(cf. John the Baptist) In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. [...] the practice of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense.Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering [...] offering, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled by what he saw, and fear came upon him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid
Catherine Laboure, a peasant girl, was chosen from the depths of her convent of the Daughters of Charity, on the Rue du Bac, in Paris, to be the Mother of God's secret messenger. ... One day, little 9 year-old [...] the monastery of the Daughters of Charity and she discovered the identity of the unknown priest she saw in a dream: Father Vincent de Paul. At 24, Catherine finally entered the Daughters of Charity on the [...] contrast a fountain of maternal tenderness... It was during the year and a half of her noviciate, between 1830 and 1831, that Sister Catherine received the revelation of her mission in a series of three apparitions
decision of the Church on Medjugorje, the author presents the message (followed by the date on which they were received) in the light of the Bible and the Tradition of the Church. At Fatima, Our Lady of the [...] Conception preceded the coming of the Savior, the rising of the "Sun of Justice" in the history of the human race." (John Paul II, Redemptoris Mater 3) In harmony with the Scriptures and the Magisterium, here [...] there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." (Malachi 3:20) John Paul II took this image also: "[Jesus is the sun of justice and Mary is his mother] Mary from the time of her Immaculate Conception
speak about Mary's mediation in the order of the grace, we can admire the picture of the atmosphere that allows us to receive the heat, light and the colors of the sun without being burnt. Wild air, wo [...] bath of blue and slake His fire, the sun would shake, A blear and blinding ball With blackness bound, and all The thick stars round him roll Flashing like flecks of coal, Quartz-fret, or sparks of salt [...] our ghostly good And plays in grace her part About man's beating heart, Laying, like airs fine flood, The deathdance in his blood,. Yet no part but what will Be Christ our Saviour still. Of her flesh he
moment I was held in a sea of love without knowing it. But I had no idea of who He was, of what religion this was, of "how" to worship Him. About a year later I had a "dream" of Mary, in which she spoke [...] the meaning and purpose of my life was to worship and serve my God. I knew that when I died I would regret two things—every hour that I wasted in the eyes of Heaven, and all of the energy I wasted worrying [...] me to spend most of the remainder of my vacation there. The time was spent walking in the mountains, thinking about God and about my life, praying, and sleeping—a lot! In fact, most of my time there was
Friday, for the opening of the Sabbath. The head of the family, in Jesus' case, Joseph, holds a cup of wine in his hand, a symbol of life and joy. He blesses God for the gift of the Sabbath and says the [...] for his gift to us of being conscious of our thoughts and acts. When the believer opens his eyes, he says, "Blessed are you, Yaweh our God, king of the universe, who open the eyes of the blind." When he arises [...] gave us the holy day of the Sabbath in memory of creation. Blessed are you, Yaweh our God, king of the universe, who has made the Sabbath holy Blessed are you, Yaweh our God, king of the universe, who draws
