therefore deserves to be loved and revered over all things, after the Holy Trinity - the Father, the Holy Spirit and her very holy Child Our Lord Jesus-Christ - whose divine mystery no language can manage [...] July 15 - Saint Bonaventure Mary and the Holy Trinity Never doubt that the Blessed Mother and Virgin Mary chose to deliver her Son for the salvation of mankind with a strong heart and constant determination
therefore deserves to be loved and revered over all things, after the Holy Trinity - the Father, the Holy Spirit and her very holy Child Our Lord Jesus-Christ - whose divine mystery no language can manage [...] July 15 - Saint Bonaventure Mary and the Holy Trinity Never doubt that the Blessed Mother and Virgin Mary chose to deliver her Son for the salvation of mankind with a strong heart and constant determination
Unique Holiness It is no wonder therefore that the usage prevailed among the Fathers whereby they called the mother of God entirely holy and free from all stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit [...] creature. Adorned from the first instant of her conception with the radiance of an entirely unique holiness, the Virgin of Nazareth is greeted, on God's command, by an angel messenger as "full of grace",
sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature. Adorned from the first instant of her conception with the radiance of an entirely unique holiness, the Virgin of Nazareth is greeted [...] (1858) Mary: a very distinct holiness underlined by Vatican II It is no wonder therefore that the usage prevailed among the Fathers whereby they called the mother of God entirely holy and free from all stain [...] redemption. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, Chapter VIII §56 promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council
of the 19th century, the Holy Spirit was beginning to forge, for a new era, a new type of holiness rooted in the sources of the Gospel: a humble, everyday life type of holiness. Fr René Laurentin, Life [...] children of Mary dressed in white (1947) Saint Catherine Laboure: a humble, everyday life type of holiness Is Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-1876), the visionary of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac (Paris)
Victories (Paris, 1836) Consecrate Your Parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (II) After giving thanks, I examined the way in which I had offered the Holy Sacrifice. Only then did I remember that I had [...] (I was alone in the sacristy), I heard these words distinctly again, "Consecrate your parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary." I fell down on my knees again, and my first reaction was of utter amazement [...] pretend to myself. A feeling of sadness seized me; old concerns arose in my mind and tormented my spirit again.
Aug 15 - Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven The Holy Ark Enters the Temple of God Today, the Holy Ark, inhabited by the living God, who conceived within herself her Creator, [...] womb. But this truly blessed Virgin, who always gave heed to God's word, who conceived by the Holy Spirit and who, to the wholly spiritual salutation of the Archangel, without sensual pleasure and without
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) – Our Lady of Prada (Italy, 1747) - Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal from 1961-1965 (examination ongoing) This most holy Body retains [...] overflowing experience of God, and her journey of faith and love, which through the work of the Holy Spirit made of her flesh a temple and of her heart an altar: for she conceived not according to nature [...] retains its Marian origin On the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, our joyful thanks go to the Father, who gave us the Divine Word, the Living Bread from heaven, and also to the Virgin, who
Synaxis of the Mother of God or Feast of Mary's Motherhood (Byzantine Church) Synaxis of Our Queen, the Holy Mother of God The Synaxis of the Mother of God is probably one of the oldest Marian feast days (5th [...] mankind has been raised higher than the Angels and the body shines with Divine glory. The human spirit becomes giddy faced with such a mystery, preferring to bow down faithfully and prostrate in silence [...] lit up by the awesome light that shone in the darkness of the grotto, contemplated the radiant All Holy One seated peacefully near the Child whom she had herself wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in
the Church (d. ca 451) The reasons why Satan flees before the Holy Name of Mary Among all sacred things, the devil most fears the Most Holy Name of Mary. When we speak of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Lucifer [...] loved God and surrendered to His will and the devil rebelled. By invoking the Holy Name of Mary, the devil flees due to her holiness and humility. Our Lady was born a humble and fragile human being. “It is [...] perfections were far from the immense power possessed by the splendor of Creation, the highest angelic spirit”, former exorcist Father José Antonio Fortea said in his book, "Summa Daemoniaca." “God created Lucifer
