days (II) (continued from A Moment with Mary of December 2) On his knees after Mass, Fr. Desgenettes began to think it was only his imagination. “If I keep this up…I’ll end up a visionary,” he told himself [...] High Mass the next Sunday, with the bishop’s approval, Fr. Desgenettes announced a first meeting of the new pious association after Vespers that evening. There were barely a dozen people at Mass, and he [...] — when, to his shock, the same voice repeated the command. Then a notion, seemingly fully formed, sprang into his mind: that of forming a pious association to pray for the conversion of sinners through
what will my life be like?” The answer came, in a very clear manner: I will be a priest! In fact, I had been convinced of it for a long time, but at that moment I had the impression that it was sealed, in [...] the Hail Marys, I recite each decade in ten different languages, in a set order; with the Our Father and Glory Be, it makes twelve! In this way I always know where I am. In fact, I can see Mary watching [...] of Gaul (France) (We want to thank Cardinal Barbarin for contributing this beautiful text to A Moment with Mary.)
complete rosary. Some make this journey in a few weeks, others in a few months. It doesn't matter! That is why A Moment with Mary always ends with a Hail Mary, as an invitation to begin this journey to [...] method is to begin with one Hail Mary, in a spirit of trust in the Virgin Mary, and with great fidelity. The fruit of this fidelity will be the acquired taste to pray 3 Hail Marys each day, then 1 decade [...] the rosary. All the readers of A Moment with Mary who would like to begin this process in October can also go to the website https://rosaryfortheworld.org/ created by Mary of Nazareth to help people set
office, Pope Francis went to the Basilica of St Mary Major on March 4th “for a moment of prayer” before the Byzantine icon of Salus Populi Romani , (Mary, Protection of the Romans). It has been Pope Francis’ [...] Christian minority and to foster fraternity and inter-religious dialogue. Adapted from CNA for A Moment with Mary [...] journey to Iraq to Our Lady On the eve of his departure for a three-day trip to Iraq, Pope Francis visited a Rome basilica to ask for the Virgin Mary’s intercession and protection on his journey. According to
Carlos Rossi Keller Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) Exclusive Interview for A Moment with Mary Interview with Thácio Siqueira [...] Lady with the Child Jesus, Mother Three Times Brave. Consolation and trust were instantaneous. I do not think I have experienced a mystical experience. It was not that. It was simply a son, at a difficult [...] that moment, because it was a gesture of maternal love that this poor child received from such a good Mother. In my life I have received many maternal interventions of Our Lady. I try to love her a lot
de Carvalho, OFM Bishop Emeritus of Campanha - Minas Gerais (Brazil) Exclusive Interview for A Moment With Mary Author: Thácio Siqueira [...] I learned as a child to love and venerate Mary. In the evening, I often walked to my paternal grandmother’s house. Her name was Herminia. We always prayed the rosary as we walked. I was a curious and [...] impressed me, from this episode of my childhood, is the image of my grandmother taking me to Jesus, with Mary, her Mother and our Mother. What I experienced then is very important to me. I carry it in my heart
Bacani, and followed with a procession of the image, which was exposed to public veneration after years of being forgotten. Story contributed by Marco Frederico Dalma, A Moment with Mary reader from the P [...] (Philippines) Marian devotion is making a comeback in the Philippines In the city of Las Piñas, Philippines, a devotion that had almost disappeared is making a comeback. St Joseph Parish, home to the [...] is also a shrine to the image of Our Lady of Consolation and of the Belt. The community has long venerated this image in its midst, well before the parish church was built in 1795. It was a priest, Saint
Throughout my life, I have always kept Mary in my thoughts. For me, she is a mother, a companion, a friend ... I am attentive to her wishes. For instance, here is a small incident concerning her that struck [...] have a small grotto where people can open up their hearts, cry and thank Our Lady. Bishop Neri José Tondello, of Juína - MT (Brazil) Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] in Farroupilha (Brazil), on a very hot day while we were working outdoors, I was cutting wood with a chainsaw plugged into an extension cord. The day’s heat had caused a 15-centimeter long crack in the
loved ones help us to regard life as a continual pilgrimage. Dom Bernardino Marchió Bishop of Caruaru Testimony submitted by Thacio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] Lady of the Rosary (Pompeii, Italy, 875) Mary touched their hearts It was at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France: I was a young priest, participating in a UNITALSI pilgrimage (an Italian organization [...] that it was Mary who touched the hearts of the people, and a process of spiritual renewal began in me. I have returned to Lourdes many times, and I have always received the same impression: Mary takes us
Bishop José Luis Azcona, Emeritus Bishop of Marajó – Pará, Brazil Exclusive Interview for A Moment With Mary Author: Thácio Siqueira [...] Father Tardif (d. 1999) In Medjugorje: my greatest experience with the Virgin Mary I had my greatest experience in regard to the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje. I visited the church the very afternoon of my [...] it and kept everyone under his protection. I had invoked Mary's name with all my might. Through her intercession, God dispelled the threat of a police repression, which would have brought an explosion
