holding the Infant Jesus was held out to us boys by the Brothers as a way to Jesus. Pope Saint John Paul II wrote, “Mary always reminds us of the salvific value of the work of Jesus, our only Savior. Belief [...] Belief in Jesus Christ cannot dispense us from including her who was His mother in our act of faith.” Bringing Mary into our lives, into our homes, and into our faith was impressed on me by the Marists [...] have called on her for help and assistance and through Mary have experienced the love of her Son, Jesus, our Lord. Our Holy Father Pope Francis encourages us to approach Mary during this pandemic. He wrote
…When Jesus was growing up in Nazareth, Sepphoris was the dominant city of the entire region. Built on a hill rising 400 feet above the flat plain below, it is still visible from miles around. Jesus’ well-known [...] Italy: Mater Domini (1650) Was Mary born in Sepphoris of Galilee? When I think of Mary the mother of Jesus I think of the forgotten city of Sepphoris. According to tradition she was the firstborn daughter [...] dotted the plain around the huge and impressive capital city. …Though living in a small village, Jesus grew up just outside the urban capital of Galilee. The implications of this geographical fact are
to "be light in the darkness of the night" for those who do not know "the joy of the new life in Jesus," said Pope Francis when announcing the theme. Here is the official prayer for WYD 2023: Our Lady [...] to meet Elizabeth, lead us also to meet all those who await us to deliver them the living Gospel: Jesus Christ, your Son and our Lord! We will go in a hurry, with no distraction or delay, but with readiness
trust in your love that dries our tears and comforts us. Teach us to find our peace in your Son, Jesus, and bless us every day or our lives. Help us to build a shrine in our hearts. Make it as beautiful [...] beautiful as the one built for you on the Mount of Tepeyac. A shrine full of trust, hope, and love of Jesus growing stronger each day. Mary, you have chosen to remain with us by giving us your most wonderful
People are sometimes troubled by the silence of St Mark's Gospel and the New Testament Epistles about Jesus' virginal conception. Some might wonder if we were merely dealing with legends or theological constructs [...] constructs not claiming to be history. To this we must respond: Faith in the virginal conception of Jesus met with the lively opposition, mockery or incomprehension of non-believers, Jews and pagans alike;
prosper if she does not know that her hidden roots reach back to the home of Nazareth. Working with Jesus the worker, immersing oneself in "Nazareth," becomes the starting point for a new conception of the [...] does not remain for her an actual reality. Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) From "The God of Jesus Christ," April 2018, Ignatius Press
Assumption is immediately followed by Mary's coronation. The angels form a guard of honor for her. Jesus comes to welcome his tender Mother. Mary sees her Son and the Father carried by the Holy Spirit. Mary [...] life is only a fleeting moment on the scale of the eternity that awaits us! Therefore, let us choose Jesus today. " Your deed of hope will never be forgotten by those who recall the might of God " (Judith
sacrifice. When there are many around the divine Savior, God will be glorified, Jesus loved; society will become Christian, won to Jesus Christ by the apostolate of Eucharistic prayer. Saint Julian Eymard Adoperp
Mary that is not ‘Mother.’ She is Mother, because she brings us Jesus and she helps us with the strength of the Holy Spirit, so that Jesus will be born and grow in us. She constantly gives us life. She
Our Lord's passion. "This child is here to be a sign of contradiction," the holy old man said of Jesus; "and you," he now speaks to Mary, "a sword will pierce your soul." Blessed Mother, a sword has indeed [...] your soul. But this was the only way it could penetrate into the flesh of your Son. Of course, after Jesus gave up his spirit, the cruel spear which opened his side could not reach his soul; but it did pierce
