Mary’s protection. Writing in the same period, the Church Father Origen taught that on the Cross, Jesus entrusts the care of all his disciples to his Mother.. For our Catholic faith, paying due homage to [...] Theotokos “contains the whole mystery of the Incarnation.” Addressing Mary as Mother of God affirms that Jesus was both human (as his mother truly gave birth) and God. The Orthodox theologian Father Georges Florovsk

century, in front of this shrine, the first apparition took place: the Madonna holding the Child Jesus appeared to a pious woman of the village. Following this prodigious event, the population built the [...] a woman gathered in prayer. One of the frescoes of the church, depicting the Virgin holding Baby Jesus in her arms, began to exude water in the early summer of 1586. The phenomenon repeated itself with

tradition, it was Saint Luke who first painted three images of the Holy Mother of God holding the Child Jesus in her arms. He submitted them to the approval of the Blessed Virgin, while she was still on this [...] that the absolute truth he had been seeking for so many years was to be found among the followers of Jesus Christ. After being separated from his mentor, Luke returned to Greece to proclaim the Gospel. He

to God’s plan, she conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and brought forth the world’s Savior, Jesus the Christ. In the rough and tumble of daily life, we can easily compromise our “yes” to God. In the [...] events in the life of her divine Son. Instead, she lovingly stored these mysteries in her heart. As Jesus began his public mission, Mary became his first and best disciple. In her goodness, she epitomized

God became incarnate. The miracle of Nazareth is repeated, in a way, when she teaches us to welcome Jesus. Everyone has his or her own "Marian story," which is often about very concrete things: places of [...] drawn to Heaven. She sits like a Queen on her throne, or rather, she serves as a throne for the Child Jesus, because the Queen is also the Lord's humble servant; she is the seat of Wisdom. Stained-glass windows

believed to have used a tabletop from a table built by Jesus. While Luke was painting the portrait of Mary, she told him about the events in Jesus' life that he eventually incorporated in his Gospel. The

Friday and Holy Saturday. Her eyes are riveted to the tomb where they have just placed the body of Jesus. She can’t leave. Very gently, the beloved disciple leads her away and whispers to her: "Let’s go [...] truly forgiven; that he is still loved. He must assume his role again! The words and promises of Jesus are still valid even if we sin or betray him. Mary is already convinced of it. She heard it from Elizabeth [...] God’s Word when, before her eyes, the exact opposite of what was promised and announced happens. When Jesus was on the cross, she remembered the words of the angel: "He will be great," "He will be called the

hardship for the mother, but it did bring wonderful remedies of salvation to the world. Indeed, the Lord Jesus wanted the apostles to benefit from Mary’s maternal assistance and education after His return to the

when combined with virtue, and can become highly ennobled" (Leo XIII, "Quamquam pluries" 1889). "Jesus, the Son of God and God Himself", wanted to be seen and thought of as a craftsman, more than that

Louis Grignion de Montfort God’s Paradise I declare with the saints: Mary is the earthly paradise of Jesus Christ the new Adam, where He became man by the power of the Holy Spirit, in order to accomplish in