family name of Francis of Assisi is Bernardone. His Christian name was to be Giovanni (John), but his father Pietro (Peter), back from one of his travels, preferred to give him the name of Francesco (Francis) [...] praise of Mary Some magnificent prayers to the Virgin Mary were written by Francis. Here is one of the most beautiful songs of praise to Mary that are ascribed to him: Hail Mary, very holy Mother of God, [...] Francis of Assisi. Born in 1182, he enjoyed a fulfilled childhood with every material comfort. The son of a rich merchant, he naturally groomed himself to take over from him. And as he had plenty of money

this new "Bethlehem" in a perfect spirit of sacrifice. On Advent Sunday, 1568, St John took his new religious name of John of the Cross. The fame of the sanctity of this obscure house spread. However, St [...] Butler's LIVES OF THE SAINTS, HarperOne, 1956, pp. 416-419 (originally published in 1756-9) Saint John of the Cross From John the Evangelist to John of the Cross The Night of the Senses (Saint John of the Cross) [...] The Night of the Soul (St John of the Cross) One Should Not Seek to Have Visions (St John of the Cross and Montfort) Saint John of the Cross and the Virgin Mary The Incarnation (by Saint John of the Cross)

previous century of whom some stories and belongings still survive – except that Christ and the Virgin Mary, of course, remain present in a different way. A Time of Reflection But the reflections of the Apostolic [...] than a simple act of remembering, they represented a deeper understanding. After the tremendously powerful evangelization of the apostles in the onrush of the Holy Spirit, came a time of more systematic [...] forth on earth the very Son of the Father, showing an undefiled faith, not in the word of the ancient serpent, but in that of God’s messenger” (63). Marie Meaney Organisation of Articles in this Section:

importance of asking the Virgin Mary to intercede in favor of the unity of all peoples: "The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God and Mother of men that she [...] the beginnings of the Church by her prayers, may now, exalted as she is above all the angels and saints, intercede before her Son in the fellowship of all the saints, until all families of people, whether [...] honored with the title of Christian or whether they still do not know the Saviour, may be happily gathered together in peace and harmony into one people of God, for the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided

audience with its members on September 9, 2004, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Shrine of Matri Ecclesiae and the creation of an International Schoenstatt Center in Rome: "Schoenstatt's commitment [...] as the primary nucleus of the Church, of culture and of society. In accordance with your Founder's recommendations, you give a privileged place to the Crucifix and to the image of Mary in your homes so [...] chaplain worked together to draw up the statutes of a new Marian Congregation, soon approved by the Bishop of Trier. By 1914, Schoenstatt had become a place of Marian pilgrimage. Twenty students who were sent

prince of all the heavenly court, is the most eager of all the angels to honour her and lead others to honour her. At all times he awaits the privilege of going at her word to the aid of one of her servants [...] wonderful things of Mary, the holy City of God, and, as they themselves admit, they were never more eloquent and more pleased than when they spoke of her. And yet they maintain that the height of her merits [...] the secrets of the king. Finally, we must say in the words of the apostle Paul, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has the heart of man understood" the beauty, the grandeur, the excellence of Mary, who

as the mother of the man Christ, as the Nestorians teach, but of the Son of God as Luke said: "the one who will be born of you will be called Son of God." This is our Lord and the Lord of all, Jesus Christ [...] signifies to be "Mother of God." ( Martin Luther , The Magnificat) Mary is "Mother of God" in the truest sense, as Mother of God's Son In Luther's profession of faith on the Last Supper of Christ, in 1528, we [...] Luther, the title of "Mother of God" contains in itself Mary's honor: "The ‘great things' are no other than this: she became the Mother of God. In this reality so many gifts and such great goods are dispensed

December 26: Synaxis of the Mother of God (Byzantine Liturgy) The Byzantine Church celebrates the Mother of God in the day after Christmas . [1] After worshiping the God made man born a little child for [...] him for generations for the accomplishment of the great mystery of his incarnation, and also as the "New Eve," the first and most prominent representative of the renewed human race. Excerpts from some [...] without being blurred, the properties of divine nature and those of human nature trade off within him in an inexpressible way. Just as, when one throws a piece of iron in the fire, the fire receives from

thanks to the power and mercy of God, the more does she, conscious of no merit in herself, grow in humility, promptly proclaiming and consecrating herself the handmaid of God even while she becomes his [...] content with her retirement and the poverty of her home because they left her freer to lift up her heart to God and to cling to him closely as the supreme Goodness for which her heart yearned ... The more

and he was Governor of an important district of the Kingdom of Sweden. The marriage lasted for 28 years, until Ulf's death. Eight children were born, the second of whom, Karin (Catherine), is venerated [...] follow a path of faith. I am thinking with gratitude of the many women who, day after day, illuminate their families with their witness of Christian life, in our time too. [...] The second period of Bridget's [...] sorrowful motherhood of Mary, which made her Mediatrix and Mother of Mercy, is also a subject that recurs frequently in the Revelations .[...] Many of her revelations were addressed in the form of admonishments