immediate purpose of the Holy Family's journey from Bethlehem to Jerusalem according to the Lucan text was to fulfil the law: "And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses

communion with all things, care for all things. So it is with the Mother of God in today’s Gospel. The text tells us, “But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (v. 19). She kept all these

heart of the Church. It should be remembered that a number of conciliar bishops had wanted a dedicated text on the Virgin Mary. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Council Fathers chose to present

Monsignor Chauvet, Rector of Notre Dame de Paris, welcomed the pilgrims. Readers read beautiful texts by Paul Claudel and Charles Péguy, two famous Catholic authors, paying tribute to Notre Dame. The

website dedicated to Padre Pio: " Go to confession, go to Mass, buy a rosary "! When I tried to find the text later, it was no longer on that page. The next day, I went to Mass, celebrated by the priest who had

votive prayer requested by Our Lady during her apparition in Fatima (Portugal) in 1917. The first text of the visionary Sister Lucia evoking Russia dates from May 29, 1929. And in 1952, Pope Pius XII

very special way all the peoples of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary." Russia was named in the text, but this was not accompanied by a public and solemn ceremony, and the bishops of the world were not

rosary can help preserve family ties Every Sunday afternoon, my phone whistles to remind me to send a text to the “Rose-ary Chain,” a group of roughly 25 Rose family members who pray the rosary together via

apparition in Lourdes (France) Hoping against all hope with Mary at the foot of the Cross One of the texts of Vatican Council II mentions Mary’s hope at the foot of the Cross as a determining factor of her

Lyon, Primate of Gaul (France) (We want to thank Cardinal Barbarin for contributing this beautiful text to A Moment with Mary.)