expecting a ruler from the East It is astonishing that at the time when the Virgin Mary was expecting Jesus, there was also a unique expectation among the pagans: Tacitus and Suetonius testify to a belief that

let himself be moved." 4) The large red crucifix was surmounted by a placard bearing the name of Jesus Christ.

spurred onwards by the storm, pressed hot on their heels as they were routed, shouting "Long live Jesus Christ! Long live the Blessed Virgin Mary!" This was on the 25th of August - the eve of the feast

she is, with a gaze infinitely deeper and more divine than that of the Cherubim and Seraphim. After Jesus, her soul is the most loving and most beloved of the Father--and so she is showered in the most wondrous

"O my Lady," answered Saint Dominic, "you know it far better than I do, because next to your Son Jesus Christ you have always been the chief instrument of our salvation." Then our Lady replied, "I want

this time, Abbot Alan de la Roche, superior of the Dominicans in France, had an apparition in which Jesus, the Blessed Virgin and Saint Dominic asked him to revive the old custom of the prayer of the rosary

eternity. Amen." Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort invites us, by the Marian Consecration, to imitate Jesus by taking Mary as our Mother, and by entrusting everything to her.

whispered it as their ultimate testament? The Hail Mary is a synthesis of two first names: Mary and Jesus.

the year 1215, Saint Dominic stayed up to pray in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Suddenly the Lord Jesus appeared in front of him holding three spears, which he was about to throw at the world. The Blessed

nine months lay hidden in a Virgin's heart. O Mother, Virgin, purest of all lilies, Your heart was Jesus' first tabernacle on earth. Only because no humility was deeper than yours. You were raised above