of Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the only human actor in the history of Salvation. Mary saw it all and lived it all. The salvific mission of Christ cannot be complete without the mention of Mary. Hence [...] wars, violence, killings, insecurity and terrorism ... Let us journey with Mary through the mysteries of the Holy Rosary. Mary is our defender and maternal protector against danger. She defended, with her [...] desperately wants to preserve the life of her child. Mary will do the same for us as her children by adoption. Through Christ, we have become children of Mary. While Jesus was hanging on the Cross, He saw the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Father went to the Spanish Steps for an act of veneration in private to Mary Immaculate,” the press office said. “At the first light [...] pope left the Spanish Steps and traveled to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where he prayed before the icon of Salus Populi Romani , Mary Protection of the Roman People. Since 1953, it has been a custom [...] February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) - Shrove Tuesday Pope asks Mary Immaculate to watch over Rome Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s
beginning of my devotion to Mary, Star of the Sea. I began advocating the name Stella for babies, even calling my new car Stella Maris and buying her in a lovely Marian blue. I saw Mary as my guiding star when [...] light that led me back to Christ. Of course, Jesus is the Light of the world, Mary is just a star. Jesus calms storms; Stella Maris just guides us through them. But in moments of fear and confusion, when God [...] February 12 - Blessed Humbeline of Jully – Icon Iverskaia (Russia) Ask Stella Maris to be your light in the darkness Some years ago, I was living alone in a foreign country. Feeling terribly lonely, my
that Mary is called to play today for our salvation? Today, in many countries, the existence of Christianity is at stake. It would be utter recklessness to ignore the voice of God who, through Mary, speaks [...] February 11 – Our Lady of Lourdes Mary inspires the most delicate sentiments of Christian piety At Lourdes, Fatima and other Marian shrines, an impartial observation has been established concerning Marian [...] Marian apparitions or miraculous graces obtained through Mary’s intercession. These are facts that defy any natural explanation. To date, 1,200 healings in Lourdes have been recognized by doctors as sci
February 9 – Our Lady of the Castle (Italy, 1558) - Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Mary prayed as Mother and as a disciple Mary was open to God’s voice that guided her heart, that guided her steps where her [...] presence as mother and as disciple. Mary was present because she was Mother, but she was also present because she was the first disciple, the one who best learned Jesus’ ways. Mary never said: “Come, I will take [...] the disciples, and she was the first disciple: she prayed as Mother and she prayed as a disciple. “Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” ( Lk 2:19). This is how the evangelist Luke depicts
of Eternity... this is the eternal origin of He who took flesh in Mary, a fact that we keep evoking each time that we say the Hail Mary ... (1) The Masoretes (Hebrew ba'alei hamassora , "masters of tradition") [...] February 2 – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple The Divine Word took flesh in the Virgin Mary When the time of the Purification came, Jesus was brought to the Temple. ... A prophetess, Anna, daughter
grateful to Mary for this outcome that has put love back where misunderstanding and distance reigned for a very long time. Thank you to Mary Who Unties Knots ! Amen! K. H., a reader of A Moment with Mary . Personal [...] because of this situation. One day, I asked my husband to pray the Novena to Mary Who Unties Knots with me, in Spanish, and ask Mary to unravel all those knots. The result was that my husband and his estranged [...] January 30 - Saint John Chrysostom (Eastern Liturgies) Mary unties knots and reconciles people! My husband is Spanish. His family has had big conflicts in the past, between his parents and all the brothers
January 24 - Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) How Mary restored hope in a soul Let's go back to the year 1586 when the question of predestination was the hot topic [...] aching heart, the dark temptation left him. Francis made a vow of virginity to God and to the Virgin Mary, and, as a means to keep his resolution, he promised to recite the Rosary every day of his life. (1) [...] (3) Here is the full prayer composed by Saint Bernard (1090-1153): "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 18-25 Heaven protects Mary's children I have been praying the Rosary united with the Marie de Nazareth Association for years. What wonderful, heavenly protection [...] prayer group. We all agreed that this is how Heaven protects Mary's children who pray the Rosary! M.C. Personal testimony sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association in October 2020
January 16 – Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) Mary's lesson of "very great importance" My soul is tortured by frightful things suggested to my imagination by Satan. … I went up to the oratory [...] down upon Jesus’ request many messages of Jesus who calls her His messenger. At times, the Virgin Mary also came to visit Josefa to assist her in her difficult mission.
