like the Rosary Teams or the Legion of Mary testify. As a First Communion or Confirmation gift, why not offer a beautiful rosary to children that will stay with them for the rest of their life? In Japan [...] contrast, the prayer of the Rosary offers a different kind of peace—Peace that comes from Jesus. Faith is a light shining in the darkness for the sick and the dying. As a priest, I am always amazed by the p [...] Catholics, on all continents, have seen the graces that meditating on the life of Jesus with His Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, can bring. Fr. Manuel Rivero, O.P. Saint-Denis/ Reunion Island, October 1, 2020
– Apparition of Mary Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938), approved devotion Mary never thought of herself (I) Before the Annunciation, Mary already belonged [...] each word ... She sought a Presence in them, she found a Person in whom all human hope was contained. Her heart beat only in this prophecy: "The Virgin shall conceive and bear a son.” (Is 7: 14). She had [...] the first Hail Mary resounded, she was confused: what was the meaning of his message? If he was telling the truth, if he came from God, his word must not contradict her intention to remain a virgin, which
brought back to France with him. He retired to a vast expanse of forest where pagan cults still survived, built an oratory there, installed the icon of Our Lady, and began to live as a hermit. Ever since and [...] shrine and for a priestly presence to be maintained there. Confident in the Virgin who never abandons her children, the Catholics of Verdelais pray their protectress with great fervor. The Marie de Nazareth [...] Greatness of Mary The ancient Marian shrine of Verdelais in southwestern France The shrine of Our Lady of Verdelais, near Bordeaux, is dedicated to Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted. It is almost a thousand
its limit, and the punishment is ready. But Mary is there who protects you with her mantle, and if I can, with a single glance, make Heaven bow down and the stars tremble, I can do nothing against my Mother [...] about the Blessed Virgin Mary Jesus says: "The Eucharist is my Blood and my Body. But have you ever thought that this Blood and this Body were formed with the blood and milk of Mary? ... If it weren't for [...] in Lourdes (France, 1858) – Blessed Marie of Jesus, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (d. 1884) The only bridge left now is Mary Following is an excerpt from Maria Valtorta’s
life: not a single particle of her being came into existence without the participation of the Spirit [...]. If, in fact, it is incomparably extraordinary that a virginal womb should give birth, that a sterile [...] and lifeless womb should give birth is also a singular and extraordinary thing, a work of the sole power of God. Then, having come into existence in such a new way, this treasure and gift worthy of God [...] November 7 – Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary (Coptic Church) Mary's conception was not purely the work of nature When the winter of unbelief was about to end, as the author of the Canticle
church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) This new saint learned to love Jesus and Mary from his grandmother Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio, who died at the age of 19 from bone cancer, was declared a saint on Oct. 14 [...] intense and constant pain… Due to a lack of proper medical care, the boy developed gangrene, and was sent to a hospital in Naples. There he would unite his pain with Christ’s suffering on the cross, also [...] selfishness. Rather, he will tell you how being young is a grace…” Born in the Italian region of Abruzzo in 1817, Sulprizio learned the faith from a priest at the local school he attended and from his maternal
the Lord would be fulfilled!" It was then that Mary's expression of thanksgiving burst out in a hymn that is the summit of all poetry and eloquence, with a fullness of perfection that is not found anywhere [...] that this could only been explained because Mary was his mother! She grasped all this at once. She knew the perfect virtues of her cousin Mary, so it was Mary who had become the virgin mother of the Messiah [...] May 31 - Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary "What was spoken to you by the Lord will be fulfilled" Immediately after the Annunciation, Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, whose pregnancy was revealed
offers the inclusion of the Luminous Mysteries. He additionally teaches, “With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience [...] founder of the Militia of the Immaculata, St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. He encourages all with aspirations such as, “A prayer both simple and sublime that the Immaculata herself indicated when she appeared [...] January 27 - Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) - Coptic Marian Feast of the Dormition St. Maximilian Kolbe and the Most Holy Rosary This year marks the 20th anniversary of the apostolic
millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined to bear fruits of holiness." In spending time with the Virgin Mary, we discover a vision of man and of salvation history that offers a pertinent response [...] veneration of Mary as outdated and obsolete. According to some, Marian piety conveys a simplistic, rather emotional faith, marked by superstition or a dolorous, Saint-Sulpician sensibility, a faith devoid [...] June 22 - Proclamation of the dogma of Mary Mother of God at Ephesus (431) The Virgin Mary is an answer to the questions of our postmodern culture For many of our contemporaries, the temptation is strong
by that image. The following night, the Virgin Mary appeared to her in a dream, encouraging her to become a Christian. Ismeria then fled her country with the knights, and the group found themselves mi [...] bishop of Laon and took the name of Mary. The Virgin of Liesse became famous through her numerous miracles. The people built her a chapel, then a basilica. This shrine was a well-known site of pilgrimage until [...] October 11 - Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Why converts from Islam visit Mary at the shrine of Our Lady of Liesse The first pilgrimage to the French shrine of Our Lady of Liesse (diocese
