possibilities of Jesus, who lay dead on her lap, but who would three days later resurrect from the dead. All that mankind may achieve in technological advances proceeds from this new creation in Jesus, who is the

remorse for sin. Our Lady, to whom Gemma was strongly devoted, appeared to her and said, "My son Jesus loves you beyond measure and wishes to give you a grace. I will be your mother. Will you be my true [...] Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint Gemma too can say: "Let no man harm me, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body." Gemma Galgani was canonized on May 2, 1940, by Pope Pius XII, only thirty-seven years

remained ever a Virgin, of the Incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus Christ" (cf Lumen Gentium, 53). By the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. "In all

journey with Jesus. St Paul instructed the Corinthians, “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ” (1 Cor 11:1). If St Paul is worthy of imitation, how much more, then, is the woman who bore Jesus and raised [...] become a monk, without even saying goodbye to his mother whom he loved so much. Just like the infant Jesus who was lost for three days, Charbel chose to dwell in the house of God to do his Father’s work. Mary [...] blindness and paralysis for almost 30 years. St Nehmetallah’s spirituality was also built on his love for Jesus and devotion to the blessed mother. His brother monks often observed him praying the rosary on his

Lord Jesus Christ walked the mountain range, which runs along the Jordan, and took refuge for a time here in the present location of Anjara during their journey. The sources hold that Lord Jesus, Blessed [...] priest of the Latin Patriarchate, who built the first sanctuary in memory of the passing of Lord Jesus Christ in this place. Fr. Ne’mat brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Jerusalem and enthroned [...] and some of his disciples stayed overnight in a cave in the Ajloun mountains nearby during one of Jesus’ trips from Jerusalem to Galilee. This pilgrimage gradually became one of the important feasts in

in prayer, immerses us in the Blessed Mother’s intense sorrow at seeing her beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, dying on the cross in His Passion so that we might have Eternal Life! Its title comes from [...] Stabat Mater brings to mind front and center just how fully our Blessed Mother suffered along with Jesus, like Him on our behalf! St Alphonsus Liguori once wrote that “two hung upon one cross.” While she [...] a strong sense of what was coming way before Christ’s Passion. When she presented her little baby Jesus in the Temple, fulfilling Mosaic law, a “just and devout” (Lk 2:25) man named Simeon, enlightened

in all that it contains, to Him. "My good Mother, act in me... pray in me... speak in me... love Jesus in me and with me, so that I may be able to say at every moment, in union with You. I am the little [...] Good Mother. I am in her hands, so she will undoubtedly do what is best for her child. O Mother, Jesus that I give EVERYTHING, that I abandon EVERYTHING, that I sanctify EVERYTHING, that I sacrifice EVERYTHING

Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother O angelic young Gabriel, who, by your ardent love for Jesus Crucified and your compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows, were on earth a mirror of innocence and an [...] greater glory of God and for the good of souls (here mention your request). Finally, obtain for us from Jesus Christ Crucified, through Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, resignation and peace so that we might always

renewal of vows. When we had left our kneelers and had started to recite the formula for the vows, Jesus appeared suddenly at my side clad in a white garment with a golden girdle around His waist, and He [...] purity may be untarnished and as a sign that you will never be subject to temptations against purity. Jesus took off His golden cincture and tied it around my waist. Since then I have never experienced any

of Paradise What a difference there is between a soul brought up in the ordinary way to resemble Jesus Christ by people who, like sculptors, rely on their own skill and industry, and a soul thoroughly [...] natural and human imperfections are found in the first soul, and what a faithful and divine likeness to Jesus is found in the second! There is not and there will never be, either in God's creation or in his mind