it would be if we had some record of the Blessed Virgin's response to the resurrection of Christ... This mysterious aspect of Our Lady's Sorrows is often most helpful to me. [...] centuries because of that portrayal. Surely, the Mother of Christ prayed at every step of her Son's passion that "it wouldn't happen," that he wouldn't be scourged, crowned with thorns, made to drag the cross [...] Marian devotion knows that Our Lady may help us in two ways. First, through her intercession we may realize that things did not go as badly as we might have expected them to, or perhaps they even vastly
June 26 - Our Lady of Tichwin (Russia) Public Revelation of the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima Sister Lucia of Fatima wrote the third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July [...] with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the dead bodies he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who [...] July 1917 “in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.” “After the two parts which I have already explained
June 26 - Our Lady of Tichwin (Russia) Public Revelation of the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima Sister Lucia of Fatima wrote the third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July [...] with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the dead bodies he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who [...] July 1917 "in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine." "After the two parts which I have already explained
faith, and to become the foundation and pillar of the Church thanks to her faith. To believe means, as St Augustine says, to give the consent of one's own mind and to adhere with complete devotion to what one [...] November 15 – Saint Albert the Great, Doctor of the Church (d. 1280) – Our Lady of Piety (Byzantine Church) Mary is a pillar of the Church because of her faith "Blessed are you who believed!" (Lk 1:45) [...] perfect virtue of the soul, Mary was extremely blessed because she was completely filled with virtue and grace; she was prudent and full of faith, to the point of deserving to conceive because of her faith
it would be if we had some record of the Blessed Virgin’s response to the resurrection of Christ… This mysterious aspect of Our Lady’s Sorrows is often most helpful to me. [...] centuries because of that portrayal. Surely, the Mother of Christ prayed at every step of her Son’s passion that “it wouldn’t happen,” that he wouldn’t be scourged, crowned with thorns, made to drag the cross [...] Marian devotion knows that Our Lady may help us in two ways. First, through her intercession we may realize that things did not go as badly as we might have expected them to, or perhaps they even vastly
here on the 13th of next month. Continue to pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, to obtain peace in the world and the end of the war, because only she will be able to help you." "May [...] appeared to Lucia, one of the visionaries of Fatima (Portugal), and to her two young cousins, while a crowd of 4,000 to 5,000 people had gathered at the site. The Virgin told the children: "I want you to come [...] Apparitions of Myriam, the Immaculate Mother of Jesus, to Sebastian Fausto de Faria, in Natividade (Brazil, 1968, approved) God wants to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart (I) On July 13, 1917, Our Lady
The Expectation of Our Lady (654) assigned at the Tenth Council of Toledo in 656 Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (IX) "We have been healed by his bruises" (Is 53:5) The mystery of the Messiah thickens [...] has borne our infirmities, and carried our diseases; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted" (Is 53:4). "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; [...] out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Is 53:11-12). "A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing
The Expectation of Our Lady (654) assigned at the Tenth Council of Toledo in 656 Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (IX) "We have been healed by his bruises" (Is 53:5) The mystery of the Messiah thickens [...] has borne our infirmities, and carried our diseases; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted" (Is 53:4). "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; [...] out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Is 53:11-12). "A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing
In order to pray her well, one must feel her gaze She is our Mother, the mother of all flesh, a new Eve. But she is also our daughter. The ancient world of sorrow, the world before the access of grace, cradled [...] unknown. A little girl, the queen of the angels! And she's still a little girl, remember! Our poor race is not worth much, but childhood always moves it deeply. The ignorance of the little ones makes it cast [...] Yes, my child, in order to pray her well, one must feel her gaze which is not entirely indulgent for there is no indulgence without something of bitter experience— they are eyes of gentle pity, wondering
September 2 - Our Lady of Stinging Nettles (Germany, 1441) Memory of Mary on Saturdays (II) Humbertus de Romanis, Master General of the Order, gave three more reasons for choosing to dedicate Saturdays to the Blessed [...] placed between “sorrowful” Friday and “joyful” Sunday -so we cannot reach Saturday without going from sorrow to glory. Mary is therefore placed between us creatures living in this land of exile and Jesus [...] discouraged, had hidden “by fear of the Jews” (Jn 20:19), so the faith of the Church was concentrated in its entirety on Mary. Therefore, each Saturday is the memory of the Virgin Mary who believes and
