Saint Elias, we read: "Mary, Martha, Anastasia." At Kefr Giushed, in the ruins of the chapel, are the words "Mary, help us!" In Mektebeh, on a corner stone, it is written: "Mary, help Diomedes." In Hass [...] born of Mary." In Homs, a 5 th -century vase depicts Christ, some saints and the Virgin Mary surrounded by two archangels. In an underground place near Khâlid al Hakîm, is the inscription "Mary, protect [...] and mosaics evoking the Virgin Mary. Hauran (a region north of Damascus): its ruins and inscriptions date from 324. Chaqqa: inscriptions on a tower invoke the Virgin Mary. Erza: on a wall of the Church

with the statue of Mary, sang and prayed the Rosary, offering food and flowers to the soldiers. The power of the people was the power of Mary, and the victory was the victory of Mary” [4]. Filipinos tend [...] role. In 1975, the Episcopal Conference issued a pastoral letter on Mary. The bishops stated: "We rarely associate devotion to Mary with the social dimension of Christian living … but they point to a reversal [...] tend to show Mary’s presence in visible, concrete ways. For example: The Christmas Novena includes a religious procession that “accompanies” Mary and Joseph in their search for lodgings in Bethlehem. The

Sorrows The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary possesses 59 beads, or sometimes 52 beads and 7 medals representing the 7 sorrows of Mary to be meditated upon. The 7 sorrows are, in order: 1 [...] 13-15) 3. The loss of the Child Jesus (Lk 2: 41-52) 4. Mary meets Jesus carrying His Cross (Lk 23: 27) 5. The Crucifixion (Jn 19: 25-27) 6. Mary receives the body of Jesus from the Cross (Jn 19: 38-40) [...] Seven Sorrows: For each medal, reflect on the mystery and the sorrow inflicted on Mary, and say one Our Father and 7 Hail Mary's. End each set with the following invocation: V. Pray for us, O most sorrowful

to the end: if Mary is left out, God's Plan is not conformed to, no matter what one's prayers and works and strivings may be. If Mary is left out, God's Plan is not conformed to And if Mary is not there [...] Her Mary was there. It was by her prayer that the Holy Spirit descended on the Mystical Body and came to abide in it with all his "greatness, power, glory, victory and majesty." (1 Chron 29:11) Mary reproduces [...] may provoke the question: "Do those who ignore or insult Mary receive no graces?" They do, indeed, receive graces, for failure to acknowledge Mary may be excused on grounds of utter ignorance. But what a

Lord. Christian people have expressed their love for Mary by multiplying expressions of their devotion Today, the most common prayer is the Hail Mary, whose first part consists of words from the Gospel [...] In fact, Mary is particularly venerated in religious orders and congregations, in institutes or associations of consecrated life. Many institutes, primarily but not only female, include Mary's name in [...] mystical dimension, which shows how the Christian can experience Mary's intervention in the innermost depths of his being. This reference to Mary binds not only committed Christians but also simple believers

Nazareth of Galilee: where Mary received the Archangel of the Annunciation and where Jesus lived for the first thirty years of His life as a member of the Holy Family (i.e. Mary, Joseph, Jesus), - Aïn Karim [...] of the Dormition and the Assumption to Heaven of Mary took place... ... are the first sanctuaires of Marian mystery in the world. The Holy Virgin Mary historically lived the most decisive moments of the [...] of the International Marian Center, "Mary's House" located in the heart of the old town of Nazareth, near the Basilica of the Annunciation, to make the Virgin Mary known and loved throughout all the cultures

imitation of Mary. He believed that to belong to God like Mary, one had to become her slave, or better even, God's slave in Mary. For this reason he established the Congregation of the Slaves of Mary, to glorify [...] great servant of Mary, whom Lope de Vega compared to Saint Bernard de Clairvaux and Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo. It was his virtuous mother Constanza who planted in his soul the love of Mary. Because she and [...] book of saints this great servant of Mary and father of the poor. ________________________________________ www.vatican.va/content/vatican.html What does it mean to be Mary's slave?

Regulus (literally "little king"), rests on Mary's belly! Mary, Mother of the Son of David, Mother of Jesus king of kings, who is at the center of time and space, Mary Mother of God! By Françoise Breynaert [...] detail shows the loving and friendly heart of Mary who is deeply interested in the customs of those she visits. Next, the apparition reveals Christ, since Mary is pregnant with him and carries a small cross [...] Spanish heritages. In fact, national unity in Mexico was achieved quickly thereafter. Mary is the Mother of Unity. Mary’s eyes have depth and shine, with the reflective property of living eyes. Most astonishing

Despite the unique nature of the virginal marriage of Mary and Joseph, and the purely divine fertility in Mary's womb, the Holy Family had an exterior daily life just like other families. On a human level [...] Israeli traditions. The neighbors knew more or less the other members of Mary and Joseph's family. Everyone knew who were Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, and who were her cousins, amongst whom they knew [...] Elizabeth and Joachim lived in Aïn Karim; which was Mary's destination after learning from the angel that her middle-aged cousin was expecting a baby. Mary, much younger than her relative, stayed with her

centuries, Christians look to Mary as Queen. They want to place her above all creatures, exalting her role and importance in the life of every person and of the whole world. Mary is Queen not only because [...] divine grace in the world. In looking at the analogy between Christ’s Ascension and Mary’s Assumption, we can conclude that Mary, in dependence on Christ, is the Queen who possesses and exercises over the universe [...] look with trust to Mary Queen and this not only does not diminish but indeed exalts their filial abandonment to her, who is mother in the order of grace. The Assumption favors Mary’s full communion not