Acts of virtue accompanied by a certain spiritual suavity deserve the name of "fruits" of the Holy Spirit. The Virgin Mary is a great model of these fruits. 1. Kindness The first of these fruits is benevolence [...] multifaceted problems of apostolic life. 2. Goodness Mary’s amiability would not amount to much if this virtue had not been accompanied by her goodness of heart, another fruit of the Holy Spirit, by which [...] treasures of her motherly kindness are inexhaustible. 4. Indulgence This fruit of the Holy Spirit guarantees the continuity of Mary’s goodness for us. She continuously showers the abundance of her blessings

also traces the Face of Mary (Ark of the Covenant, Noah's Ark, Burning Bush, Tabernacle of the Most High, Temple of God, Daughter of Zion, Virgin of Isaiah, Beloved of the Song of Solomon, God’s Paradise [...] 8:31), the whole breadth of the Word of God. Jesus said, for example, that we must judge the tree by its fruit, and that the goodness of the fruit is a measure of the goodness of the tree (Mt 7:20; 12:33; [...] fruit (Lk 1:42) from the womb of this extraordinary tree that is Mary, it is only by looking at Him that we can form an idea of the ​​greatness and goodness of the Mother of God ... Let us return to Scripture

dynamism of their earthly pilgrimage and offer to all members of the community of believers a treasure of spiritual, liturgical and ecclesial traditions which bring out the universal goodness of God and [...] commemoration of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary The origin of the liturgical commemoration of the Nativity of Mary is linked to the church built in the fifth century in Jerusalem, in the vicinity of the probatic [...] from the day of the dedication of this primitive church, without ruling out the possibility that the memory of Mary's birth, the dawn of the time of salvation, was placed at the beginning of September, the

architecture. The monumental statue of Our Lady of France (1860) is a historic memorial to unity and peace. The huge statue of Saint Joseph of Good Hope (Espaly) was made in 1910, and its basilica, in 1918 [...] surrounded by a volcanic landscape of rocky peaks made of former volcanic vents. The Cathedral of Notre Dame du Puy (Our Lady on the Hill), dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation, stands on Mount Anis [...] diocesan cathedral is also one of the most ancient Marian shrines in Europe (4th or 5th century). Nearby, on Mount Aiguilhe, is the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, a jewel of 10th and 12th century ar

your servants, O most good God, your riches of grace; since the maternity of the Virgin Mary was for us the beginning of salvation may the feast of her Nativity bring us an increase of peace. Through Jesus" [...] expressions "The Sun of Justice, Christ our God" are used as in the tropary of the Byzantine liturgy. [2] The Collect of the Missal of Paul VI reproduces the Collect of the Sacramentary of Pope Gregory the [...] note that the focus of our attention is not Mary, but Christ, the most good God. Opening antiphon "Let us celebrate joy the birth of the Virgin Mary, through whom has come to us the Sun of justice the Christ

Francis embodies for us the image of Christ, the Good Shepherd, moved with compassion before the crowds of his time (Mt 9:36). To the people of today, helpless in the face of such a mysterious and threatening [...] Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask him to protect the world from all disease. This novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was written by Father Simon Chouanard, pastor of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Parish [...] God’s caress in the face of suffering and the prospect of an imminent death." The trials caused by illness give us a special opportunity to offer the compassion of the Heart of Christ to many distraught

history of personal faults and social sins have been able to dissuade the eternal Father from this plan of love of his. They have not been able to cancel the choice of us in the eternal Son, the Word co [...] 8 December 1978, Pope John Paul II developed the plan of God the Father, our Creator, a plan of love expressed in what is known as a "theology of election". He has chosen man from eternity to share in [...] Mother of Jesus, His beloved Son. *** " God in his eternal love has chosen man from eternity [1] : He has chosen him in his Son. God has chosen man, in order that he may reach the fullness of good by means

bishop renewed the consecration of the diocese to Mary. At Nouvel-Anvers, there was a procession on the river, with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima attached to the bow of a boat. As it passed the villages [...] a statue called "Our Lady of the Tree." Every Saturday, after Mass, the faithful go there on pilgrimage. In Mbaya, a similar pilgrimage goes to a statue of "Our Lady of Good Hope." In Kizu, Vaku, and Langu [...] The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a huge country in the heart of Africa. It received its first missionaries in 1484. The meditated Rosary became a popular practice everywhere. The country has some

God of Love, and have denied the role of Mary in the work of salvation. Those sins of massacring human lives, this captivating materialism, this sacrilege against human life in all this context of shameful [...] within the Movements of Catholic Action (Legion of Mary, Sacred Heart League, etc.). We saw a great awakening in the participation to weekday masses. The realization of the meanness of sin led necessarily [...] have recourse to the most pure Virgin, mediatrix of the graces of salvation? Divine love to die saintly Next, these apparitions produced the fruit of good life in the after life: in fact, certain people

the missionaries attached an image of Mary, Our Lady of Good Counsel, to a baobab tree. A few days later, they found the image thrown on the ground. Not giving in to discouragement, the missionaries reattached [...] 8, 1892, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, they celebrated Mass. And so, little by little, the place became a center of pilgrimage. Today, Catholics make up almost a quarter of the population. Their [...] attachment to Mary is manifest, especially during the month of the Rosary. In 1953, the diocese of Lomé organized a Family Rosary, with a statue of Mary going from house to house for short stays in families