speaking of "pre-purification" the fathers of the church meant "increase of grace".- Lk 8:21: If Jesus knew that those who were worthy of the name of mother kept the law perfectly... his own mother possessed

celebrated around the world. The more she offered her suffering and that of Jesus on the cross, the more her love grew. She implored Jesus: "I would rather be crucified with you than to taste without you all [...] Self-seeking 4. Discouragement "O my Mother, take my heart and bury it deep inside the heart of my Jesus." After nine years of active religious life, Sister Marie-Bernard had one task left to fulfill—bearing

so involved in human history that He enters it personally, assuming human nature, becoming man in Jesus himself. Far from being a mad or scandalous claim, the coming of God in the flesh corresponds to the [...] than that of the Jews, for it comprises two Testaments, the Old and the New. Indeed, for Christians, Jesus, about whom we know from the New Testament, is truly the Messiah announced in the Old Testament, the [...] the only Begotten Son of God. The Jews, however, are still waiting for the Messiah; for them, Jesus Christ is simply a rabbi. The Old Testament (from the Latin 'testamentum', 'covenant') is therefore for

triune God has found His home. Her heart and that of her divine Son are one. Mary always leads us to Jesus and vice versa Christ wants His mother to be loved. Mary, Our Mother His saints therefore deeply cherish

Mt 2:1-12: They Saw the Child with Mary His Mother "N ow after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been

from 1945 to 1959 during the apparitions. Ida Perdemann, the seer, also received this prayer: Lord Jesus Christ , Son of the Father, send now your Spirit over the earth. Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts

True God for whom we exist, the Creator of all things, Lord of Heaven and Earth. ” - To believe in Jesus the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary: On December 12, 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe said to Juan [...] Nations." Ida Perdemann, the visionary, also received a prayer (to be prayed before the cross): " Lord Jesus Christ , Son of the Father, send now your Spirit over the Earth. Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts [...] judgment, heaven and hell. On May 13, 1917, Mary said: "At the end of the Rosary , recite: ‘O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell , lead all souls to Heaven , especially those

Nazareth is the school where we begin to understand the life of Jesus; the school of the Gospel. Here we learn to look, to listen, to meditate, and to penetrate the deep and mysterious meaning of this [...] sojourn among us: the places, times, customs, language, religious practices, in a word, all that Jesus used to reveal himself to the world. Here everything speaks, everything has meaning. Everything has [...] 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

daughter, why do you persecute me?" And as she answers: "Who are you, Lord?" The Voice will reply, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. You find it hard to accept the spurs but in your obstinacy you are ruining

of the old covenant, was also made to enter the beginning of the new and everlasting covenant in Jesus Christ."(3) Thanks to the "yes" of a woman (Mary) and the "yes" of a man (Joseph) God accomplished