is immaculate by nature. Mary’s Immaculate Conception is a grace for the Church, who sees its mirrored image in Mary, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, who is without blemish. Mary’s Immaculate Conception is [...] mystery, of this divine alchemy that the Creator performs at every moment, Mary’s Immaculate Conception plays a special role. Mary’s Immaculate Conception is a grace for herself, but this grace is entirely [...] June 9 - Mary Mother of Grace (France) - Saint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor Can mud be turned into gold? The Immaculate is, from the moment of her conception, what we all hope to become in the
May 31 – Feast of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth A Tender Threat (1/2) Certain stories in the lives of the saints can inspire our actions and even make us more fearless. This is what happened to me [...] if he were an orphan, and instead tug insistently on his mother's apron. He decided to appeal to Mary’s feelings, in an almost threatening tone: "Mother, can’t you see that I'm starving! Don't you care [...] a certain automatic and boring devotion. They introduce us to that famous "meeting of hearts" that Mary brings to us, especially in Medjugorje. It is beautiful to see so many pilgrims arrive with a tense
June 6 - St Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers (Little Brothers of Mary) - St Norbert of Xanten, bishop Praying the Memorare saved his life On a cold February day of 1823, the founder [...] stop. Marcellin fell to his knees. From his lips came this prayer: "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine
vault above her; yet she was protected: Mary, the Miraculously Saved! She also protected the firemen and first responders: Mary, the Miracle Worker! Today, Mary gives me hope. I know that she will not [...] May 29 – Apparition of Mary to Sister Lucia of Fatima at the Tui Convent (Spain, 1930) – Saint Paul VI Mary, the Miraculously Saved! After making my first communion, I went to Notre Dame of Paris Cathedral [...] I find myself as rector of the Cathedral at her feet again, and my heart is filled with gratitude. Mary has indeed accompanied me during these forty years of priesthood. Her closeness, her gentleness, her
25 – Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) – St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Carmelite nun and mystic Everything connects through Mary! Mary! My first encounter with her was in 1980, when I was about [...] began a new life. In June 1980, Marie-Do took me to Lourdes on my first pilgrimage. On the last evening there, I knelt before the Grotto and gave my life to Jesus through Mary. When I returned from this pilgrimage [...] the exact same year, month, and place, that I had given my life to Jesus through Mary... Everything connects through Mary! Father René-Luc , founder of CapMissio, the diocesan mission school of Montpellier
February 12 – The Virgin Mary in her Iverskaia icon (Russia) What I answer to my Mother Maria Valtorta (1) reported these words of Jesus concerning his Finding in the Temple: “See Mary's distress, when She [...] dark. It does not matter… Then, after three days, the symbol of three other days of future anguish, Mary, exhausted, enters the Temple, walks along the yards and the halls. All of a sudden, from beyond the [...] superior to everything else. And I tell My Mother. I finish teaching the doctors with the lesson to Mary, the Queen of doctors. And She has never forgotten it. The sun began to shine again in Her heart now
d his kingdom to Mary (1638) Mary was the Church’s first missionary Created in 1997, the Carmel of The Virgin Mary, Missionary is evangelizing both through prayer and ministry. “Mary was a contemplative [...] The Virgin Mary, Missionary draws its inspiration from the dual role of the Mother of Christ. The current prior, Fr. Marie-Van thought of founding this new mixed community along with Father Marie-Michel. [...] tradition and the rule of Carmel “in the spirit of Saint Therese of Lisieux and Marcel Van,” Father Marie-Van says. The men and women religious live a semi-recluse and missionary community life. “Our daily
February 17 – The seven Servite founders (Order of the Servants of Mary) – Father Maximilian Kolbe arrested (1941) The Mother of God now requires our cooperation Modern times are dominated by Satan and
of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d. 1505) Mary is a mother of sinners, not the corrupt Even the greatest sinners can find a loving mother in Mary, while those who are corrupt find refuge [...] in Italian, the pope said Mary is unable to enter the hearts of corrupt men and women because they have made the "satanic" choice of "locking the door from the inside." "Mary cannot be the mother of the [...] throughout Mary's life, she remained a "normal woman" despite the extraordinary circumstances of being the mother of God, and "she is a woman that any woman from this world can imitate." "Mary was normal
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo No saint ever practiced silence as Mary did Tradition says that the three inhabitants of the Holy House at Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph [...] reason Mary laid them up in her heart, because, like treasures, they were rare as well as precious. When we reflect we shall see it could hardly be otherwise. God is very silent. So far as Mary is concerned [...] Thus she had learned His ways. Between the Creator and the creature, in such relations as He and Mary were in to each other, silence would be more of a language than words. What could words do? What could
