Philippines) Mary, we thank you for your "YES" Mary, Mother of God, you who spoke so little (five sentences and one hymn in the New Testament), but who were always present in the essential moments of the life [...] reserved for women? At a time when all reference points are becoming blurred, when criticism of the place of women in the Church is increasing, let us remember that God chose a woman for the incarnation [...] of your Son Jesus Christ, in these difficult times, we need you and we pray to you! It is you, such a discreet woman, that God chose as mediatrix to help save the world: without your "YES" to God, nothing
Virgin Mary in the Temple Mary is the Trinity’s most cherished friend The Presentation of Mary in the Temple gives us several insights about what Marian devotion is all about. The first has to do with the [...] the nature of the Virgin's relationship with God. Mary has always given this relationship priority in her life. This is the reason for her virginity. Mary is a virgin because she preferred God to anything [...] filial attachment towards Mary needs to be enlightened by dogma. It is good to love the Virgin Mary. It is even better to love her by studying the reasons why God gave her such a high place in His plan of
Victory of Mary (Constantinople) What makes the Rosary so powerful? The Rosary is not only a contemplative prayer that promotes union with God and our identification with Christ through Mary. It is a prayer [...] Hail Mary moves Mary's Heart, which is the Heart of our Mother. And above all, this prayer appeals to the intercession of Mary who is all powerful over the Heart of her Son. She is all-powerful with the [...] the Almighty. Mary has been called "the all-powerful supplicant." Saint Louis de Montfort used to say: "My predestined ones, slaves of Jesus in Mary, you should know that the Hail Mary is the most beautiful
Filled from the very first instant with the radiant, life-giving light of the Word, and fully alert in her ardent faith, her pure, loving virgin soul enters with a gaze infinitely deeper and more divine [...] August 22 - Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary's sovereign presence fills heaven and earth "By her immaculate purity, she is the Queen chosen by God himself, the Queen loved by the Angels, who from [...] loving and beloved soul after Jesus - and therefore the one most magnificently showered with divine favors. With her, all the angels and saints together are as if they were not, for her sovereign presence
1830. The Virgin Mary appeared to her as the Immaculate Conception, standing on a globe with light streaming from her hands and crushing a serpent underfoot. “A voice said to me, ‘Have a medal struck after [...] Labouré was a novice with the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul when she received three apparitions from the Blessed Virgin Mary, a vision of Christ present in the Eucharist, and a mystical encounter [...] Medal features a cross with the letter “M” underneath it, surrounded by 12 stars, and the images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The other side has an image of Mary, as she appeared
monstrance, and a grain of wheat. Mary's children are protected by God and by Mary herself. Defeated in the great battle with St. Michael, Satan is cast down to earth with his demons. In his plan, God wants [...] of the Virgin Mary (654) established at the Council of Toledo in 656 At the time of the Incarnation, God's humility was made manifest in Mary God's humility was made manifest through Mary. The Magnificat [...] power consists of: to serve the littlest ones. All other forms of power prevent a true relationship of love with God. Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. She received the one who unites Heaven and earth
take young people to Medjugorje to give them a charismatic experience, or they highlight only certain messages. My desire as a priest is to see groups with a solid spiritual framework during and after the [...] March 27 – Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, French Carmelite friar (d. 1967) How does Mary lead the Church? I am convinced that Medjugorje is a gift for the Church. Personally, it was the source [...] vocation, I closely listened to my spiritual director and my bishop. Today I am a Catholic priest and I see precisely how Mary taught me this obedience to the Church. I also see the same attitude in young
story. The business professor revealed how a series of mystical encounters led him to Catholicism, including an intimate experience with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Schoeman explains that he became an atheist [...] heart to desire more. “I went to sleep and I thought I was awoken by a hand gently on my shoulder, and led to a room and left alone with the most beautiful young woman I could ever imagine,” Schoeman begins [...] Schoeman said Mary then offered to answer his questions. He said, “My first thought was to ask her to teach me the Hail Mary… but I was too proud to admit that I didn’t know it. So as a kind of indirect
acquainted with the Gospel. » 4 The apostles are perplexed. They look at Mary, as if they 646 - 4 wanted to know Her opinion on the matter. And Mary, Who understands their looks, says: ‘It is a good piece [...] will fall like a hero, at my place of action, where He wanted me to be.” Mary replies to him: “I will not pierce into your secrets with the Man-God. If that is what He inspires you with, do so. He alone [...] December 27 - Mary Mother of Saint John - First apparition at Paray-le-Monial The Virgin Mary was there at Stephen's burial (II) The following excerpts from Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as Revealed to Me
and gave him a brown scapular, a long garment that rested on the shoulders (or scapula bones), and made this stunning promise: “Take this as the scapular of your order. This shall be a sign to you and [...] lay faithful associated with the order. The devotion spread much more broadly after 1322, when Pope John XXII granted the Sabbatine Privilege (with certain prayer conditions) after a vision of Our Lady who [...] have responded with a resounding “yes”. But how? Remember that St. Simon Stock asked for protection in exchange for complete loyalty to our Blessed Mother. So, if we do our part by living a life of Grace
