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Safe in Mary’s Arms

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:00:06 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

Just as in the imitation of Mary, so in the matter of trust in her, our attitude cannot be exactly the same as that of Jesus. Our trust in the Blessed Virgin is most evident in our requests for supernatural graces. Obviously, it was Mary who solicited spiritual favors from Jesus-not Jesus from Mary. Nonetheless, it remains true that Jesus did entrust Himself to His Mother and so, here too, even if not completely reproducing Jesus’ attitude as such, we can at least draw inspiration from it. Jesus entrusted Himself to His Mother for His bodily needs. He who feeds the little birds and clothes the lilies of the field with splendor willed to need the same material help that every human infant does. He has no worries: His Mother will feed Him, clothe Him, and give Him shelter. That His life is in jeopardy? It matters not! Mary will carry Him far away into a strange country, while He sleeps peacefully in her arms.

Jesus entrusted Himself to Mary for the fulfillment of prophecies: He was to be born in Bethlehem, to be recalled from Egypt; Mary would see to it. He entrusted Himself to Mary for the accomplishment of His mission. Scarcely incarnated, He wants to sanctify His precursor, to show Himself to the Jews and the Magi, to Simeon and to Anna: He relies on Mary for all these events. He wills to associate His Mother in His redemptive mission in view of her cooperation in unceasing prayer and unspeakable sufferings: Mary understands perfectly and generously consents.

He entrusted Mary with the preservation of His work. Mary accepts the souls He redeems as her own children; she envelops with her special solicitude the apostles He exhorts to continue His apostolate; and after her glorious Assumption, she will never cease to help distribute His graces and protect the Church, the Spouse of Christ.

Was there ever a child who entrusted himself, with such good reason, to the care of his mother?Our imitation of Jesus’ trust in His Mother brings a particularly notable joy to Our Lord and to Mary: to Our Lord, because He rejoices at seeing us full of faith in the power and goodness of His Mother, and in His love for her. And He rejoices to be able, because of her, to spread more abundantly the graces He purchased at the price of His Blood. He so loves to give! From that attitude comes His insistence in pressing us to ask, to seek, to knock. Our trust in Mary allows Him to fully satisfy this need of His Heart. And He also knows that our trust in Mary, through the wonders she obtains for us, will increase our filial piety towards her all the more.

Our trust brings a great consolation to Mary, who is as happy as any mother to see that her children trust in her love; happy as Mother of Sorrows to be able to distribute those graces which she earned with her crucified Son, from whom she received the mission to distribute; happy, above all, to be able to help us in this way to better love Jesus and souls.

For our part, trusting in Mary brings us all the good things we could hope for: temporal favors, even miracles if necessary; above all, supernatural graces of all kinds; assured victory over any temptation; success in the struggle against our faults, in the acquisition of virtues, in apostolic undertakings, in the very conquest of sanctity! All these hopes are permitted to him who puts his trust in Mary and, consequently, all blessings are assured to him.

Motives for Trusting in Mary

To be authentic, trust presupposes the presence of three conditions: 1) that the person upon whom we wish to rely knows our needs and hears our pleas for help; 2) that he can actually help us; 3) that he wishes to help us. To what degree are these three conditions present in our relationship with Mary?

In considering her function as Mediatrix we have shown elsewhere how, even in her contemplation of God, the Blessed Virgin clearly sees all our needs and hears all our prayers. We just need now to consider her power and her will to come to our help.

Can Mary help us?

She can indeed help us: first of all, by the same right as the other saints who, through their intercession with God, obtain innumerable favors for their clients. Just think of the unceasing “showers of roses” which the young Saint of Lisieux causes to fall upon her devotees. But just as Mary is holier than all God’s other servants, the intercessory power of the Mother of God exceeds that of the saints in the same proportion. In this general sense, Mary can already do more by herself than all the other saints combined. Fr. Emile Neubert SM (Devotion to Mary)

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Video – Variety #161: Marian Parish Procession in Italy

apostolate — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:25:39 +0000

Variety #161 – Feast of Our Lady of Nazareth, Rome, Italy ( 14min) >>> Play

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Here’s a glimpse of the procession that was held on the outskirts of Rome for the feast of “Holy Mary of Nazareth” parish, one of the parishes that our Franciscan Friars have care of here in Italy. We’ve added to the footage a few reflections from the book Devotion to Mary, written by our founder, Father Stefano M. Manelli, to add some depth and reflection to this short, catholic-culture film. Included are also some piano pieces played by Sister Maria Settima Manelli, a hymn or two from our Friars, and also some faint but beautiful hymns taken from the monastery of our contemplative Franciscan Sisters here in Italy at Città di Castello.

Ave Maria!

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Aug 16 – Homily – Fr Matthias: To Be Like Jesus–Be a Child of Mary

apostolate — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:02:49 +0000

Homily #140816n ( 04min) Play – On this Saturday morning, Fr. Matthias tells us that, while it is not absolutely necessary to have a devotion to Mary in order to be saved, it is practically necessary, because in for the life of grace to fully bloom in our hearts, we need to imitate the God-man, the source of this life, and that means imitating His filial devotion to Mary. Let us strive for this, and ask for the grace to be better Children of Mary.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Stephen of Hungary – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Saturday in the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: eze 18:1-10, 13, 30-32
Resp: psa 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Gsp: mat 19:13-15

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Video – 24 – Advocate in Divine Revelation – Mariology for Everyone

apostolate — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:36:04 +0000

Mariology for Everyone #24 ( 20min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle on how Our Lady’s role as Advocate to the human race is in scripture. He covers how Mary is the fulfillment of the Queen Mother in the Old Testament. He also covers some of the Tradition and Magisterial teachings which supports this doctrine.

This series is a complete 43 part introductory course on Mary presented by Dr. Miravalle, a theology professor specializing in Mariology, who has been teaching at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for over 25 years. General topics are as follows:

– Mary as revealed in the Sacred Scriptures, taught and explained by the Church Fathers, the Saints, and the Church’s documents
– the proper ways to show childlike love and devotion to the Blessed Mother of Jesus;
– Church’s official teaching on Marian apparitions over the centuries.

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Pope Francis makes rosary pilgrimage for peace in Syria

Joshua Massatt — Sun, 13 May 2018 16:40:09 +0000

Ave Maria! On May 1st, Pope Francis led a rosary pilgrimage interceding for peace in Syria and around the world. He urged Catholics to pray the Rosary for peace throughout May.

Pope Francis made a rosary pilgrimage May 1 to invoke intercession from the Blessed Virgin Mary for peace in Syria.

The pope’s pilgrimage was to the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome, where he prayed the rosary along with Catholic visiting the shrine.

On Sunday the pope announced that he would be making the pilgrimage to “recite the rosary, praying especially for peace in Syria and throughout the world.”

He also invited Catholics to join him on the pilgrimage spiritually, and to pray the Rosary for peace throughout the month of May.

Pope Francis has been a vocal advocate for peace in the Middle East throughout his pontificate. During a Mass in St. Peter’s Square April 8 he condemned the chemical attack in Syria, saying that “nothing can justify” the use of chemical weapons on “defenseless people and populations.”

Source: Pope Francis makes rosary pilgrimage for peace in Syria

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The Spirituality of Stopping Lava Flows – Mary to the Moon – Ep2

apostolate — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:25:52 +0000

Friar Roderic gives his thoughts on how to stop volcanic lava flows using lava dams, thus using lava to stop lava, and then gives some related spiritual reflections on grace, materialism, polarization and how to cool that down, and then on St. Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary!!!

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Pray to Mary for Renewal – Oct 06 – Homily – Fr Ignatius

apostolate — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:12:57 +0000

Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Oct 06 on how we must pray to Mary for the renewal of our society. He puts this in the context of the Marian Day being held here today at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center and how this relates to our troubled times.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Saturday in the 26th Week in Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-16
Resp: psa 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130 0
Gsp: luk 10:17-24

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Author says popes trust Mary because she’s most feared by the devil

Fra Roderic — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:04:59 +0000

From Cruxnow.com

ROME – Father Marco Pozza, an Italian priest and author of a new book on the “Hail Mary” containing reflections from Pope Francis, has described papal devotion to Mary – not just Francis’s, but that of all popes – as a reflection of the belief that she’s the figure in Christian tradition most feared by the devil.In comments to Crux, Pozza said the Virgin Mary is “the most trusted insurance against the evil deeds of the devil.”

“From the moment good existed, evil also existed: to hide its presence is a bit like falling into its arms,” he said, adding that to fight evil, “our will is not enough. We need help that can oppose it.” This help, he said, comes from Mary, “the greatest help God has given man to overcome evil.”

Noting how popes generally tend to have a strong devotion to Mary, Pozza said that given the constant, back-of-the-mind awareness each pope has that their time on the Throne of Peter could be the moment in which evil is definitively overcome with the second coming of Christ, they turn to Mary for protection and guidance.

When it comes to the current pope, Pozza said he believes Francis has the same approach. Despite his longstanding devotion to Mary dating back to his time in Buenos Aires, Pozza said, as pope he’s intensified this bond, and “entrusts himself and his mission to the protection of Mary.”

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First Appearances of Love & Faith – Apr 27 – Homily – Fr Ignatius

apostolate — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 16:10:26 +0000

Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Apr 27 on how Our Lord first appears to those who loved Him most and had the most faith. As such he appears to Mary Magdalene before the apostles, but at least according to one tradition He appeared to Mary His Mother first. Father relates this to the need to have devotion to Mary and honor her as Christ did.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Saturday within the Octave of Easter – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: act 4:13-21
Resp: psa 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21 0
Gsp: mar 16:9-15

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Don’t be Like Judas – Apr 08 – Homily – Fr Ignatius

apostolate — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:59:14 +0000

Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Apr 08, 2020, Spy Wednesday, on how Judas, one of the twelve, traded in Jesus and his own eternal life for a mere thirty pieces of silver, and how we should strive to avoid such a fate by avoiding a critical spirit and fostering a devotion to Mary.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday Holy Week – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: isa 50:4-9
Resp: psa 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34 0
Gsp: mat 26:14-25

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