“No one more than the Virgin Mary can lead us to best discover the maternal love of God. Mary, sweet, loving, full of compassion is a reflection of the love of God and His best mirror,” concluded Bishop [...] 1876) The Virgin Mary can lead us to best discover the maternal love of God In a homily delivered during Mass on April 1, 2019, Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo, Malta, commented on the parable of the Prodigal Son [...] Return of the Prodigal Son’ where one hand is male and the other is female. Bishop Grech said that there are various instances in the scriptures which describe the maternal side of the love of God. “No
May 25 – Feast of the Ascension – Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) Mary's joy in the Ascension of Jesus Oh, if she had joy while her Son was still living with her in the flesh, if she had [...] her only Son enter heaven with commanding power and reach the throne of God the Father Almighty? Was a joy like this ever heard of? Was a joy like this ever seen in public, so that the human mind might [...] flesh that, as she knew well, had been taken from her? Whoever said, why, whoever even believed that Mary’s joy did not surpass all the joys that came before it? In this world, good mothers are wont to be
One is tried even more than others, because Mary, as Mother of the living, gives to all her children splinters of the tree of life, which is the Cross of Jesus. But while meting out crosses to them she [...] May 7 – Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) Why should we become missionaries of Mary? This does not mean that one who has discovered Mary through a genuine devotion is exempt from crosses and sufferings [...] time they do taste the bitterness of the chalice from which we must drink to become proven friends of God, the consolation and joy which their Mother sends in the wake of their sorrows creates in them a
became one of the most famous centers of Marian devotion on mainland China and attracts tens of thousands of faithful each year. Although, since the ratification of the Vatican-China agreement of 2018, any [...] May 12 – Our Lady of Mercy (Rimini, Italy, 1850) An apparition of Mary in China in 1995 Every year in May since 1996, thousands of soldiers are sent to the small village of Donglu, a few hours’ drive from [...] when the Virgin Mary appeared under the title of Our Lady of China, during a revolt against colonialism and Christianity. A church, later a cathedral—the National Shrine of Our Lady of China—was built
Lady of Lujan (Argentina) "I was born by the martyrdom of Mary" The author of the book Cum clamore valido (1) has Jesus say these words about Mary: "To become the Mother of the children of God, Mary had [...] I was born by the martyrdom of Mary! And of the voluntary martyrdom of Mary! For, silent as her Fiat of acquiescence was, you cannot doubt its deep, intimate reality, full of Magnificat! Answer that I was [...] apostle in an immense vision of tenderness, I created in Mary a true motherly heart for each member of this family, while I created each soul as a true child of Mary, a child of her co-redemptive pains. So
with the words of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who traced a maybe simplified description of Mary's attitude—an unwavering confidence in the words of her Son, and the understanding of the mystery of Jesus in the [...] April 23 – Our Lady of Penha (Brazil) The Virgin Mary knew the hour of the Resurrection No doubt the encounter between Mary and Jesus, in the early morning of the Sunday following the burial, was too intimate [...] the night of Holy Saturday, which seemed very long, reflecting on the possible time of the Resurrection. Knowing that David, more than the other Prophets, spoke of the Passion of Christ, she went through
death and resurrection of Jesus. Let us live the Eucharist with the attitude of Mary at the foot of the cross. In the memorial of Calvary, Jesus also says to each one of us: "Here is your Mother!" The Eucharist [...] April 18 – Thursday of Holy Week – Our Lady of Health (Italy, 1428) - Beatification of Sister Faustina (1993) Let us live the Eucharist like Mary at the foot of the cross From the Annunciation to the Eucharist [...] Institution of the Eucharist among the luminous mysteries of the Rosary. Mary is the "Eucharistic woman" because of her inner attitude. The Eucharist has a sacrificial dimension. It is the memorial of the death
April 1 – Our Lady of Suasia (Italy, 1556) To Jesus through Mary: A very ancient precept of the Church The origin of "To Jesus through Mary" is generally attributed to Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort [...] 121). However, the idea of going through Mary to Jesus is much older, and was promoted by such authors as Ildephonse of Toledo (+667), Germanus of Constantinople (+773), John of Damascus (+750), Ambrose [...] Ambrose Autpert (+781), Fulbert of Chartres (+1028), Odilo of Cluny (+1049), Peter Damian (+1072), Anselm of Lucca (+1086), and Anselm of Canterbury (+1109). Geoffrey of Vendôme (+1132) would say, for example
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 [...] you to become a missionary of Mary! Why Missionaries of Mary? Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716), author of the famous Treatise on the True Devotion to Mary , masterfully answered this [...] in many parts of the globe. Let us not forget that for Catholics, May is also the month of Mary! From this perspective, the Mary of Nazareth Association is everyone to make this month of May the great
March 28 – The Great Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (1943) It’s up to the Virgin Mary to take care of it Charles Péguy (1873-1914), a French writer and mystic, was an atheist and a fervent socialist before [...] is saved, I offered all three of them to Our Lady. I can’t take care of everything myself ... My children are not baptized. It’s up to the Blessed Virgin to take care of it." Taken from La Médaille Miraculeuse [...] before converting to Catholicism. He prayed until the end of his life for the conversion of his wife, and died in battle during the WWI. A year later, his wife asked to be baptized. In June 1912, after
