conquistadors and missionaries had failed to convert the native peoples, Mary succeeded. In 1531 she appeared at Guadalupe to a poor man named Juan Diego. And she accomplished what money and laws could never [...] been apparitions — at Rue de Bac, Lourdes, Fatima, and elsewhere. And the future? I see it in an image of Mary I keep in my office. It’s from India, and it is painted on a pipal leaf.& The Church is growing [...] surprising developments — often brought about not by the rich and powerful, but by poor people who stand with Mary and pray … and are pleased to make some noise as they carry her image through the streets
April 13 - Our Lady of Tears Mary and Diana (I) In 1922 the servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, then a young priest and scholar, was offered to accompany a distinguished French novelist, Emile Baumann [...] feet high and decorated in gold and precious stones. Eight of these columns I saw later in the Church of Santa Sophia in former Constantinople. (...) Paul began preaching in the synagogue and then later [...] Sophist who specialized in rhetoric and philosophy. During the month of May, which was the sacred month of Diana, Paul noticed that the drunkenness, debauchery and worship of Diana was beginning to decline
1858) – The Pellevoisin apparitions (France, 1876) Like Mary, make a free and personal act of faith At a first glance, Mary’s act of faith was easy and could even be taken for granted. She was to become the [...] girl? But this is a rather human and worldly way of reasoning. True faith is never a privilege or an honor; it means dying a little, and this was especially true of Mary’s faith at that moment. Nowadays [...] Nowadays we are quick to talk about the risk of faith, and we generally mean the intellectual risk, but Mary faced a real risk! Mary is the only one to have believed in a “situation of contemporaneity,” that is
Angel Gabriel visited Mary, who was engaged to Joseph. Angel Gabriel tells her, “… you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son [...] giving birth could end in her death. Mary believed and took a step of faith because she experienced God and had no place left for doubt. God’s people have blessed nations and people around them because empowered [...] apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Zechariah and Mary’s different reactions to the Angel’s message The birth of Jesus Christ teaches us to remain open to learning and obeying God’s purposes for our life. We
Spouse that they had but one soul and one heart through a sacred bond of love and charity. It is therefore evident that Joseph had one heart with Mary, and we can say that Mary had one heart with Jesus; Joseph [...] shared one heart with Jesus and Mary. As in the adorable Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, there are three persons who have only one heart, with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, there are three united [...] Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Three United Hearts After God, Saint Joseph was the first object of the love of his most holy Bride, and he had the first place in her heart
15 - Our Lady of Lepanto (Rome, Italy) - Mary Mediatrix of All Graces The statue of the Madonna and Child of Lepanto was discovered The statue of the Madonna and Child that was on board the royal galley [...] but in 2012 it was delivered back to the Naval Museum of Madrid, where the statue has been restored and exposed to the public. Although the statue has lost one eye, it retains all its supernatural presence
Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of Mary (Coptic Church) Mary and the reconstruction of Lebanon Sister Marie-Raymonde Alam, founder of the movement À toi Marie (For you, Mary) and former director of Hospitality [...] figure of Mary, as this story told by Sister Marie-Raymonde proves: "I have this Lebanese Muslim friend. One day, he called me early in the morning and said: 'Raise your eyes to Heaven, and give thanks [...] explains that the resilience and healing of the Lebanese people is rooted in their faith and Marian devotion. "For us Lebanese, the Lord is our strength, our support, our shepherd, and our safety. We have seen
Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) Become Eucharistic men and women through Mary To resemble Mary in our bodies and to love her in glory signifies that we are becoming Eucharistic men and women, guided by [...] consciences and bodies, "thieves" of the future and of hope! Dear brothers and sisters, Mary glorified, totally filled with the "vision of God," is given today by the Holy Trinity to the Church and the world [...] the red Dragon and its evil manifestations in history. The men and women who bear the features of Mary raised in glory do not retreat or capitulate. They know how to transform the arid and inhospitable desert
September 25 - Mary, Protectress of Orphans - Our Lady of Saint Peter (Italy, 1751) Praying Mary in a time of crisis… and then what? During a time of crisis, especially one involving our health, it can [...] classes are false devotees, and neither of them pass current before God and His holy Mother. An “interested devotee” is one who is only “interested” in God or the Virgin Mary for a specific goal in mind [...] away; in its crosses, toils, and disappointments of life, that it may be consoled under them. In a word, in all its evils of body and mind, the soul’s ordinary refuge is in Mary, without fearing to be importunate
Maria’ (People in love with Mary) and that we belong to you absolutely, totally, always and forever. We are all yours and all that we have is yours, O most loving Jesus through Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace [...] 15 - Saint Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church (d. 1274) - Feast of Mary Mediatrix (Maronite and Syriac calendar) Queen of Prophets and Mediatrix of All Grace The new COVID-19 pandemic has revived interest [...] the buildup of tension and to check the territorial ambitions of this Asian superpower,” wrote Vidal. “It is by following this path of prayer and penance sounded out in Fatima and reiterated at Lipa that
