The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Felix of Cantalice Felix’s name means happy. You might not think he would have been happy. His family was poor and when he was 12, he had to become a hired farm laborer. For the next 16 years, he did this difficult work. When he was miraculously […]
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Francisco Marto Francisco was just an ordinary boy. Then he met Mary. Once he met Mary, his life changed. He now wanted to love Jesus with his whole heart and with his whole life. He was willing to give up his life for Jesus as a martyr
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Maria Ghattas Saint Maria Ghattas lived a life of union with Mary in the service of Jesus. She was born in Jerusalem in 1843 and named Soultaneh Maria which means Mary the Queen. When she was 19, she was sent to teach catechism in Bethlehem. Mary appeared
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin Marie-Catherine chose Mary as her traveling companion in this life and Mary helped her to travel safely to Jesus in Heaven. After she joined an Augustinian order, she decided to go to New France which is now part of Canada. In those days, ship
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Stanislaw Kazimierczyk St. Stanislaw Kazimierczyk was devoted to Mary. He wanted to follow her example of doing all the ordinary humble activities of life with great love and for the glory of God. Because of his devotion, his preaching touched hearts, penitents left his confessional with renewed
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Athanasius St. Athanasius loved Jesus. He loved Jesus as God and he loved Jesus as man. He knew that Jesus was God incarnate, God made man, God becoming one of us. Some people began to say that Jesus was not God but only a creature. Athanasius knew
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Joseph Which saint loved Mary the most? Well, I don’t know for sure but it seems likely that it was Joseph. Who was Joseph? We wouldn’t know anything about him if it wasn’t for his relationship with Mary. What if Joseph had decided to reject Mary? Joseph
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When Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, Bernadette asked her for her name. Instead of giving her name, she replied, “I am the Immaculate Conception”. This doesn’t sound very much like a name. In fact, Bernadette didn’t even know what the words meant; she had to ask the parish priest to explain them to
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A cold dark street. A shivering beggar. A soldier on horseback. What motivated that soldier to look at the beggar and then to give him half of his cloak? It was the only motivation that matters to Jesus: Love. Martin did many amazing things in his life. But the reason that this story is so
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St. Gregory of Nyssa and Peace Meditation Three What is peace? This is the third in a series of reflections on St. Gregory of Nyssa’s meditation about peace. When you think about peace, you might be thinking about people or things attacking you from the outside. If you are being attacked, you think you can’t
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