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Ave Maris Stella
Hail thou star of the ocean, God’s own mother blest, Ever sinless Virgin, Gate of heavenly rest. Oh! by Gabriel’s Ave Uttered long ago, Eva’s name reversing, Establish peace below. Break the captive’s fetters, Light on blindness pour; All our ills expelling, Every bliss implore. Show thyself a Mother; May the Word divine, Born for [...]
The Immaculate Conception, source of hope, more powerful than evil, Pope says
Vatican City (AsiaNews) – “The mystery of the Immaculate Conception is a source of inner light, hope and comfort. In the middle of life’s trials, especially the contradictions that man experiences in and around himself, Mary, the Mother of Christ, tells us that Grace is greater than sin, that God’s mercy is stronger than evil [...]
The Divine Mercy Devotion and Praying the Fatima Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Devotion, which has some strong similarities with the Fatima Program, can provide a logical template on which to build a Chaplet The Divine Mercy prayer is Eucharistic and concerns the Father and the Son while the Fatima prayers are a bit more Eucharistic and decidedly Trinitarian. This Trinitarian focus reflects our central [...]
On Fatima anniversary, Fr. Apostoli sees atheism overtaking the West
The author of an exhaustive study on the Virgin Mary’s 1917 appearances in Portugal says her words are being fulfilled by the rise of aggressive secularism and loss of religious freedom in the West. “Mary, as I see it, pointed out at Fatima that these things were going to happen,” said Fr. Andrew Apostoli, a [...]
Fatima: October 13
During World War I Pope Benedict XV made repeated but forlorn pleas for peace, and finally, in May 1917, made a direct appeal to Mary to intercede for peace in the world. The response was Mary’s first appearance at Fatima just over a week later. At this time Fatima was just a small village about [...]
From Mary through St. Faustina — A Warning!
635. March 25. In the morning, during meditation, God’s presence enveloped me in a special way, as I saw the immeasurable greatness of God and, at the same time, His condescension to His creatures. Then I saw the Mother of God, who said to me, Oh, how pleasing to God is the soul that follows [...]
True Devotion to Mary: the prayer of the humble Virgin
Since grace enhances our human nature and glory adds a still greater perfection to grace, it is certain that our Lord remains in heaven just as much the Son of Mary as he was on earth. Consequently he has retained the submissiveness and obedience of the most perfect of all children towards the best of [...]
St. Bernard: “a sword has truly pierced your soul!”
In another famous Sermon on the Sunday in the Octave of the Assumption the Holy Abbot described with passionate words Mary’s intimate participation in the redeeming sacrifice of her Son. “O Blessed Mother”, he exclaimed, “a sword has truly pierced your soul!… So deeply has the violence of pain pierced your soul, that we may [...]
Brazilian city hosts world’s largest Marian procession
Belém do Pará, Brazil, Oct 7, 2011 / 01:15 am (CNA).- On the evening of Oct. 4, two million people began converging on the city of Belém in the northeastern state of Pará, Brazil, for the largest Marian festival in the world. The Cirio de Nazaré procession brings Catholics from all over Brazil to show [...]
The Rosary: To contemplate with Mary the face of Christ
To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ.. . .The Rosary, reclaimed in its full meaning, goes to the very heart of Christian life; it offers a familiar yet fruitful spiritual and educational opportunity for personal contemplation, the formation of the People of God, and the new [...]
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