She’s my go-to saint when I have any kind of long-suffering woes, especially if they’re related to my family. I can relate to her, and I know she can relate to me because she has been through so much herself. The same will be true for you.
The idea that I might fear impatience never dawned on me. I’m definitely not a pleasant person to be around when I’m impatient, but do I fear being that way?
Mary of the Visitation represents for me the person who doesn’t stop to consider, “What will it cost me to do such-and-such?” but rather the person who stops to consider, “What will it cost others if I don’t do such-and-such?”
Beyond doubt, Mary is the Mother of Christ. Christ and his Church are one – he is the Head and we are the Body. Therefore, if Mary is Christ’s Mother, she is also Mother of the Church. The Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church is Catholicism’s own Mother’s Day.
What most deeply touches my heart about the Annunciation is that Mary had only one question in response to Gabriel’s request. All she wanted to know was, “How?”
The Feast of Divine Mercy is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter in Catholic churches throughout the world and the amazing image of Divine Mercy will be venerated in most, if not all, of them. Here are six favorite quotes from St. Faustina’s Diary.
Whenever the Easter Season rolls around, it gets me wondering how I would have reacted if I’d been the one to discover the empty Tomb instead of Mary Magdalen.Â