Lady of Pompeii (Italy, 1875)May 9 - Feast of Our Lady of the Woods (Italy, 1607) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (II)Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (III) Every day, from one end of the earth to the other,
April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) Saint Louis de Montfort, the warrior of Jesus and Mary Take a look at a map of France. Now notice something about its shape. See how one part sticks way out [...] was just 43 years old, having been a priest for only 16 years. Tireless labors to bring souls to Jesus through Mary, especially by his preaching an endless succession of parish missions, brought about [...] indomitable warrior kept advancing on the battlefield, continuously preaching his trademark path to Jesus through Mary. In fact, when leaders in the Church in France thought they had put an end to his work
of placing oneself, with the heart of a pauper, under the radiance of the life of Jesus. It is a way of letting Jesus look at you, as Mary did, throughout the day. Father Jean Lévêque , from the Carmel [...] April 8 – Our Lady of Basella (Italy, 1356) Let Jesus look at you through the Rosary Sometimes we hear it said, with some condescension: "The Rosary is the prayer for the poor." Wouldn’t it be more appropriate [...] clay for the inspirations of the Spirit. · The kind of peaceful Easter poverty, on the days when Jesus brings His glory into our daily lives, revealing to us how much we are loved, looked after, called
Palm Sunday Jesus’ hours of earthly triumph Following is an excerpt from The Gospel As Revealed to Me written by Maria Valtorta(1) from mystical visions and locutions she received from Jesus, on the triumphal [...] cured by Jesus, I see Joachim from Bozrah and the peasant from the plain of Sharon with his brothers, I see lonely old Matthias from a place near the Jordan, on the eastern bank, where Jesus took shelter [...] love that is pressing round Jesus and they shout to Him: "Make these mad people keep quiet! Make them reason! Hosannas are to be sung to God only. Tell them to be quiet!" And Jesus replies to them kindly:
March 30 – Tuesday of Holy Week Our Lady of Hope: JESUS LETS HIS HEART BE TOUCHED! On January 17, 2021, the Shrine of Pontmain in northwest France and site of a famous apparition of the Virgin Mary, celebrated
January 9 – Virgin of the Annunciation (Italy, 1490) - Pauline Jaricot (d. 1862) Jesus radiates the Father’s mercy Pope Francis recommended to young people - and to all of us - to pray the Rosary, in order [...] synthesis of Divine Mercy. In the mysteries of the Rosary, with Mary, we contemplate the life of Jesus who radiates the Father's mercy”. fr.zenit.org
reflected the light of Jesus Joseph exercised his paternal role in self-denial, starting with a double renunciation: first, the renunciation of natural paternity with regard to Jesus, who was not begotten [...] renunciation that Joseph became the foster father of the Son of the Eternal Father. In Jesus, God wanted to obey a man. Jesus obeys Joseph, who himself obeys the Father. Joseph knew the superiority of his adopted [...] profound humility lies. By giving Him the name of Jesus, as Saint Matthew tells us (the first proclamation of the Good News), by spilling the first drops of Jesus' blood during His circumcision, as a prelude
led Joseph to welcome Jesus in a unique and unsurpassed way. He was the first to go "to Jesus through Mary." With Mary, his wife, Joseph also consecrated himself entirely to Jesus. He is therefore the model [...] century), superior of the Poor Clares (after Saint Claire) Joseph, model of those consecrated to Jesus through Mary Being entrusted with the care of the Virgin Mary and becoming her chaste husband must [...] model of those who consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary. You and I are invited to imitate him in this as well. Excerpt from: Joseph Modèle de vie pour notre temps , (Joseph, Model of Life for Our
with Jesus; Joseph, therefore, shared one heart with Jesus and Mary. As in the adorable Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, there are three persons who have only one heart, with Jesus, Mary [...] March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Three United Hearts After God, Saint Joseph was the first object of the love of his most holy Bride, and he had
of Fossolovara (Italy) Be eager to grow, like Jesus, with the Holy Family! As we meditate on the mystery of the hidden life, we must understand that if Jesus spent 30 long years in Nazareth, it was not only [...] the fruits that God has the right to expect from us. We must all be very eager to grow, like Jesus and with Jesus, "in wisdom, in stature and in grace, in the eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at the school [...] only to prepare for His public life, but also to show us the road to follow. Jesus is "the Way, the Truth and the Life" (Jn 14:6) from the first moment of His conception, not only during the three years