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
Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Talents, Our Lady of Protection, Our Lady of Deliverance, Our Lady of Consolation, and Our Lady of Sorrows... She is honored everywhere: Our Lady of the Field, Our Lady of the [...] well-known : Our Lady of Protection in the south of Lebanon, Our Lady of the Strong and Our Lady of the Fortress in the north of Lebanon, and appropriately named because Mary was the strength of this very brave [...] already existed: it's called the "Good Mother of God". He was referring to the hymn sung at the moment of the benediction by the image of Our Lady, a hymn that none of the mountain dwellers ignore. This
with all the bishops of the world, consecrated all individuals and peoples of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In remembrance of the ‘fiat’ pronounced by Mary at the time of the Annunciation, and [...] with the love of the Mother and Handmaid of the Lord, this human world of ours, which we entrust and consecrate to you, for we are full of concern for the earthly and eternal destiny of individuals and [...] on, from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against the life of man from its very beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us. From
member of the Jewish People, with whom we are related. Mary is the Daughter of Zion, she belongs to the children of Israel, she transmits her Jewishness to Jesus, and gives him His body. The point of divergence [...] described as “men of good will”. The Virgin Mary and philosophy Human reason allows to examine all of reality. Thus, there is no doubt that philosophy can help us enter into the depths of Mary’s mystery. [...] reasoned practice of the virtues, is naturally confronted with the figure of the Virgin Mary, a paragon of Christian wisdom, since wisdom and freedom coincide in her . A thematic study (of her face, body
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
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil Our Lady of Lourdes in France In Portugal, Our Lady of Fatima In Italy, Our Lady of Loreto In Ireland, Our Lady of Knock Our Lady of Walsingham [...] Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Boston: The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Boston: Our Lady of Fatima Boston: The Madonna, Queen of the Universe National Shrine Boston, Other Places of Marian Devotion [...] the break of the day... From village to village, breaking the silence of the dying night, the roosters sang to a new day. Glory of Jerusalem, joy of Israel, you are the glory and the joy of your Black
the abundance of all heavenly gifts poured from the treasury of his divinity that this mother, ever absolutely free of all stain of sin, all fair and perfect, would possess that fullness of holy innocence [...] lamentable wretchedness of the entire human race which would result from the sin of Adam, decreed, by a plan hidden from the centuries, to complete the first work of his goodness by a mystery yet more [...] sublime through the Incarnation of the Word. This he decreed in order that man who, contrary to the plan of Divine Mercy had been led into sin by the cunning malice of Satan, should not perish; and in
for Mary the hour of childbirth. 4. The hour of the transfixion (piercing) of the heart of the Virgin, the sword announced by Simeon. 5. The figure of the pietà: Mary receiving the body of her Christ descended [...] memorial" In the present Roman missal, the readings of September 15th continue the readings of Good Friday, since they are an invitation to revisit Good Friday in a Marian perspective. The Virgin gives birth [...] the participation of Mary in the suffering of the Redeemer was evoked early on, in patristic texts: Ephrem, Romanos the Melodist. In the West, the Benedictines of Cluny and Saint Anselm of Canterbury (born
end of the war. August 13, 1950: 100 th anniversary of the founding of the abbey, presided by Bishop Couderc, bishop of Viviers. February 13, 1972: Acceptance of two new foundations, the abbeys of St Mary [...] Appointment of an apostolic administrator in the person of Dom Jean Marie Couvreur, abbot of Saint Mary of the Desert. September 2002: Closing of the Notre-Dame des Dombes Abbey, a daughter foundation of Notr [...] Visit of Robert Louis Stevenson with Modestine. At the beginning of November of 1880 the community escaped the anticlerical expulsions thanks to a providential snowfall. June 24, 1882: Resignation of Dom
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