detained in a re-education camp for more than thirteen years, nine of which were spent in solitary confinement, until his release on November 21, 1988. In prison, together with the Virgin Mary, Van Thuân [...] Thuân lived a profound mystical experience centered around the Eucharist, in all its dimensions of sacrifice, real presence, communion, and adoration. With Jesus, Mary was always very present throughout Van [...] greater than his Mother. For me, Mary is the living Gospel, in pocket-size format, with the widest distribution, closer to me than the lives of all the other saints. Mary is my Mother: the one Jesus gave
to the Father with his transfigured humanity; with his body, a body like ours, but transfigured. The Assumption of Mary, a human being, gives us confirmation of what our glorious fate will be. Greek ph [...] Egypt The Assumption of Mary confirms what our glorious fate will be God wishes to save the whole man , that is, to save soul and body . Jesus rose with the body he had assumed from Mary; and he ascended to [...] This — the resurrection of the flesh — is a specific element of Christian revelation, a cornerstone of our faith. The wondrous reality of the Assumption of Mary reveals and confirms the unity of the human
23 – Madonna delle Grazie di Ardesio (Italy, 1607) To live and encourage others to live Mary’s virtues In Kribi, a small town in southern Cameroon, during the Easter vigil at the parish of St Theresa of [...] of Kribi, who died with Christ because of their sins, must come out of Lent and Easter, freed from their sins , says the bishop of the diocese of Kribi. The Brotherhood of St Mary, better known as "Ekoan [...] encourage others to live Mary’s virtues, and to support the Church. This new team was installed by the pastor of this parish on Easter day. For Father Hervé Etienne Mbarga, it is not a coincidence of timing
troops landed in North Africa. After a long occupation of most of Stalingrad, on November 19, a Russian offensive encircled the forces of General Paulus and despite a counter-attack in mid-December, the [...] Consecration of the World to the Heart of Mary in 1942 On December 8, 1942, Pope Pius XII solemnly renewed the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary he had first made on October 31, 1942. [...] shorten the days of tribulation by which he had decided to punish the world for its crimes”. And indeed, a few days after the consecration, the German armies suffered their first decisive defeats at El Alamein
of the Queenship of Mary—now celebrated on August 22—as a festive prolongation of the Feast of Mary's Assumption, was instituted by Pope Pius XII and her queenship proclaimed with the encyclical letter [...] 11, 1954. The Blessed Virgin Mary is repeatedly referred to in the Catholic Church as “Queen,” and often called the “Queen of Heaven and Earth.” Why is that? Mary is called a queen because of an ancient [...] for consideration. Is this not exactly what the Virgin Mary does, as Queen of Heaven and Earth? For these reasons the Church has always seen Mary as a queen seated next to her Son in Heaven. Sources: Dayton
God with our whole being —soul and body. To serve God with the body alone would be the action of slaves; to serve him with the soul alone would be counter to our human nature. Around the year 220, a great [...] October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) The Assumption of Mary confirms the unity of the human person The wondrous reality of the Assumption of Mary reveals and confirms the unity of the human person and [...] him in heaven. Let us pray that Mary, through her maternal intercession, may help us live our daily journey in the earnest hope of being able to reach her one day, with all the Saints and our loved ones
simply hearing the name of Mary , says St. Bernard. As men are overcome with fear when thunder strikes beside them, so the demons are crushed by the name of Mary alone. Thomas a Kempis From Le chapelet des [...] Vanquished by the name of Mary alone As the wax melts before the fire, so the demons lose their strength against the souls who often remember the name of Mary, who invoke it with devotion, and who seek to
– 8th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary never thought of herself (II) But after having always ignored herself, how could Mary perceive at this moment when all that had remained of herself was [...] ng in him; when her whole being was forever immersed in his mystery, to be nothing but a living relationship with him? Supremely stripped of her own self, all that she could do was to give herself eternally [...] transparency of her poverty. Her very motherhood consummated her disappropriation. She was truly, in a unique sense, "The Poor Woman." "As I was very small, I pleased the Most High and gave birth in my womb
spoke at a meeting with priests and nuns and declared: "I am alive thanks to God and the Virgin Mary." The attack took place as Ms. De Kirchner was mingling with supporters gathered outside her home: a 35-year-old [...] the incident was a .380 firearm with bullets inside. In a televised address late Thursday, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández said the suspect aimed a loaded gun at Fernández de Kirchner, which did [...] 1624) "I am alive thanks to God and the Virgin Mary" The BBC reports that Argentina's vice president and former president Cristina Fernández De Kirchner escaped a failed assassination attempt on September 1
Lady: "Our congregation must be characterized by a strong attachment to Mary's Immaculate Heart, a homage paid with filial tenderness to the love of Mary for her Son and for mankind." His attachment was [...] the Immaculate Heart of Mary The son of a Jewish rabbi, Jacob Libermann embraced Catholicism in 1826, and became a priest. Father Libermann was an energetic missionary who had a very fruitful ministry, [...] baptism ran on my Jewish head, at that moment I loved Mary whom I had hated before." Francis Libermann helped many people to discover the Virgin Mary. "Since the day that Mary said, I am the maidservant of the
