Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) Why I Love You O Mary Oh, I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so Why your sweet name makes my heart throb Why the thought of your supreme greatness [...] Come and smile to me again… Mother… now that evening is drawing near! … I no longer fear the splendor of your supreme glory With you I have suffered and now on your lap I would like to sing, Mary, why [...] fear to my soul. If I gazed on you in your sublime glory I could not believe that I am your child O Mary, I would lower my eyes before you! … Mother full of grace, I know that in Nazareth You lived in poverty
our enemies." So let's pick up our "armor" every day and participate in the victory of the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Remember the episode of David and Goliath: the Rosary is the slingshot! Each Ave Maria [...] in battle." Pope Benedict XVI tells us: "The Rosary contains the saving force of the name of Jesus" (May 3, 2008). Mary never ceases to gather her children for this fight. In each Marian apparition she shows [...] Rosary when the Lord appeared to me. He gave me a sword. I grabbed it, and it immediately turned into a Rosary!" Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort tells us that "the Rosary makes us victorious against
Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) Why I Love You O Mary Oh, I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so Why your sweet name makes my heart throb Why the thought of your supreme greatness [...] morning of my life Come and smile to me again... Mother... now that evening is drawing near! ... I no longer fear the splendor of your supreme glory With you I have suffered and now on your lap I would [...] would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so And go on saying forever that I am your child! ...
statue of Mary miraculously finished! In the 11 th century, a certain Guerlenc, Count of Corbeil (Parisian region) tried to seize abbatial property, then fell seriously ill. He prayed for recovery, and since [...] since his prayer was granted, he converted and commissioned a wooden statue of the Virgin from the sculptor Rumolde. On July 10, 1068, the sculptor heard someone calling him out of his studio. He went to see [...] first called the Virgin "Achyropoulete" ("Not made by man's hand"), then “Our Lady of Miracles,” the name that is still hers today. Her intercession has obtained many miracles for those who pray to her. The
(Italy, 1650) Mary patiently awaited the time when her own glory should be necessary for His When first Jesus went out to preach, Mary kept apart from Him; she interfered not with His work; and, even when [...] the Church on earth. Nor, when she and they had left this lower scene, and she was a Queen upon her Son's right hand, not even then did she ask of Him to publish her name to the ends of the world, or to hold [...] against her, she waived her claims and waited; till now, in this very day, should God so will, she will win at length her most radiant crown, and, without opposing voice, and amid the jubilation of the whole
Victory at Toledo (Spain, 1202) Mary's Virginity (I) Virginity is hardly in fashion these days. It is undervalued and some go as far as to challenge Mary's virginity. Before Mary's time - although the Jewish [...] conception of Jesus (Lk 1: 35) and Mary's perpetual virginity (Lk 1: 34). First, we must not confuse Immaculate Conception and virginal conception. The former refers to the fact that Mary was conceived without [...] we see this notion as well in the context of God's promises and the Covenant. However, with Mary virginity takes on a new importance. Mary is the only woman of the New Testament to receive the title of
Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions (religious men and women) carry on them the salvific seal of the Redemption of Christ. By inscribing their names in the book of the saved and blessed, the Church [...] Mercy (Abyssinia) From Mary's "Fiat" to the "Yes" of the Blessed Martyrs of Algeria On December 8, 2018, the Church beatified 19 new martyrs, who were murdered between 1994 and 1996, in Algeria. These [...] Church desires to worship the living God: and the glory of God is the person who receives from him the fullness of life. This fullness of life, the Virgin Mary experienced it in an incomparable way, when
prayers to Our Lady of Embrun and a barefoot pilgrimage to her shrine. However, after 3 days and 3 nights without eating or drinking, in March’s cold weather and amid the wolves and bears then roaming the region [...] region, the child was miraculously found safe and sound. The Bishop of the time, Mgr. Guillaume d'Hugues, recorded this miracle of Mary's marvelous protection on his registers, stating that "since the heresy [...] Miracles (Italy, 1555) - Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada, d. 1680) A missing child found safe through Mary’s protection There have been countless miracles attributed to Our Lady of the Magi of Embrun (France)
“I am the Virgin Mary” On August 10, 1519, a woodcutter named Jean (John) de la Baume climbed Mount Verdaille (France), where he began his work day by praying. Suddenly the Virgin Mary appeared to him, [...] Saint Catherine the martyr and the archangel Saint Michael. Our Lady was standing with her feet resting on a crescent moon. She said to Jean: "Go and tell the Consuls and the clergy of Cotignac to build [...] bones, nails, ivory boxes and a crystal ball, the evidence that Christian martyrs had been buried there before. In fact, Provence was Christianized in the first century AD, and persecutions ceased only
Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta, Card Julius Darmaatmadja and former Apostolic Nuncio Mgr Antonio Guido Filipazzi. In May 2017, the archbishop of Jakarta announced the name of the winner of the competition: Robertus [...] Catholic from Jakarta. In January 2018, a time characterized by tensions and Islamist pressures , Mgr Suharyo adopted the image of Mary Mother of all ethnic groups as a symbol of national unity . The Garuda [...] symbol) is found on the Virgin's chest, while her head is adorned with a white and red veil (the colors of the Indonesian flag) and a map of the country is depicted on the crown. Asia News
