22 septembre – St Thomas de Villeneuve (+ 1555) – Italie : Sainte Marie de la cour Royale (1575) L’Evangile ne nous a-t-il rien raconté de la vie de Marie ? Je me suis demandé pourquoi les évangélistes [...] ne l'avait pas. Si le Dieu tout-puissant a si merveilleusement orné de dons et de vertus les ministres et les servantes de sa maison, qu'a-t-il fait, je vous le demande, pour sa Mère, pour cette unique épouse [...] et par ses vertus. Pourquoi, me disais-je, ne nous avoir rien raconté de sa naissance, de son éducation, de ses habitudes, de sa vie commune avec son fils, des rapports qu'elle eut avec les apôtres après
and their companions, Korean martyrs – Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) The words of Heaven are not merely words (II) "I am a great ignoramus; but if I were a more learned scholar, I could still write nothing [...] of myself, I forgot that I had feet to walk; I was attracted, I was stuck to this ravishing beauty: Mary!... If I wanted, I said, to explain all this, I would never, never manage to convey the whole truth [...] Mélanie to Father Félicien Bliard, dated December 26, 1870, reported in the book Découverte du Secret de La Salette by Fr. Laurentin and Fr. Corteville - Fayard 2002
La Salette (France, 1846) The words of Heaven are not merely words (I) In a letter dated December 26, 1870, Melanie Calvat, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on the mountain of La Salette, explained how [...] what the books teach - if you can find any that teach that - is that the words of Heaven are not merely words: what I mean is, the person who listens to them does not stop at the letter, or at the word [...] the ambition of others, etc. And all this in a single word that escapes from the lips of the Virgin Mary, who makes hell tremble. Yes, if these people had once seen someone from Heaven, they would not say
Father Zacharie Kpossou, pastor of the parish of Sainte-Marie-Mère-de-Dieu in Gang ban, in the diocese of Porto-Novo in Benin, says: "Prayer groups to Mary Undoer of Knots are present in practically all the [...] Devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots has reached Africa and everywhere else in the world The country of Benin is emblematic of the extent of devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots in Africa. The devotion to Mary Undoer [...] see that Mary Undoer of Knots speaks to every man and woman, young and old, of all ages and in every place, in every corner of the country." The list of the different places of devotion to Mary Undoer of
surprisingly powerful. On January 22, 1975, Claire de Castelbajac died while saying the "Hail Mary." The Marie de Nazareth Team Source: La Servante de Dieu, Claire de Castelbajac (1953-1975) : Heureux les cœurs [...] of Ceignac (France, 1516) – Death of the Servant of God Claire de Castelbajac (France, 1975) She died while saying the "Hail Mary" Claire de Castelbajac was a young French woman, born in Paris in 1953, who [...] my baptism." She used to say this invocation to the Blessed Virgin every morning as she awoke: "O Mary Immaculate, I entrust to you the purity of my heart. Be its guardian forever." At 21, she was struck
the very end." Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty (1892-1975), Primate of Hungary Excerpt from La Mère, miroir de Dieu (The Mother, Mirror of God), Editions Parthenon [...] convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal [...] piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet
Maristes Bleus remains a symbol of hope for the Syrian people. Started in 1986 under the name L’oreille de Dieu (God’s Ear), the group organized volunteer efforts to help hundreds of Christian families in Aleppo [...] June 21 - Coptic Church: Feast of the Visitation of Mary - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit novice (d. 1591) Les Maristes Bleus*, a symbol of hope for the Syrians Dr. Nabil Antaki founded Les Maristes Bleus [...] Marist spirit of their work and the color of the sky and the blue color associated with the Virgin Mary. The violent conflict in Syria has brought about a humanitarian crisis that has displaced almost 10
White Penitents who came to pray to Our Lady of Bargemon. Brother Raphael In Le trésor inconnu de la Mère de Dieu (The Unknown Treasure of the Mother of God), Benedictine Editions [...] birth and had never walked. His father, Lucretius Martin, heard about the great graces dispensed by Mary at her shrine of Bargemon (France), so he decided to consecrate his son to Our Lady of Bargemon. He [...] evidenced by the signs he addressed to his father when he spoke to him of his promise to the Virgin Mary, the boy had the same disposition of heart and the same resolve. They started on their way. When they
by her nature and by her race, and by her local color. Rev. Fr. Bruckberger (1) In Marie, Mère de Jésus-Christ (Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ) , Ed Albin Michel, Paris, 1991. (1) Raymond Léopold Bruckberger [...] June 22 - Proclamation of the Dogma of Mary Mother of God at Ephesus (431) When we think of Mary, God becomes all together concrete When we think of Mary, the Mother of God, God becomes all together concrete
Aquinas, Commentary on the Hail Mary). Mons. Francesco Follo Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO, Paris https://fr.zenit.org/2016/12/30/notre-dame-mere-de-dieu-et-de-la-paix-par-mgr-follo/ [...] January 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God In the blessed fruit of her womb, Mary found what Eve was looking for Eight days ago we celebrated the birth in Bethlehem of the Son of God who "became a child [...] Ambrose). Today, one week after the birth of Jesus, the liturgy invites us to celebrate the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God: she "who brought to the light the King who rules Heaven and Earth forever" (Entrance
