Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) Ask Mary for help to bear your heavy burdens In the Gospel according to St. Luke, a man named Simeon saw the Virgin Mary bring her son, Jesus, to the Temple and prophesied what

good mother is patient! - I received the grace to finally start praying it. Following the advice of St. John Paul II in "The Rosary of the Virgin Mary", I prayed while meditating on texts about the different

martyr (d. 202) The Virgin Mother, historical foundation and guarantee of Salvation Salvation, explains St. Irenaeus, is the bridge that brings God into man and transports man into God. Christ is Salvation

prayed the Rosary in union with each other and Auxiliary Bishop James Massa at the Co-Cathedral of St Joseph, Prospect Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn on Oct. 3. The annual Rosary rally for the sc

Saint Catherine Laboure (d. 1876) Mary invites us to enter the New Year with confidence On January 1st, the Church celebrates Mary, Mother of God. I find it very beautiful to enter a new year with the Virgin

March 25, 1858: On the Feast of the Incarnation of the Word, the Blessed Virgin appeared in Lourdes to St Bernadette and confirmed the dogma, saying, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” But 20 years earlier

pilgrim and Lourdes visitor, said he is a changed man since visiting the shrine, where Mary appeared to St Bernadette Soubirous in a series of visions in 1858. “The trip has been life-changing for my wife and

Mary” is understood to mean that England has been “set apart” for Mary. It goes back to the time of St Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), but the first recording of the description can be found in a 14 th

Mother of God Mary, model of all peacemakers Since 1968, on the initiative of Pope Paul VI, January 1st has been dedicated to prayer for world peace. First, we pray for the silencing of arms so that the

Pope Clement XI (18th century); Pope Leo XIII (19th century); and Pope Saint John Paul II (20th and 21st centuries). Even in our own day, Pope Benedict XVI greatly promoted the Rosary during his pontificate