Changing the world with a “yes” Do you have spiritual goals for this new year? If so, following the example of Mary can help. She went from being an ordinary future bride to being a woman facing a difficult spiritual [...] spiritual challenge. When Mary accepted her miraculous pregnancy, she probably knew that no one would believe her. If Joseph had decided not to marry her, she would have been publicly humiliated. She was [...] should unfold. But what if nothing happens as planned, and everything changes in the blink of an eye? Mary was open to changes in her personal life. She risked her life by accepting this unusual maternity

(Italy, 1872) Our Lady is with us and can change us The young Chilean Khristian Briones became addicted to drugs in prison, before being saved by the Rosary (see A Moment with Mary of January 20th). Sadly [...] explains. Briones shares his message of hope with inmates through "a Rosary workshop about four times a week that includes catechesis and Mass." He also plans to start a rehabilitation and reintegration program [...] that God exists, that Our Lady is with us, and that she can change us. The Virgin prevented me from dying, she helped me to go forward ... God works on me so that I become a better Christian," he explains

and to follow. The Rosary, therefore, is a time spent with Christ to deepen our relationship with Him by calling upon His Mother. Through God’s grace and Mary’s intercession, we hope to find the wisdom [...] the “O Antiphons” of Advent The Rosary, a wonderful way to spend time with the Lord When we pray the Rosary, we manifest our continued efforts of giving honor to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, for her [...] God’s will. It is also a recognition of her powerful intercessory role, seeking her help to lead us to Jesus so that we may come to know, love and serve Him like her. She serves as a great inspiration for

of prayer. We believe that the faith-filled prayer of a large group of people for a place can transform it. So we want to surround all of Poland with prayer,” says Bodasiński. Source: Wpolityce.pl Published [...] September 24 – Virgin of the Kings, (Canary Islands, Spain, 1546) Encircling Poland with a human Rosary chain (I) On October 7, 2017, many people lined up along the borders of Poland will pray the Rosary [...] coincide with both the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and the 100 th anniversary of the end of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Bodasiński explains the purpose of this action: "In Fatima Mary called

- Beatification of Catherine Labouré by Pius XI (1933) A special calendar of feasts for the Virgin Mary The faithful readers of A Moment with Mary might be interested to know how the calendar of Marian [...] Catholic Church, with all the great feasts, solemnities, memorial feasts and other feasts of the saints in every country, that punctuate the liturgical year. Instead, because we at A Moment with Mary have the [...] country, to help our readers discover how she blesses by her presence a myriad of places on all the continents! The Moment with Mary Team

difficulty accepting and understanding Mary. I did not have a “special relationship” with her. In a moment of spiritual aridity, a brother priest gave me some homilies by a priest from Medjugorje on the messages [...] January 16 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) Start with the Holy Rosary I had been a priest for 4 years and I had never prayed a Rosary. I did not like it or understand [...] the Gospa (the Virgin Mary) to read. As soon as I began reading, I felt great inner peace and strong confidence. I knew that these messages really conveyed Mary’s words. I felt Mary’s real presence and I

month of Mary! From this perspective, the Mary of Nazareth Association is everyone to make this month of May the great month of Missionaries of Mary! The call and mission of A Moment With Mary is evangelization [...] through Mary and with Mary our universal Mother, in order to bring all her scattered children back to her Son. Wherever you are, we invite you to become a missionary of Mary! Why Missionaries of Mary? Saint [...] Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort form part of the theological foundation of our action, we invite you during this month of Mary to re-read the essential passages in A Moment With Mary , to fire up

fight for these very truths: “Perhaps the moment has almost come for the Catholic woman to stand with Mary and with the Church under the cross.” It would be a shame to let her answer the call alone. [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.” In an address just before Hitler’s rise to power, Saint Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) urged a group of Catholic

fight for these very truths: "Perhaps the moment has almost come for the Catholic woman to stand with Mary and with the Church under the cross." It would be a shame to let her answer the call alone. [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] t. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love." In an address just before Hitler's rise to power, Blessed Edith Stein urged a group of Catholic women to fight

he was a grown up: "Do you want to be a carpenter? " "No, ma’am." "Do you want to be a soldier?" "No, ma’am." "Wouldn’t you like to be a doctor?" "No, I don’t." "Oh, I know what you want to be: a priest [...] July 1st – Armenian Church: Transfer of Mary’s Veil "If you can’t recite the Rosary with your lips, say it with your heart" One day two ladies talked to Francisco, one of the young seers of Our Lady of [...] 11 years old. The Mother of Jesus had promised him that she would come if he prayed a lot of Rosaries. He prayed nine a day and made "heroic sacrifices" to avoid sins. And when he had no strength to recite