century. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches have the same faith about Mary, Mother of Jesus "conceived by the Holy Spirit", immaculate because saved from original sin and forever virgin (before [...] Mother of all men. The Protestant communities, on the other hand, recognize Mary as the Mother of Jesus, Word of God Incarnate, but they do not recognize the Marian dogmas of the Church. Protestantism,

Mark. In his account of the call of the Twelve, he says: "Jesus appointed twelve to be with him and to be sent out" (3:14). To be with Jesus and, being sent, to go out to meet people—these two things [...] to her daughter, the Mother of the Lord. We have gathered here to consider our vocation to serve Jesus Christ and, under the watchful gaze of Saint Anne, in whose home the greatest vocation in the history [...] brother Simon: "We have found the Messiah"(Jn 1:41). And the Evangelist adds: "He brought Simon to Jesus" (Jn 1:42). Pope Gregory the Great, in one of his homilies, once said that God's angels, however far

called it since the assembly was in the control of Philo-Arian Bishops who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. "These false apostles" asked the Emperor Constantius to have the Bishop of Poitiers sentenced [...] Hilary offers precise rules to avoid misleading interpretations: some Scriptural texts speak of Jesus as God, others highlight instead his humanity. Some refer to him in his pre-existence with the Father; [...] helps them with great theological intelligence to reach full faith in the true divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. In 360 or 361, Hilary was finally able to return home from exile and immediately resumed pastoral

furtherance of the Catholic religion... Proclamation and dogmatic definition By the authority of Jesus Christ our Lord, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own: "We declare, pronounce, and [...] her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine

Mary at Cana where she speaks to Jesus on man’s behalf, and where she invites man to place his trust in Jesus. Following this, Mary remains on the outside while Jesus collects around him those who will [...] way, a model of what will later be established universally. Mary is present during each period of Jesus’ earthly life. The childhood gospels also describe several links between Mary and the Church: when

who sang: ‘Hail Mary, full of grace ...' He knelt down at once, saw the Virgin Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ between two choirs of a thousand angels standing on a marble pillar ... Then, the Blessed Virgin [...] until the end of the world and there will always be someone in this town to venerate the name of Jesus Christ my Son.' " [1] In 1434, a devastating fire forced the Church authorities to destroy the church [...] the symbol of Mary because in her, heaven and earth were united at the time of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ (Lk 1: 26-38). A pillar gives strength to a building: the column is a symbol of the strength

s, or petitions. If you are angry, present it to Jesus so that he may carry it in us. In the same way, if you have been humiliated, present it to Jesus so that he may carry it in us (otherwise we will

all humanity: Mary is first and foremost Mother! Of course, she is Mother of all Christians, since Jesus Himself gave his mother to all mankind, by handing her over to his beloved disciple: "This is your [...] educator for us all. St. Louis de Montfort once even said that if we let Mary guide us, the path to Jesus is much easier and gentler... Mary is Mother so as to guide us to her Son, the Divine Word, the Eternal [...] the surest and most constant and powerful Mediatrix for all of us of the graces of salvation in Jesus Christ? ________________ (1) "The Vocation of the Creation as a Whole is a Feminine Vocation" by Yves

origin of this shrine can be traced to the astonishing revelations received by Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres (1553-1635), who was abbess and one of the founders of the Royal Monastery of the Immaculate [...] March 25, 1875, by President Gabriel Garcia Moreno, to consecrate the Republic to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Most Pure Heart of Mary. Our Lady of Guápulo Our Lady of Guápulo dates from 1587. This [...] January 3, 1998, the Virgin Mary and Christ allegedly appeared to three young people: Lucia (whom Jesus called “Catherine”), Xavier (“Francis”) and - from 1994 - Marcia (“Violet”). The heavenly visitors

prayer in the Upper Room, in an attitude of deep communion with the Apostles, with some women and with Jesus’ “brethren”, the Mother of the Lord prays for the gift of the Spirit for herself and for the community [...] reinforced. Indeed, at the foot of the Cross Mary was entrusted with a new motherhood, which concerned Jesus’ disciples. It was precisely this mission that demanded a renewed gift of the Spirit. The Blessed [...] Spirit in the hearts of the disciples and in the world. In the Church and for the Church, mindful of Jesus’ promise, she waits for Pentecost and implores a multiplicity of gifts for everyone, in accordance