wisdom “reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly” — having foreseen from all eternity the lamentable wretchedness of the entire human race which would result from the sin of Adam, decreed [...] would be gloriously restored in the Second Adam. From the very beginning, and before time began, the eternal Father chose and prepared for his only-begotten Son a Mother in whom the Son of God would become
intelligence to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, it can only be in this perspective of an eternal action of God, out of time, before time, before history. Mary was preserved from original sin because [...] for the evil that we do. The Virgin Mary intercedes for sinners because she is inscribed in this eternal will of God to bring salvation to the world. ...It is therefore a great hope for us to recognize
on August 15th, the feast of Mary’s Assumption, because of its Marian shrine called "Our Lady of Eternal Aid" (Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Aide). Querrien, the site of an annual religious festival, or “Pardon,” [...] to beg the protection of Our Lady, honored from the beginning under the dedication "Our Lady of Eternal Aid."Today three nuns take care of the shrine and live on the premises. The faithful flocked to this [...] Pierre d'Ornellas. 2020 also marks the 70th anniversary of the crowning of the statue of Our Lady of Eternal Aid as Pope Pius XII himself crowned the statue on August 14, 1950. Adapted from: France 3 & Centre
virgin land. A virgin drove us out of paradise; thanks to another, the Blessed Virgin, we found Eternal life.
mother of Jesus, and Jesus is God. By giving Mary the features of eternal youth, Michelangelo must have intended to underline her eternal purity, while her son Jesus, having taken on our human nature, was
virgin land. A virgin drove us out of paradise; thanks to another, the Blessed Virgin, we found Eternal life.
have borne witness to God's mercy with courage, at the cost of their own lives, so that we may have eternal life, he argued. Nearly 300,000 Catholics suffered and were killed because of their faith between [...] Vietnam’s canonization. It will close on November 24th, the martyrs’ feast day. We must not keep eternal life for ourselves, but we must bring it to others, because it is the mission entrusted to us by
lasts until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this salvific duty, but by her constant intercession continued to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation. By
the Mother of God The consecration to the Mother of God is a total gift of self, for life and for eternity; it is not just a formal or sentimental gift, but an effective donation, made in the intensity of
anybody else to you any more and, of my own free will, I devote myself to you as your servant for eternity.
