and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come
“70 seven-day periods.” This indication of time, the only one in the whole of the Old Testament has never given rise to excessive controversy among Old Testament interpreters. It is clear that this involves
afternoon, he asked his boss for an advance and went and bought twenty candles… Then he promised his wife never to drink again and after telling her the beautiful story about their sons, the mother began cleaning
day, testified that while he sang the “Regina Coeli” the face of the Virgin became of a splendor never seen in this world. Then the father called the Indians of the village and they all had the same dazzling
was carried in procession from Bombarral to Lisbon, in the midst of ovations such as a prince had never received. Carlos, a believer in his youth, exclaimed jubilantly like everyone, but his friend, Fernando
primarily because Christ, the greatest revolutionary of all times, despite all the changes He brought, never explicitly addressed the issue. He called only men to be apostles, even though He had an attested
support for the Socialist Party... This change of heart was not a resignation; his Catholicism was never a form of capitulation. A "biting God" had "planted" His "teeth" in his heart. He was harpooned. But
higher, towards God, in perfuming more intensely out of charity for God and one's companion, but never joining their flowering mouths in a kiss which would sully with pollen the angelic silk of their robes
" - "You will insist that the people do what I request," the Virgin replied, "otherwise they will never be rid of the plague, and as long as they do not obey, they will experience my Son’s anger against
dream of every Hebrew girl? But this is a rather human and worldly way of reasoning. True faith is never a privilege or an honor; it means dying a little, and this was especially true of Mary’s faith at
