Despite our wounds, human limitations and personal sins, Divine Mercy always has the last word. Jesus chose to have a mother, and he gave her to us from the cross. It would be a mistake to deprive ourselves [...] ourselves of such a gift! Mary is the most wonderful of mothers. Did she not worry about Jesus when he wandered off at the age of 12? She cares for us in the very same way. As the creature who is closest
When we pray the Rosary, we manifest our continued efforts of giving honor to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, for her exemplary life and Christian virtues of humility, obedience and surrender to God’s [...] will. It is also a recognition of her powerful intercessory role, seeking her help to lead us to Jesus so that we may come to know, love and serve Him like her. She serves as a great inspiration for our
limitations of space and time and can be intimately present to all members of the Mystical Body of Jesus. True Marian devotion does not only consist in saying a series of Hail Marys , but in getting into [...] this smile that Saint Bernadette Soubirous saw in 1858 in Lourdes, and Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus in 1883 in Lisieux. And yet, neither of them contemplated the fullness of Mary's maternal tenderness
love for Mary, especially with the revelation that to love Jesus was to love Mary, and that Mary’s heart would always take one closer to Jesus. That realization obliterated his hesitations surrounding Marian
we pray the glorious mysteries, let us meditate on the first glorious mystery: the Resurrection of Jesus. During the great Easter Vigil that celebrates the Resurrection of our Lord, the Church has us renew [...] might be done away with...In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus." (Rom 6:4-11). The Resurrection is the central mystery of our Christian faith. If Christ had not
whenever there is trouble” and who told the disciples “to do whatever Jesus asks” and invites us to do the same. “She points us to Jesus,” he said. Before the trip to Lisbon, the patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal
France. (1) Father Lamy was a Mystic and Founder of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary. On September 9, 1909, he had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary who asked him to found [...] that would serve as a chapel. She also asked him to found a religious congregation. Serviteurs de Jésus et de Marie
describe her. See how the apostles went to her to be reassured before Pentecost and be ready to welcome Jesus in the Upper Room at a time when they were all afraid. She also knew how to rejoice, even to celebrate [...] of those around her. She mingled with others, talked with the women of Nazareth, and she raised Jesus with patience, gentleness and humility. It is important to invite the Family of Nazareth into our
does our heavenly Mother cherish us so much? It is because, at the moment of his death, her beloved Jesus entrusted us to her maternal affection. As we have seen, he presented her all people in the person [...] excessive pain. This is the nature of mothers. One day St. Alphonsus of Liguori, of the Society of Jesus, found himself before an image of Mary and, feeling his heart burning with love for the Blessed Virgin
every day. It is such a learning process!" Isabelle remembers: "We also learned that to get closer to Jesus, we have to go to the Virgin Mary first. Thanks to Saint Louis de Monfort’s book "The Secret of Mary [...] find joy in praying the Rosary! It was a gift that the Virgin Mary gave me so that I could go to Jesus." Source: France Catholique issue #3552, September 8, 2017
