where she advocates for her earthly children in the heavenly kingdom. Fr. Edward Looney (1) - Catholic Digest (1) Father Looney is a priest from the diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a member of the [...] Nearly 160 years removed from the apparition, and after the Church’s approval was granted on Dec. 8, 2010, thousands upon thousands of pilgrims each year have the opportunity to sit in the school of Our
Copts of his time) carrying a jar of water. It is through him that the miracle will take place."(1) (1) Story to be continued on November 19, 2018 According to the Biography of Saint Samaan the Shoemaker [...] Cairo (Egypt) Excerpt from an article by Mohamed Salmawy published in AL-AHRAM Hebdo, Week of March 8-14, 2000
Mary saved the Church in Egypt (II) The patriarch found the man where the Virgin Mary had indicated (1). After repeating to him what Mary had said, Amba Abram insisted: “It is the command of the Mother of [...] Egypt and permission to rebuild many churches, including that of St Markorios Abu Sifein in Old Cairo. (1) See yesterday’s A Moment with Mary - November 18, 2018 According to the Biography of Saint Samaan the [...] Cairo (Egypt) Excerpt from an article by Mohamed Salmawy published in AL-AHRAM Hebdo, Week from March 8 to 14, 2000
from Sheba shall come bearing gold and frankincense, and heralding the praises of the Lord"(Isaiah 60:1-6). "May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth… May all kings bow before [...] before him, all nations serve him… May the tribes of the earth give blessings with his name" (Ps 72:8-17). The Marie de Nazareth editorial team
Italian saint) made his first Holy Communion at age 7, in 1849, and on that day wrote his resolutions: "1) I will go to Confession and Communion as often as my confessor will allow. 2) I will sanctify Sundays [...] to discover the work that the divine grace had already accomplished in a boy so young." On December 8, 1854, when Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Dominic made the consecration
May 8 – Our Lady of the Rosary (Pompei, Italy, 1875) God gave us Mary to be our best companion At the Jesuit novitiate, I loved the litanies of the Blessed Virgin and all her titles in Latin that express [...] the city of Lyons (France) below. At the dawn of our new community’s journey—called Le Chemin Neuf (1) after the road where the community lived—I had the certainty of being accompanied and protected by [...] tenderness of God, Our Father, who has given us His Son Jesus as Savior and Mary to be our best Companion. (1) Le Chemin Neuf Community (2) The purpose of the CANA sessions is to take time to talk and pray together
used to read my Bible on the train and so, shortly afterwards, I came across the Gospel of John, chap 1: 1-5, and I received this word: "Go to the Rue du Bac!" (Editor’s note: the site of the Miraculous Medal [...] aged 19 and 21! Thank you Virgin Mary! Yomin T. Testimonial submitted to Mary of Nazareth on August 8, 2022
mysteries. Let us meditate on the 3rd joyful mystery, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (Mt. 2:1-12; Lk. 2:1-20), whose fruit is the spirit of poverty. The Holy Eucharist is the continuation of the Incarnation [...] becomes our greatest treasure, our "pearl of great value", and Christ our "immeasurable wealth" (Eph 3:8). Let us not pay attention to the miserable condition of our soul, as Mary did not pay attention to
April 8 – Our Lady of Basella (Italy, 1356) Did Mary have other children after Jesus? Q: When I was an evangelical, the standard take on Mary’s virginity was that she remained a virgin until after the [...] with Joseph, which produced up to six more children. These ideas were based on passages like Matthew 1:25 (“He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus”) and Matthew 13:55 (“Is [...] you refer, I would make two points. First, the footnote in the New American Bible explains Matthew 1:25: “The Greek word translated ‘until’ does not imply normal marital conduct after Jesus’ birth, nor
she was delivered of a man-child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?" (Is 66:7-8) The prophecies were also spoken about a perpetually closed gate, reserved for the Lord: "The man brought [...] enter in by it; for the God of Israel has entered in by it; therefore it shall remain closed'" (Ezek 44:1-2). "A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain" (Song 4:12).
