underfoot: the Virgin Mary. Let’s show children, for example, a Miraculous Medal, where Mary is represented with a serpent under her feet. That serpent is a representation of Satan. In Mary, Satan is vanquished [...] vanquished, crushed, because Mary refused to ever listen to him, to ever obey him. From the first instant of her existence, Mary remained without sin. Let us pray to her to keep us from the snares of the Evil [...] Our Lady of Pontmain (France) When speaking of Satan to children, don’t forget to remind them about Mary The devil exists. And not only does he exist, he’s not a detail, a bit player in our spiritual life
Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, recalls this famous dream of the "Three White Things," which Saint John Bosco had shortly before the beginning of the First Vatican Council. The Marie de Nazareth [...] January 31 - Saint John Bosco The Three White things: The Eucharist, Mary and the Pope Saint John Bosco, or Don Bosco (1815 - 1888), was an Italian priest who founded the Salesian order, whose mission
read the caption and it said they were looking at the Virgin Mary. He was so poorly versed in religion that he didn't know who the Virgin Mary was. "I thought Jesus was like Santa Claus," he recalled. "I [...] Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - St Aelred of Rielvaux (d. 1167) A new generation of priests formed by Mary After reaching rock bottom, Donald Calloway—now a Marian of the Immaculate Conception—had a profound [...] his body. He couldn't say anything and he couldn't move. The only person he knew to cry out to was Mary… All of a sudden he was pushed back into his body with the force of a universe coming crashing down
14 – Our Lady of Bargemon (France) – Our Lady of the Lamp (Rome, Italy) Come back to Christ through Mary On March 17, 1635, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Elisabeth Caille, a resident of Bargemon (France) [...] in the village and are an addition to the congregation. The current parish priest, Father Philippe-Marie Métais-Fontenel had worked for a long time running Radio Maria France. In 2012 he was named pastor [...] richness of Bargemon's message and its relevance in the 21 st century. In this shrine, the Virgin Mary invites everyone to conversion, by coming to pray to God in the local church. She shows the way to
January 6 – Adoration of the Magi Mary saved our daughter's life One night in 2017, we experienced the presence of Mary in our lives, when she saved our newborn daughter. Gabrielle was a 3-day old, seemingly [...] fully believed: "It was Mary who saved her. We were protected!” As I said this, I was overwhelmed with emotion and collapsed sobbing. Laurent Deffeyes A reader of A Moment with Mary sent us this true story [...] down in front of Gabrielle’s body, hands joined in prayer, and started imploring the Blessed Virgin: "Mary, help us!” Was it an automatic memory of my long-forgotten Catholic upbringing? Looking back, I see
down the 3rd secret of Fatima Prisoner for 10 years in a gulag, he drew his strength from Jesus and Mary One of the newest cardinals of the Church says he drew strength from the Mass and the Blessed Virgin [...] for me it was a great source of strength in prison,” he said. Tamkevicius also turned to the Virgin Mary as a source of strength, from the moment he was sentenced and sent on a train to the forced labor
history. This faith is fulfilled in Mary, in the fullness of time; in her, “blessed because she believed,” the Word was made flesh, God “appeared” in the world. Mary’s faith becomes the first fruits and [...] January 5 – Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Mary, the daughter of Zion Pope Benedict XVI commented on the similarity between the Christmas and Epiphany celebrations (which overlapped in January 2013 [...] Eastern Churches) and observed that the first believers in Christ came from the people of Israel: Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, who were at the manger at Christmas; they were followed by the nations at
December 22 – Our Lady of the Milk (Italy) Our Mother Mary nurses us with her milk In medieval art, it was common to depict the Blessed Virgin Mary with breasts exposed, manually expressing milk from them [...] the 12th century who had a deep love of the Virgin Mary. According to various medieval stories of his life, St Bernard had a vision of the Virgin Mary. Author Richard Storrs recounts the story in his book [...] as a stream of milk going into Bernard’s mouth, though sometimes the stories relate that the Virgin Mary gave him three drops of her milk. The story and its subsequent depiction was not strange for medieval
the Indigenous people (d. 1548) “Full of grace” is the new name that God gave Mary Today let us contemplate the beauty of Mary Immaculate. The Gospel, which recounts the episode of the Annunciation, helps [...] Angel’s greeting. He addresses Mary with a word that is not easy to translate, which means “filled with grace,” “created by grace,” “full of grace” (Lk 1:28). Before calling her ‘Mary,’ he calls her “full of [...] name given to her by her parents. We too call her in this way, with each Hail Mary. What does “full of grace” mean? That Mary is filled with the presence of God. And if she is entirely inhabited by God,
of Consolation in Italy At the center of a priest’s life: the cross, the Eucharist, and the Virgin Mary Cardinal Robert Sarah reflected on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the meaning of [...] inner life of a priest should center around three things: the cross, the Eucharist, and the Virgin Mary. “According to St Josemaría Escrivà, the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is the vital spring of the [...] Sarah explained that the cross makes possible “the birth of divine life within us” and that the Virgin Mary watches over one’s spiritual development as a mother, who “educates us to grow in faith.” “Without
