the Rosary is for me an extraordinary source of peace in my mission. Father Guillaume Marie, Abbot of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont-des-Cats Abbey, Godewaersvelde, France, testimonial given in 2006. [...] April 15 – Our Lady of Kiev (Ukraine) Mary gave me the strength I didn’t have alone I had just spent three years studying in Rome. In the car taking me back to my monastery in France, Father Abbot expressed
blessed by creation. To Mary, God gave His only-begotten Son, whom He loved as Himself. Through Mary, God made Himself a Son, not different but the same, by nature Son of God and Son of Mary. The whole universe [...] universe was created by God and God was born of Mary. God created all things and Mary gave birth to God. The God who made all things gave Himself form, through Mary and thus He made His own creation. He who [...] ruined creation, without Mary. God, then, is the Father of the created world and Mary the mother of the re-created world. God is the Father by whom all things were given life and Mary the mother through whom
May 25 – Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) When the Church imitates Mary’s life The Marian Church follows Mary on the mountain and goes with her to meet life. She visits women and men and, beyond [...] that a people was born, a Marian people. Sisters and brothers, let us be of this people. Let us take Mary into our home. Brother François Marc , sm Excerpts from a poetic meditation published on Tuesday,
May 27 – Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Madonna del Popolo (Italy, 1645) Stay with Mary, even when everything seems to be over In the middle of a gruesome war, a Syrian bishop said: “Hope is not [...] with me tomorrow as He is already today.” In difficult times, we are invited to be like the Virgin Mary, who stands at the foot of her Son’s cross. She already believes in the Resurrection He has announced
liturgical year. Instead, because we at A Moment with Mary have the mission to make Mary known and loved, i.e. to promote devotion towards our Mother Mary, the Mother of God and Mother of the Church, and to [...] Catherine Labouré by Pius XI (1933) A special calendar of feasts for the Virgin Mary The faithful readers of A Moment with Mary might be interested to know how the calendar of Marian feasts, which accompany [...] a daily calendar that is essentially Marian. There are so many celebrations of the Blessed Virgin Mary and so many Marian shrines all over the world, that we couldn’t fit them all in 365 days! Therefore
the servant of Mary, relieved of so a great weight, drove away his terrors and died happily, in peace. So we too, with a great sentiment of peace, trust that at the hour of death, Mary will assist us. [...] June 1 – Crowning of the miraculous image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) - Saint Justin Martyr Mary will assist us Having left the world to become a Franciscan monk, Rodolphe, count of Alsace (France, 13 [...] thought of judgment coming to his mind, he began to doubt the salvation of his soul and to fear. Then Mary, who does not forget her servants in their anxieties, presented herself to the dying man. Surrounded
May 26 – Madonna di Caravaggio (Italy, 1432) Mary asks for peace between East and West On May 26, 1432, Giovanetta di Pietro Vacchi, daughter of Lombard peasants (Italy), a simple and pious woman married [...] married to a violent man, had a vision of the Virgin Mary: “Suddenly a strikingly beautiful lady stood in front of me. She was of tall stature, with a graceful face, a venerable appearance, dressed in blue
come through Mary." Today, more than ever, the Virgin Mary calls her eldest daughter, but also all her daughters, the nations, to wake up and convert, to bring about her victory. The Marie de Nazareth Team [...] May 15 – Our Lady of Light (Mexico) The Virgin Mary calls the eldest Daughter of the Church to wake up! In this month of Mary, in the context of anti-Christian legislations promulgated by several Christian [...] starting in 1830, the Virgin Mary has multiplied her visits and calls for conversion, especially on the soil of the "eldest Daughter of the Church" (i.e. France)! In that year, Mary appeared to Saint Catherine
19 – Feast of the entrance of the Holy Family into Egypt (Coptic Church) A portrait of the Virgin Mary that is "not manmade" In Tyrol, Austria, on January 17, 1797, between 3 and 4 pm, 18-year-old Rosina
dispersion of the Apostles once again. But Mary was an example of contemplation. She saw beyond mere appearances. Marie Benoîte Angot In Adorer avec Marie (Adoring with Mary), Éditions le Sarment [...] of Mary The coming of the Holy Trinity into your heart is the unfathomable mystery of Pentecost. This mystery proceeds at Mary’s side, with her and in her presence. The Holy Trinity dwells in Mary and [...] Ascension, Mary kept in her heart. She was educated by her Son’s example, so Mary understood the Father’s will for her. “Thy will be done” — the Fiat of the Annunciation and the Fiat of the Cross took Mary to
