the Congregation [...] source and summit of the Christian life"? FL: That’s right, and also because it is the True Body of Jesus, so it is a communion with Him. Often in the history of the Church, in the history of holiness, it
