see that Our Lady, being all alone, was yet found by the angel Gabriel? Virgins and religious are never better pleased than when they are all alone to contemplate at leisure the beauty of their Heavenly
Israel hoped that they might be one day be the mother of the Messiah. Mary was so humble that she never presumed to be the elected virgin. By hearing the dignified words of the angel, praising as he did
while Giovannina lay in bed, she saw in a vision the painting of Our Lady of Pompeii—although she had never seen the painting in actual fact. But as she gazed, Our Lady seemed to toss her a ribbon on which
if I knew how to persuade her to help me, and if I pray to her with the trust of a child that she never ignores. O My Mother, reign over my soul ... make Jesus reign within me! ... I put in your blessed
alone?” I asked, sadly. “No, my daughter. Are you suffering a great deal? Don’t lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” As Our
her telling Susanna and Martha that during the time when she was bearing Our Lord within her she never felt the slightest discomfort, nothing but infinite inner joy and beatitude. She told them, too, that
spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Mt 26:41). No matter how sick our soul may be, we should never despair. Let us present to Him all our sufferings, including the most secret ones, the anxieties of
danger, without ruling out the possibility of a relapse, which was common at the time. But the illness never returned. My recovery was like a full return to life: all my life, I have been able to walk, dance
in Schoenstatt Mount Sion Gikungu. I wondered how I was going to appeal to the Virgin Mary since I never prayed the Rosary. Little by little, I learned to pray it and I began to visit the shrine regularly
he was the only one to come back alive (this is why I am here today!). Needless to say, my father never failed to pray his rosary every day!" Sister Emmanuel Maillard (Member of the Community of the Beatitudes)
