pierced with a sword. And there was this inscription: I called to Mary from the depths of my despair. She pleaded with her Son for me and gained my complete recovery . The Marie de Nazareth team [...] apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) – The apparitions of Pellevoisin continue (France, 1876) I called to Mary from the depths of my despair The Virgin had asked Estelle Faguette, the seer of Pellevoisin (France) [...] where should it be placed? In the church of Our Lady of Victories in Paris, or at Pellevoi ...?” Mary did not let her finish: “At Our Lady of Victories they have sufficient proof of my power, whereas
was completely filled with virtue and grace; she was prudent and full of faith, to the point of deserving to conceive because of her faith, and to become the foundation and pillar of the Church thanks to [...] belongs to me and I to him" (Ct 2, 16), and also: " leaning upon my beloved" (Ct 8, 5). Faith is a light that brings the truth to those who believe. Through knowledge, Mary was placed in the truth and the truth [...] (Byzantine Church) Mary is a pillar of the Church because of her faith "Blessed are you who believed!" (Lk 1:45) If beatitude is an act in conformity with the perfect virtue of the soul, Mary was extremely
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. [...] 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 and Stalingrad. On November 3, at El Alamein [...] troops. And on the 8th, Anglo-American 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
Saint Matthias, Apostle – Our Lady Patroness of Bavaria (Germany) Mary’s Immaculate Heart will lead you to God God’s ways are impenetrable. And sometimes Our Lady’s ways are also impenetrable! Who would have [...] had, but also the more my knowledge on the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary increased! I then shared my questions and the unexpected outcome of my investigation with several priest friends, who [...] put in place: Consecrations to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the First Saturdays Devotion, Living Rosaries, etc. All this with a very small team and no financial means. The many testimonies we have received
1630) I learned to do small things with Mary When Marie Claire and I got married, our wedding prayer was the "Hail Mary." Then, at a Conference of the Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen 1 in 1989, we discovered [...] ambitious plans hide pride? Mary teaches us humility. Do our addictions enslave us? Mary liberates us. Is our relationship with others and with material possessions somewhat unclear? Mary enlightens us. Her only [...] so she may hold us peacefully in her arms and carry us to her Son. So let us pray to Mary, let us pray the Rosary, offer her our day, and those whom we love (and others)… let us offer her our life. Every
shadows of sin have not approached you, O pure and unblemished virgin, lily bursting with light and beauty. Certainly, Mary belongs to the race of the redeemed and everything in her is the fruit of the Redemption [...] of Calvary and of the Redeeming Blood, but in such an exceptional and sublime order of redemption that her immaculate soul remains the masterpiece of God, the edifice of grace, the great and all-powerful [...] fullness of grace wins out and raises her without comparison over the consummate grace of all the saints of Heaven and the saints to come. Marthe Robin (a French mystic and stigmatist) Taken from Prends
Belgium, 1932) Overpowered by contrition, he died at Mary's feet There once was a poor sinner who, among other crimes, had killed his father and a brother, and therefore became a fugitive. Happening to hear [...] the church and let fall a card at the feet of the priest. He took it up, and found these words written on it: The soul of the deceased, when it left his body, immediatel y went to paradise; and you should [...] altar of the Sorrowful Mother to pray that she might obtain for him compunction and pardon of his sins. The sinner obeyed, and began to pray, when behold, suddenly overpowered by contrition, he fell down
from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. Caliph Al-Mu'iz summoned Amba Abram the Syrian, and told him to prove that the words of Christ were true and the Christian religion [...] shocked patriarch asked for, and obtained from the caliph, a delay of three days before giving his answer. He prayed to God to inspire him, and called on the Coptic people and the entire Church of Egypt [...] Egypt to fast with him for three days and to pray earnestly that the challenge be dropped. On the third day at dawn the Virgin Mary appeared to Amba Abram in a dream and said to him, "Do not be afraid, faithful
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 reminds us that we are called to serve and glorify [...] man; and the life of man consists in beholding God” ( Against Heresies , iv, 20, 7). If we live this way, in joyful service to God, which is also expressed in generous service to our brothers and sisters [...] exhortation of the Apostle Paul: “glorify God in your body” (1 Cor 6:20), and we shall forever glorify him in heaven. Let us pray that Mary, through her maternal intercession, may help us live our daily journey
Irenaeus of Lyons The importance of Mary when I share my joy as a Christian Raymond Fau, born in 1936, is a French songwriter who has composed many church songs and performed concerts in more than 40 countries [...] to see Her one day' and you might smile at this, but I cried like a baby. Raymond adds: "Singing is part of my life, but singing Christ-Love is terribly demanding. The Virgin Mary helps me do that." Adapted [...] my joy, the Mother of Jesus has an essential place." Raymond Fau takes out a rosary from his pocket and continues: "You see, this goes everywhere with me. In the streets of cities, in the subway in Paris
