By Paul Suski – (Eph 6:12) “For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world
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Tag: Mother Mary
Part II: Churches of Nativity of Mother Mary in India
Jacqueline Kelly – The Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary is popularly referred to in Kerala as “Puthari Perunnal”. Puthari means new harvest and
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Part I: Churches in India Dedicated to Mother Mary
By Jacqueline Kelly – No woman has been painted, sculptured, drawn, written about like THIS WOMAN. To no woman have more monuments been built than
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Assumption of the Queen of Heaven
Jacqueline Kelly – On August 15, we celebrate in India, two significant and related events. They are the Assumption of our Blessed Mother Mary and
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Part II: Mary’s Bouquet of Mystical Flowers
By Jacqueline Kelly – The Feast of Mary Help of Christians is celebrated on May 24. Continuing from yesterday Mary’s Bouquet of Mystical Flowers, here
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Part I: Mary’s Bouquet of Mystical Flowers
By Jacqueline Kelly – Life, death and decay are parts of the cycle of nature, and this includes trees and flowers too. May is the
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
By Leon Bent – On Saturday, March 3, 2018, the Vatican announced Pope Francis’ decision that the Church celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in her
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Holy Saturday: Reflecting With Mary, Mother of Humanity and Our Mother
By Sr. Teresa Joseph, FMA – The words of His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias during the homily on Palm Sunday 5th April 2020: “Let us
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Part I: Mother of God and Sister in Faith: A Vatican II Interpretation of Mary
By Arockia Dhas Rayappan, Concordia University, Canada The prologue of the Gospel of Luke affirms that Saint Luke the Evangelist himself was dependent upon the
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The Gift of a Complete Christian
By Tom Thomas – “I stand before you today with a heavy heart, I did not want to deliver this homily,” our Parish Priest began,
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Pope Francis and his Obsession for the Blessed Virgin Mary
By Lavoisier Fernandes. Since his election in 2013 and till date, Pope Francis has made 44 apostolic trips abroad and has spent 191 days travelling
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On The Night of 8th September
Sr Molly Fernandes sfn – My visit to a religious article store, left me speechless when I saw a rare statue of Maria Bambina laid
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Mother Mary: August Queen of Heaven
Jacqueline Kelly – For hundreds of years, Catholics observed the two chief feasts of Mary, her Immaculate Conception [December 8] and her Assumption [August 15].
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At Fatima, Pope Francis Urges People to Look Towards Mother Mary
Verghese V Joseph – On Saturday morning, the Pope visited the Shrine of Fátima. It was almost 8:40 am when the helicopter that was transporting
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Saints Anne and Joachim: A Story of Great Faithfulness and Love
By Leon Bent – When we humans live in cooperation with God, miracles happen, even though the eyes of the world see nothing new under
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