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| Artist Diane Andraska artbydianeandraska@gmail.com |
Observe how fitting it was that even before her assumption the name of Mary shone forth wondrously throughout the world. Her fame spread everywhere even before she was raised above the heavens in her magnificence. Because of the honor due her Son, it was indeed fitting for the Virgin Mother to have first ruled upon earth and then be raised up to heaven in glory. It was fitting that her fame be spread in this world below, so that she might enter the heights of heaven in overwhelming blessedness. Just as she was borne from virtue to virtue by the Spirit of the Lord, she was transported from earthly renown to heavenly brightness....
In her abundant goodness she has channeled the spring of reason’s garden, the well of living and life-giving waters that pour forth in a rushing stream from divine Lebanon and flow down from Mount Zion
From a homily by Saint Amadeus of Lausanne
…Make Christ, the Son of God, the centre of your life. But let me also remind you that following Jesus in faith means walking at his side in the communion of the Church. We cannot follow Jesus on our own. Anyone who would be tempted to do so “on his own”, or to approach the life of faith with that kind of individualism so prevalent today, will risk never truly encountering Jesus, or will end up following a counterfeit Jesus.
Having faith means drawing support from the faith of your brothers and sisters, even as your own faith serves as a support for the faith of others. I ask you, dear friends, to love the Church which brought you to birth in the faith, which helped you to grow in the knowledge of Christ and which led you to discover the beauty of his love. Growing in friendship with Christ necessarily means recognizing the importance of joyful participation in the life of your parishes, communities and movements, as well as the celebration of Sunday Mass, frequent reception of the sacrament of Reconciliation, and the cultivation of personal prayer and meditation on God’s word.
Friendship with Jesus will also lead you to bear witness to the faith wherever you are, even when it meets with rejection or indifference. We cannot encounter Christ and not want to make him known to others. So do not keep Christ to yourselves! Share with others the joy of your faith. The world needs the witness of your faith, it surely needs God….
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Homily, 21 August 2011
Final Mass of World Youth Day
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| His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Liliane Stevenson, Secretary General; Karen M. Hurley, President General Fotografia Felici |
In November 2009, the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO) President General and Secretary General were able to greet Pope Benedict XVI and present to him an image of WUCWO’s new Patroness, Mary, Queen of Peace, as well as copies of the prayer and hymn which were composed. His Holiness seemed visibly touched by the image as he studied the various details and symbolism which were prayerfully incorporated by artist, Diane Andraska.
Diane and I met at the 2008 National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Convention held in Salt Lake City , Utah USA to faithfully undertake a special project for the Universal Church
Our faith brings us together, sometimes in unexpected ways, as sisters and brothers in Christ. Guided by Mary, our Mother and Queen, we are led to share with others the joy of our faith, of all that the Lord has done for us. May our words and actions always bear witness to Jesus, wherever we are in the world, even when our faithful witness meets with rejection or indifference.
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| L'Osservatore Romano |
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| Diane Andraska; His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem; Karen Hurley |
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