inspired by the motherhood of Mary, because in order to know what she must be and what she is, the Church looks to Mary. The Virgin Mary is the model, the Mother of the Church, and it is not by chance that [...] Scriptures, the Virgin Mary was present on that day with the Apostles, and she gave birth, so to speak, to the Church: because Pentecost is the bringing of the Church into the world and the opening of the [...] since Abel the Just, the Church Fathers say – and is part of God’s plan from all eternity, but we can say that she was born on the day of Pentecost and that Mary presided to this birth of the Church coming

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary is the icon of our hope Mary's "yes" was truly an agreement, a free, conscious, and unconditional commitment to a project that came from God the Creator (...). Mary was aware that [...] favor with God. And it is all these elements that persuaded her to embrace God’s plan. However, Mary also knew that this motherhood would have difficult consequences in the society and culture of her time: [...] was conceived and prepared for this project to take place in history. This is the very meaning of the feast of the Immaculate Conception that we celebrate in the middle of Advent. Yes, Mary recognized that

abandoned Calvinism; and this happy change I attribute to the martyr’s beads, and to no other cause those beads which, if I had them now, gold could not tempt me to part with; and if gold could purchase [...] saint quickly pulled out his rosary and tossed it to the crowd as a token of farewell. There was a Protestant Baron, a traveler, who happened to be in the crowd and the rosary bounced off his chest. The [...] where I would I had no peace of mind. Conscience was disturbed, and the thought would haunt me: why did the martyr's rosary strike me, and not another? For years I asked myself this question it followed

first coming—with Mary and through Mary—in the company of Angels like in Bethlehem. In these future times, the visible representatives of the invisible Angels will be what Saint Louis-Marie called the great [...] January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) Those times are not too far off Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort and Marthe Robin have both stressed the increasingly important role that the [...] According to Saint Faustina (1905-1938), these times when the angelic kingdom of Mary will be felt more and more—and where history will accelerate—are probably not so far off. Sister Lucia of Fatima seemed

"not to break records and boast of their achievements, but to strengthen themselves spiritually and ask God, through the intercession of His saints, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary, for things that seems [...] November 5 – Mary, Seat of Wisdom, "Sedes Sapientiae" (Cologne, Germany, 1280) In the midst of the Belarusian crisis, Archbishop of Minsk exhorts the faithful to imitate Mary "The country will not change [...] social and political crisis that shook Belarus after the disputed re-election of outgoing President Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz, Catholic Archbishop of Minsk and Mogilev

between 1194 and 1220, was built amid deep popular fervor: "It was at Chartres that we saw for the first time, men pulling with all their strength carts laden with stone, wood, food, and all the provisions [...] only here but in Normandy, in all France and in many other countries. Everywhere can be seen humility, suffering, repentance, forgiveness of offenses, groans and tears. We can see men, even women, dragging [...] their knees through muddy swamps, beating their breasts and asking heaven for mercy, all this in the midst of many miracles that elicit songs and shouts of joy." (1) In 876, King Charles the Bald, grandson

Virgin Mary" that led him to offer himself to Christ by the hands of Mary. "Thanks to Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, I realized that authentic Marian devotion is truly Christocentric, and rooted [...] ceased to mature in me and bear fruit." When he became Pope John Paul II, he enjoyed praying the Rosary and visiting Marian shrines in Poland and around the world. The Virgin Mary, so strongly present in [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) Saint John Paul II, a Missionary of Mary From the Marian devotion of his childhood, the young Karol Wojtyla eventually encountered a true light on the role of Mary in the mystery

every time I go to the Grotto, I thank Mary who sent me this guardian angel and I see her smile again. I think that Jesus and Mary know how to surprise us and give us a helping hand through something [...] months later, I went to the Grotto. I was still sad, and not really cured of drugs. It was the Easter vigil. A young handicapped person turned to me and hugged me. I understood that the Virgin was there, [...] March 20 –Saint Nicholas of Flüe (Switzerland, 1417-1487) who had several apparitions of the Virgin Mary I needed that hug to find my way Franco Gedda is director of the Cenacolo “school of life” in Lourdes

giving Mary the title of Theotokos ("who gave birth to God" in Greek). Jesus is both man and God. Mary is the mother of God because she is the mother of Jesus, and Jesus is God. By giving Mary the features [...] the "Sorrowful Virgin Mary" (Mater dolorosa), holding the body of Christ on her knees after he was unfastened from the Cross and before his burial, Resurrection and Ascension. Mary's face in this statue [...] Son of Man and Son of God? In 381, the Council of Constantinople proclaimed that "Jesus Christ, only Son of God, true God born of true God, by the Holy Spirit took flesh from the Virgin Mary and became man"

so that, being alike in natural character and virtue, they would both long for the fulfillment of the greatest of all mysteries. The marriage of Joseph and Mary was the work of Heaven itself. They were [...] January 27 – St. Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) – Coptic Marian Feast of the Dormition – St. Angela Merici God gave Mary a husband whom he designed for her For the consolation of the Blessed [...] respect, inspired modesty, diffused holiness, stirred up chaste desires, and purified the eyes of those who looked at her, and redirected all thoughts toward God. Bishop Esprit Fléchier (+ 1710) Bishop