the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mary, Paradise of the New Adam Today the holy Virgin of Virgins is presented in the heavenly temple. Virginity in her was so strong as to be a consuming fire. It is forfeited [...] forfeited in every case by childbirth. But she is ever a virgin, before the event, in the birth itself, and afterwards. To-day the sacred and living ark of the living God, who conceived her Creator Himself [...] under the dominion of death? But she obeys the law of her own Son, and inherits this chastisement as a daughter of the first Adam, since her Son, who is the life, did not refuse it. As the Mother of the
October 25 - Consecration of the Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) The first portraitist of the Virgin Mary A few days ago, on October 18, we celebrated the feast of Saint Luke (1). But what do we [...] submitted them to the approval of the Blessed Virgin, while she was still on this earth. Mary approved these holy images with joy and declared: "May the grace of the One who was born by me be in them!" Afterwards [...] 80. To honor his faithful servant, God caused a miraculous liquid to flow from his tomb, which healed the eye diseases of those who anointed themselves with it in faith. Thus, even after his death, St.
Lumen Gentium # 4). By placing the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, on Pentecost Monday, our Pope wished to remind us that Mary was in the Upper Room with the Apostles on the day of Pentecost and that [...] - Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours (d. 397) – Saint Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) The heart of the Church is Mary’s unique place By decision of Pope Francis, the Roman Rite Catholic [...] every year, the memory of the "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" on the Monday after Pentecost. In 1964, Saint Pope Paul VI gave the Virgin Mary the venerable title of "Mother of the Church" in
the Annunciation in 1400, the Virgin Mary appeared to some shepherds in a thorn bush shining bright in the middle of the night. We read in the Office of the Virgin Mary: "In the bush that burned without leaving [...] people built a basilica in which the Virgin gave this second sign: a well, still visible in the basilica, from which water can be drawn today. It reminds us of the well of the Samaritan woman, a well of encounter [...] of Chalons, wishes to make of l’Epine a welcoming place of prayer and worship for his diocese. We will be five Benedictine sisters from Montmartre, working with a rector-priest from the Community of Saint
Immaculate (Rome, 1917) Like Mary, the Carmelite convent is at the heart of the Church The Magnificat is both Mary’s hymn and a hymn of God's humble people. In the first verses, Mary speaks of herself, of her [...] herself as a member of the people of the Covenant. She is a servant, a member of God’s servant Israel, and what God has done through her is Mercy for all those who hunger for light and life. Mary’s reflex [...] for us, in consecrated life, rich with meaning. If, on a call from Jesus, we have chosen a destiny of humility and service; if we prayerfully keep watch for the moment when God will cast his eyes on us;
Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) In Lourdes, I was smacked by grace! I went on a day-pilgrimage to Lourdes for young people from the Jura (eastern France), just tagging along with a friend from high school [...] grace! There was a penitential vigil that caught me by surprise. Why not try confession? I needed to do a big introspection, having done a lot of stupid things in my short life. I went to see a priest, but [...] tell him anything—I just burst into tears. That’s when a whole new world opened up for me. I felt like a wall had crumbled down inside of me. It took a while for my full conversion to take place. I returned
He broke its string and gave a bead to each Legionary of Mary in his group, saying: "Keep these grains very carefully, for if we pray faithfully, the Blessed Virgin will do a miracle!” For three months, [...] all the members of the Legion of Mary, asking for their forgiveness. Then everyone brought back the beads that they had kept ... The profaned Rosary was reassembled with a new string and returned to the [...] they were rejecting the faith of their baptism. A young woman joined them, throwing her Rosary to the floor in the middle of the room. It fell at the feet of a Catholic student who managed to pick it up discretely
June 20 – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Turin, Italy, 1104) Teach them to how recite the Rosary Brother John Aranguren, S.J., a catechist teaching in the thick jungles south of Bogota, Colombia, was [...] was diagnosed with a cancer of the tongue and brought to the city for surgery. Hoping to save his tongue so that he could continue his work, the doctors only partially removed it, but the cancer spread and [...] and necessitated a total removal. The night before the operation, Our Lady appeared to him, touched him and healed him: "Continue teaching Catechism and teach them to recite the Rosary. Do not tell anyone
some foreigners ... This shrine, with a seating capacity of 5,000, is dedicated to the Mother of God, Queen of Poland. An example of modern architecture, this church is a testimony of the faith and ardent [...] Nov. 25 - Italy, Rome: Mary Consoler of the Afflicted "You have not allowed God to die in this city!" In the 1950s, the Polish government had planned to create a city without God. It was supposed to be [...] many proposals to civil authorities, the Catholics of Nowa Huta finally obtained permission to build a new church. Nowa Huta is an industrial district of Krakow, in southern Poland. This town, whose inhabitants
May 1, 1950, a 6 year-old boy who had been receiving visions of Our Lady in Seilhan, France, since 1947, was granted a private audience by Pope Pius XII. The child gave the Holy Father a message Our Lady [...] October 31 - Pius XII Consecrated the World to Mary's Immaculate Heart (1942) The Dogma of the Assumption In 1946, Pius XII sent a letter to all the bishops of the world to ask if he should proceed toward [...] Lady had confided to him: "The Holy Virgin went up to Heaven with her body, and your virginal body will be found to be incorrupt after your death." Then on October 30 and 31, and November 1st and 8, 1950
