"City of the Holy Trinity and Seaport of Our Lady of Good Air" Rosario, the second biggest city in Argentina, derives its name from Our Lady of the Rosary Mercedes was named in honor of Our Lady of Mercy [...] the closing ceremony of the 1934 International Eucharistic Congress in Palermo, blessed Argentina and entrusted her to "Our Lady of Lujan, very special patroness of the Republic of Argentina." Marian devotion [...] like a mother. Many cities in Argentina bear the name of Mary. Here are a few of the most important ones : to begin with the largest, the city of Buenos Aires : founded in 1535, its official name is "Ciudad
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
Mediatrix of Grace - Guide of the consecrated - Model of Wives - Protectress of Families - Comforter of the Afflicted - Advocate of the Oppressed - Health of the Sick (OL of the Sick, Lourdes) - Refuge of Sinners [...] - Mother of the Church - Mother of All People - Virgin of the Poor - Handmaid of the Lord - Seat of Wisdom - Temple of the Holy Spirit - Morning Star - Gate of Heaven - Splendor of Creation - Mediatrix [...] prayer, of them, called the Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Immaculate one, conceived without sin - Mother of Mercy - Mother of the Eucharist - Mother of Hope -
relates to the value of the family who, as she teaches us, must be open to God, to the gift of life and to the needs of the poor." (John Paul II, Homily for the canonization of Zdislava of Lemberk, July 2, [...] answer by giving ourselves, by making of our lives a gift, by entering in the movement of God! This spirituality of self-giving in families is also a leitmotiv of John Paul II, as the following paragraphs [...] Discover all the greatness and the joy of this life that God gives you "The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being"(Gn
freed, too, from the slavery of sin, and they sing of the barren woman who gives birth to the Mother of God, the nourisher of our Life" [2] . Ikos "Both the prayers and the sighs of Joachim and Anna, moaning [...] himself a heaven full of life; for from a root without fruit for us men he makes his own Mother spring forth as a plant bearing Life. O God of wonders, the hope of the hopeless, Lord of powers, glory to you [...] marvellously of a mother who had been childless until then, she bore in the flesh the God of the universe, outside the laws of nature, without seed in her womb; she is the only door to the only Son of God who
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
perception of that hidden power which hovers over the course of things and over the events of human history; at times some indeed have come to the recognition of a Supreme Being, or even of a Father. This [...] community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.(1) One also is their final goal. God, His providence, His manifestations of goodness, His saving [...] even as in former times, deeply stir the hearts of men: What is man? What is the meaning, the aim of our life? What is moral good, what sin? Whence suffering and what purpose does it serve? Which is the road
concrete sign of this. Let us think of Mary's holy mother, Saint Anne, and with her let us also think of the importance of mothers and fathers, of grandmothers and grandfathers, and the importance of the family [...] for heralds to bring them the Gospel of peace, the good news of God who became man. But also in the so-called West, here among us in Germany, and in the vast lands of Russia it is true that a great harvest [...] the reality of communion, we learn the Eucharistic celebration from the inside. Here I would like to quote some fine words of Saint Edith Stein, Co-Patroness of Europe, who wrote in one of her letters:
illumination of grace. There is a "spirituality of Nazareth," at the school of the hidden life of Jesus in his parents’ house This grace, on account of the mystery of mercy that governs the destiny of mankind [...] never fails men of good will. This is what we call "the spirit." Here, at this school, we understand the necessity of having a spiritual discipline if we wish to follow the teaching of the Gospel and become [...] the silence of Nazareth, teach us the recollection, the interiority, and the disposition to listen to the good inspirations and the word of the true masters; teach us the need and value of preparation
“In the name of God, who are you and what do you wish of me?” On the way home, the lady appeared a third time and Adele asked the question she was given. The lady replied: "I am the Queen of Heaven, who [...] ” Adele devoted the rest of her life to teaching children. Some other women joined her and they formed a community of sisters according to the rule of the Third Order Franciscans, although Adele never took [...] by Lambert Brise, Adele’s father, at the site of the Marian apparitions. A larger wooden church was built in 1861 that bore the inscription “Our Lady of Good Help, pray for us.” The current chapel at the