of mankind, is never lacking; at least in certain hours and in certain forms, it never fails men of good will. This is what we call "the spirit." Here, at this school, we understand the necessity of having [...] 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, study,
Blessed Virgin's divine and virginal motherhood. The expression "this is he who was born of Mary, the good ewe" has a very important devotional aspect. In the context of Exodus 12, Melito projected on the [...] Paschal Lamb, "without defects or blemish" (1Pt 1: 19; cf. Ex 12: 5). Mary is seen as the "beautiful and good and pure and unblemished ewe." The Protoevangelium of James and the Hail Mary The Protoevangelium
which we are committed to overcoming in view of full communion. In this ecumenical atmosphere, it is good to remember that in 1521 Martin Luther devoted a famous commentary to this "holy canticle of the Blessed
Word of God. Jesus said that we must judge a 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; Lk 6:43). There can be no greater fruit than Jesus [...] Therefore, it is only in looking at Christ Himself that we can have an idea of the grandeur and goodness of the Mother of God. Hugh of St. Victor, and Saint Alphonsus Liguori after him, express it thus:
sought us, but Mary has always been there. Oh! The beautiful worker! She is pure and unblemished. The good Lord could create a more beautiful world than the one that exists, but he could not have created a
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, there is a public Rosary on Saturdays. And there are just a few examples
In the convent, she was alternately a patient and a caregiver. When sick, she used to say: "I am good for nothing. My prayer is my only weapon. I can only pray and suffer.” Bernadette let God tenderly
want of anything, except of faith to believe that this is so. [...] [...] by faith I abound in all good things in Christ. Voilà donc que la foi est source d'amour et de joie dans le Seigneur et que, de
all their sufferings and their hopes, you who have a mother’s awareness of all the struggles between good and evil, between light and darkness, which afflict the modern world, accept the cry which we, moved [...] attempts to stifle in human hearts the very truth of God, deliver us. From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us, deliver us. Accept, Oh Mother
bridegroom and said to him, 'Everyone serves the good wine first, and then when the people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.' Jesus did this as the beginning