Each first Saturday of the month, the Missionaries of Divine Revelation offer a unique Art and Faith itinerary at St Mary Majors Basilica. The tour explains the precious religious, historical and artistic heritage of this Basilica which was the first one dedicated to Mary, Mother of God in the Western world. Through the Basilica’s unique […]
The Rosary is the favourite prayer of Popes and saints alike. It is therefore not surprising that we find a very powerful image that symbolises the power of the Rosary in Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, which is the Main Chapel of the Popes. Looking closely at the detail we can see two […]
St Albert the Great said that Mary’s name has four meanings: lluminator, star of the sea, bitter sea and lady (Comment on St Luke 1,27) Mary illuminates because she gave birth to the true light of the world. She is like the Star of the Sea because she orientates us during the dark nights of […]
“The celestial woman had black hair that protruded from a green mantle that flowed down her body from head to foot. Below the mantle she wore a white robe tied around the waist with a rose coloured sash ….”I am who I am in the Divine Trinity. I am the Virgin of Revelation.” With these […]
“I am who I am in the divine Trinity. I am the Virgin of Revelation. Loved by the Father because I am the daughter. Loved by the Son because I am His Mother. Loved by the Holy Spirit because I am the spouse.” Meditation There is an extraordinary relevance, or we could say, modernity of […]
“Sing in joy, read the Truth and psalms in sorrow, pray in gladness and affliction. Always pray because prayer is the oxygen of the spirit.” “I thank you, Yahweh, with all my heart, for you have listened to the cry I uttered. In the presence of angels I sing to you, I bow down before […]
“With this soil of sin I will convert the most obstinate sinners. Their conversion is dear to God.” “I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.” (Lk 15:7) Meditation The Virgin of […]
“Be Missionaries of the Word of Truth.” “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” (Mt 28:19-20) Meditation With this invite the Virgin urges us to imitate her […]
“The divine promise, the nine first Fridays to the Sacred Heart, that you did before entering into lies and becoming an enemy of God, has saved you.” “He remembers his covenant for ever, the promise he laid down for a thousand generations” (Ps 105:8) Meditation The Sacred Heart of Jesus burns with love for men. […]
“Call me Mother and tell them to call me Mother: I am the Mother of the pure clergy, Mother of the holy clergy, Mother of the faithful clergy, Mother of the united clergy, Mother of the living clergy.” “When Jesus saw his mother 11 and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his […]