24 - Our Lady of Cambron (France) As the Sun Shines through a Transparent Windowpane I am the Creator of Heaven and earth, one divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit; I spoke to the patriarchs and [...] Blessed Virgin just as the sun shines through a transparent windowpane. Indeed, as the sun does not break the windowpane while shining through, in the same way Mary's virginity was not injured or broken when
it their own mission? Can we see in it a reference to the Virgin Mary? FL: They are women who, even though they can’t be priests and celebrate Mass, often have a great love of Jesus Eucharist, of the Body [...] Body of Christ, which, I think, is a feminine and Marian grace. Mary is the person who loved Jesus the most, who had the most intimate bodily contact with Him since she carried Him in her womb, and I think [...] (Akita, Japan, approved by Bishop Ito in 1984) The love of Jesus in the Eucharist is a Marian grace Father François-Marie Léthel, OCD, Consultor to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, gave an interview
November 18 – Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Venezuela, 1749) Loving a Marian Church (I) The Marian Church follows Mary to the mountains and goes with her to meet the living. She visits women and men and, beyond [...] recipient of a freely given love and that God has the heart of a mother. She has seen God on the doorstep, expecting the improbable return of his son; she has seen him embrace his son, slip a ring on his [...] wick." When she finds someone on the roadside, wounded by life, she is seized by compassion. And with infinite tenderness, she tends to his wounds. She is the safe and ever-open harbor, the refuge of
their net, a statue of the Immaculate Conception In September 1717, a hundred miles from Sao Paulo, Brazil, three fishermen named Domingos Garcia, Felipe Pedroso and Joao Alves discovered a small statue [...] friends. Graces and miracles abounded. The Virgin Mary brought many blessings to the Brazilian people there. In 1834, the construction of a church with three naves began. The faithful flocked to the site [...] found a lot of fish. The fishermen called the Virgin "Aparecida" (Who Appeared). In 1726, the people built an oratory where they placed the little statue and where they came to recite the Rosary with neighbors
Rosary is a helpful prayer to discern one’s vocation The Holy Rosary is a helpful prayer when you are trying to learn if God is calling you to be a single person or married, a religious or a priest. For [...] three reasons to pray it: (1) In a time of grief or crisis, such as at a loved one’s deathbed, or while driving during a blizzard, it is hard to remain calm enough to pray with any kind of recollection. But [...] mysteries of the life of Jesus and Mary. When praying the Rosary this way, we don’t think so much about the words of the prayers, but on saying them at a slower pace in a regular rhythm. The repetition of
dubbed a "short version of the gospel." The use of the word "mystery" deserves a little digression: etymologically, this word designates the profound character, the inherent virtue of a thing, a secret [...] "mysteries" of the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary: The Joyful mysteries of Jesus' childhood (Annunciation of Jesus' birth to Mary, Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, Nativity, Presentation of Jesus in [...] mysteries (Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost, Assumption, Crowning of Mary). Reviving a medieval tradition, Pope John Paul II added a fourth series: the Luminous mysteries, corresponding to the public life
Good Help (Nantes, France) “I wanted to have a baby…” I live in Congo and am from a Muslim background. After the birth of my son, I was no longer able to bear a child. After another miscarriage in 2005 while [...] in Paris, I decided on a whim to go to Lourdes, with my 9-year-old son. I knew nothing about the town. Being Muslim, I don’t pray the Rosary, but I do believe in the Virgin Mary. At the Grotto, I sat and [...] intercession of the Virgin Mary. I learned to recite the Rosary. My daughter was born on April 21, 2006. The following summer, I took her to Lourdes to give thanks to God and Mary. Today I have been baptized
the woman is responsible for it in a special way in the plan of God. She is the guardian of light and love. Emmanuelle Fournier In Un rendez-vous avec Elle (A Date with Her), Editions des Béatitudes [...] Thorn (Châlons-sur-Marne, France, 1400) - Saint Catherine of Sweden (d. 1381) Being a woman is not second best Mary is given as an example of the perfect accomplishment of femininity. Through her, God [...] of Lisieux? ... She would have liked to have other vocations—to be a soldier, priest, apostle, martyr! Then the Lord enlightened her with an inner light that brought her peace and joy: "Yes, I have found
Advent: a period of expectation unprecedented in history (I) When Mary was a little girl, she, along with all of Israel, was waiting for the coming of the Messiah, who had been announced not just by a single [...] single prophet, but by a long line of prophets, over many centuries. Hers was a small nation, tossed about by history's whims, which survived all the conflicts with neighboring empires and ended up being [...] and always maintaining the unshakeable certainty of being the instrument of an eternal destiny, on a global scale. All were searching Scriptures to determine the time of Messiah’s arrival, announced precisely
recite an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory Be, and then a Salve Regina, and Our Lady Help of Christians will grant your wish. Pray like this until August 15." -That’s two and a half months, Father!” [...] the girl looked radiant, with rosy cheeks and vibrant eyes! She got dressed immediately and went to Mass with her mother. She was so completely recovered that her story ended like a fairy tale: "She got married [...] June 5 - Our Lady Help of Christians (Italy, 1611) A miracle of Don Bosco obtained by Our Lady Help of Christians Little Marguerite, from Paris, was dying of pulmonary tuberculosis. -She will get better”
