Cruz, bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary [...] of Coromoto (Venezuela) My greatest experience of Mary My experience of Mary was influenced by my mother and by my parish priest, Father Sabino. With my mother, we prayed the Rosary every night, on our [...] my mother was hospitalized and remained in a coma for over a week. I went to see her in the hospital. The doctor told me, "Your mother may die at any moment, or she may wake up." I went to pray the Rosary
who was hit by a car on the day of your installation!" Bishop Fernando Legal Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary [...] to Natalino Scarpa, 14, in Pellestrina (Italy, 1716) A highlight of my life as a bishop I had a very striking experience concerning the Virgin Mary in 1980, just after my episcopal ordination for the diocese [...] strongly at this very significant moment of my episcopal life. Twenty-five years later, I was invited to celebrate a Mass in Itapeva, which was no longer my diocese. A couple with two children came to see me
Story shared by Francis, a reader of A Moment with Mary , from Pyla-sur-mer, France – July 1, 2021 [...] bike and… a grin on my face! I felt an immense peace fill my soul. This feeling lasted just a few seconds but I was left with the certainty that "someone" had lifted me in his arms at the moment of the accident [...] (Trieste, Italy, 1486) "The day Mary carried me in her arms" It was late afternoon on a beautiful fall day, 25 years ago. I was riding my bike home from work. As I was approaching a hill, facing due west, I became
ph/article/1906076/Pampanga/Opinion/Cervantes-Urgent-messages-of-the-Blessed-Virgin-Mary-from-Bacolod (1) See A Moment with Mary of November 16, 2021 [...] November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithunia) Messages from Our Lady of the End Times (II) On September 1, 2018, Our Lady said to Edsol (1): "My children, I bring a message to all of you in my divine son’s [...] frighten all of you, but so that all of you will know these events are very near. Next year will be a year of heavy trials for mankind as seven years of desolation are near. "Go to confession, attend mass
reader of A Moment with Mary , 2020 [...] smallness with His eternal love. Precious Mary, Mother of God, please help and guide me this day to be small so that I can be found standing at the foot of the cross. Composed by Matthew Dhillon, a reader [...] December 8 – Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Precious Mother of God Precious Mary, Mother of God, I see you standing at the foot of the Cross. Not collapsed, not kneeling, not prostrate
priests when I was seriously ill as a child. And on September 12th, our son will be ordained a priest, praise be to God! Laurent J., a reader of A Moment with Mary [...] Icon (Russia) Mary smiled at my grandmother This story took place in Grenoble, France, in 1940, where my grandmother had taken refuge with her three children after my grandfather was sent to a prison camp [...] grandmother taught her to offer her sufferings for priests. One night, a great light filled her room and she saw the Virgin Mary smile at her. She then fell asleep peacefully, which she hadn't been able
ed, and where, after the return from Egypt, the Savior lived with Mary and Joseph. In A Moment with Mary of January 9, 2020, we published a story from the French Catholic newspaper La Croix , suggesting [...] to be the authentic house of the Virgin Mary in Nazareth, was transported to Italy by sea. However, recent studies challenge that theory and actually agree with the long-standing tradition stating that [...] narrative about the noble family De Angeli bringing it by ship is a fabrication. We quote an Italian article dated December 10, 2019: "This is a false story invented by the De Angeli family of Palermo, in order
combat, beginning with the inner struggle to give God a bigger place. (1) Rosary for the World is a service of the Marie de Nazareth Association. E.S., a reader of A Moment with Mary Personal testimony [...] Blessed Marie Rivier, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) The Rosary helps you give God a bigger place in your heart The Rosary (I write it with a capital [...] and filiality towards Mary. In my personal journey as a Catholic, there will be a before and after this discovery of the Rosary, associated with the request for concrete help from a brother or sister! I
(1979) Mary Queen of Peace, Patroness of Kazakhstan (II) In the 1980s, the faithful of the Almaty diocese, in Kazakhstan were still without a priest. They began to build a church near Oziorno—a town whose [...] symbolizes entirety," he concluded. 1. See A Moment with Mary of June 3, 2019 Adapted from Vatican News [...] means “of the lake.” When a priest was sent there (he is the current bishop of Nurslutan, formerly Astania, the capital of the country) the church was completed, with the help of a benefactor who asked that
used a familiar expression with Mary, who was troubled at first because of her humility: How is it that (to foreshadow Elizabeth's words) an angel of light should use familiar language with me? Mary was [...] but firmly test whether this was a 'familiar spirit,' with a prudence beyond Eve’s, who failed to test the serpent's spirit. Mary said: "How shall this be, since I am a [consecrated] virgin?" It was not [...] familiarity shown by the angel toward Mary in the way he greeted her. 'Ave' is how people greeted a friend or relative arriving at their doorstep after a journey. This is what Mary said to Elizabeth (which caused
