of life and traditionally associated with a person being fed both physically and spiritually. Having the Virgin Mary expose her breasts to feed Christian faithful was not scandalous in any way and was meant [...] sickness, and with gentle touch had relieved his distress, removed his disease, and checked the fierce flow of saliva from his lips, it was that those lips might freely speak the wisest and most commanding [...] St Bernard,” and is usually depicted as a stream of milk going into Bernard’s mouth, though sometimes the stories relate that the Virgin Mary gave him three drops of her milk. The story and its subsequent

Immaculate Heart—to her example, obedience, and recourse to her intercession—that we are provided the spiritual help and strength to remain upon those paths. And this help is real! I want to cry out with [...] Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) Mary is a real mother in the order of grace Devotion to the Immaculate Heart is at the center of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary predicted at Fatima. Cardinal [...] (note: the message and full commentary can be found on the Vatican website): In biblical language, the heart indicates the center of human life, the point where reason, will, temperament and sensitivity converge

Herself and runs towards that poor body, which is lacerated and covered with blood. Without worrying about the stains that the clotted blood leaves on Her dress, Mary, helped by James of Alphaeus and John [...] the dead of night, and a very dark night, because the moon has already set, when Mary comes out of the little house at Gethsemane with Peter, James of Alphaeus, John, Nicodemus and the Zealot. (...) They [...] that the persecution against the Christians has been ordered and has broken-out, and that Stephen is only the first of a long list of names indicated as followers of the Christ. The first cry of all the

Blessed Virgin Mary. He was often seen trembling in his mother's arms when she pronounced the sweet name of Mary. All it took to soothe his cries was to present him with an image of the Virgin Mary. He was not [...] himself of the conversation of men, he enjoyed that of the Virgin Mary and the angels, who urged him to persevere in his life of renunciation and love. The Queen of Heaven told him that he would soon see hermits [...] will be an excellent privilege for you and for all Carmelites, and he who wears it will never suffer eternal fire. It is the mark of salvation when in danger and of the happy possession of life that will

1426) Pope Francis consecrated the year 2021 to the Virgin Mary The Pope's homily of January 1, 2021, for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the World Day of Peace, was read by Cardinal Secretary of [...] know how to cherish things in your heart, care for us, bless our time, and teach us to find time for God and for others. With joy and confidence, we acclaim you: Holy Mother of God! Amen. " Adapted from: [...] Francis, who was suffering from painful sciatica and prevented from participating. The Holy Father wished to consecrate the year 2021 to the Virgin Mary with these words: " Holy Mother of God, to you we

newspapers, Christian and secular alike, commented on this astonishing event, including the anticlerical press, since many journalists had witnessed the miracle. Some photos and testimonies came from 25 [...] of 6 monthly apparitions, and by Lucia’s account: "After our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with [...] Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. When, a little later, this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady; it seemed

“Black Death”) the prayer was further developed and a second part was added to it. This second part (“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death”) is believed by many [...] Founder of the Friars Preachers (d. 1221) - Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) How was the "Hail Mary" written? The “Hail Mary” that Catholics have been praying for centuries is composed of two main parts. The first [...] angel Gabriel greeted Mary by saying, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” (Luke 1:28). The next part of the prayer is taken from the Visitation, when Elizabeth greeted Mary with the words, “Blessed

world, God spoke to the serpent in the Garden of Eden and said, I shall put enmity between thee and the woman; between thy seed and her seed, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel (Gen. 3:15)… It will [...] bishop known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. He was Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951, later the Bishop of Rochester, and finally the Archbishop of the [...] 1751) The world could recover Christ through Mary Bishop Sheen (1), former Auxiliary Bishop of New York (United States), wrote in 1951: “There is Hope and a great Hope, too,” Bishop Sheen emphasized. “The

of the Virgin Mary " There is no doubt that in this necessary conception, a vivifying and incandescent spirit filled each of the two parents with a singular power and that the protection and the visit of [...] that Joachim and Anna were at the object of a mysterious intervention by God, who made them worthy of giving birth to a unique creature whose future was to be filled with supernatural events; and this would [...] the predestined child. The Lord willed that such a creature should appear with a unique splendor, and born with an admirable purity: "Extraordinarily blessed virgin, you cannot, as far as merits are concerned

Incarnate Mercy and Mother of all people. Mary taught her to live in the presence of God in her soul, to love the Cross, and to practice the virtues that foster an attitude of trust in God and mercy towards [...] - Saint Faustina Mary revealed great mysteries to St. Faustina Mary, Mother of Mercy had a special place in the spirituality of St. Faustina, who was very attached to the Virgin Mary from her childhood [...] unfathomable mercy of God" (Diary, 449) and: "I am not only the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy and your Mother" (Diary, 330). St. Faustina venerated Mary above all as Mother of the Son of God