not to share with this brother the beautiful prayer of the Rosary? At that moment, I replied: “Would you like us to pray the Rosary together?” All of a sudden that man’s face lit up with heavenly joy. [...] that Mary—the Mother of God and Our Mother—brings us back to Jesus through her Rosary! She is truly the Mother of Reconciliation! Adapted from a text by Father Mario Attard, OFM Cap., a reader of A Moment [...] the bottom of my heart. On the day of the funeral a taxi driver came to pick me up at the friary as scheduled. On our way to the funeral home we started a conversation. At one point he said: “You know Father

Perpetual Help is wonderful at granting graces. Pray to her always! W. N., a reader of A Moment with Mary Testimonial sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association in January 2021 [...] and I kept a small icon of her in my suitcase for a long time. After I went away to university, and later got married, I lost the icon. But I always kept a picture of it in my breviary. A few years ago [...] refused to have a religious marriage, insistently asked that we get married in the Church! Despite the pandemic, we had a very beautiful wedding and we even consecrated our home to the Virgin Mary. Our Lady

the intentions of the Rosary for the World too! Damien H., a reader of A Moment with Mary , August 2020 Personal testimony sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association [...] spiritually intense for us, in a monastic way that suited us well. In May, when the lockdown was lifted, I understood that Mary's sweet voice was asking me to organize a Rosary group every day in our parish [...] the Rosary as a group every day at 5:30 p.m. to the great joy of the parishioners and of our priest who, as a result, now celebrates Mass every day after the Rosary. Right now we have a group of at least

old, down into a bomb shelter during the bombardment of Milan during the Second World War. There was a little image of Our Lady there, with a light, and we started praying the Rosary, with all of my brothers [...] more than forty years in Vatican diplomacy. A Moment with Mary is glad to report this testimony without taking any part in recent controversies. Letter #43, 2019: A surprise meeting [...] Moynihan had with Mgr Vigano (1) on July 29, 2019: “What is your deepest prayer?” “My deepest prayer,” Vigano said, “is ‘Come, Lord Jesus.’” Vigano suddenly fell silent as if filled with an unexpected

Ransom, with full support of the bishops. The tour will conclude in Westminster Cathedral in 2020, with the exact date yet to be confirmed. Cardinal Vincent Nichols called the re-dedication, “a moment of great [...] great promise…for the Church in this country and for our mission.” Adapted for A Moment with Mary from The Tablet [...] Evangelization program – a mission initiative of the Catholic Church. According to the organizers, the phrase “Dowry of Mary” is understood to mean that England has been “set apart” for Mary. It goes back to the

received a much-needed boost with the visit of Pope John Paul II in September 2001. According to Archbishop Tomasz Peta of Astana, the visit showed the world a living Church in Kazakhstan, with some 40 [...] The Marian shrine, he said, reflects a strong character of the Church of Kazakhstan, namely, a strong Eucharistic adoration and a special devotion to the Virgin Mary. The cross bears an inscription paying [...] “Without exaggerating, I can say that the papal visit opened a new chapter in the history of our Church. From that moment, every three years a Congress of religious representatives of all faiths is held

). During the month of May, A Moment with Mary will bring you several articles to present the history of this devotion, its spiritual teachings, its powerful results, and a few testimonials. The unique [...] May 1 – Saint Joseph the Worker In May, Mary’s month, try praying to “Mary who undoes knots” The devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots is a recent and now widespread devotion. In the last thirty years, it has [...] the original story, which was a "marital miracle": a couple on the brink of divorce, although fervent Catholics, in 17th-century Germany, whose marriage was saved by Mary, and whose descendant later c

down a bit. Then I suddenly remembered: 30 years earlier, a local priest had recited the Hail Mary before my mother's body. Suddenly I understood that this prayer, which I had been reciting like a parrot [...] - that it was Mary who took my hand and protected me. I understood that immediately. The recovery was long and difficult, but I made a plan to go to Lourdes as a volunteer to thank Mary! One year later [...] Sales (d. 1622) A miraculous recovery January 2012. The ambulance was racing towards Annecy. Firmly secured in a gurney, I tried my best to not move. The EMS doctor who had rescued me a few hours earlier

13th century. (2) The basilica is built around the Holy House. Story shared by Arnaud, a reader of A Moment with Mary, 2020 [...] After about 30 minutes of silence, I heard a commotion at the door. A young boy sitting in a wheelchair was about to be brought inside the Holy House. From a distance I could tell that he was nervous and [...] During the summer of 2020, I had a chance to make a short pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, Italy, (1) during the Jubilee year of the "Holy House" of Mary in Loreto inaugurated on December

this is a place where people who don't have access to medical care are going to be nurtured.” During his opening remarks, Art Bennett, president and CEO of diocesan Catholic Charities, took a moment to remember [...] March 24 – Our Lady of the Thorn (Châlons-sur-Marne, France, 1400) A former abortion clinic converted into the Mother of Mercy Free Clinic For 27 years, the pro-lifers who faithfully prayed outside the [...] Burbidge blessed the building as the new Mother of Mercy Free Clinic, dedicating it to the Virgin Mary. Some 80 Catholics, many of whom had stood vigil outside the abortion clinic, gathered in the building