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Mgr Leo Maasburg: "By accepting the Annunciation and by saying 'Amen' as we say at the reception of every Communion, Our Lady said yes to stand with the Lord under the Cross, not only under the Cross on Golgotha but under the Cross of his life. When we say yes at the reception of Communion we echo her voice and we say yes to our cross, to the crosses of day to day life which we have to carry, the cross of anxiety, the cross of unsuccess, the cross of pain, many crosses big and small. But we say yes because we know we contribute to the plan of God which is the redemption of the world, the plan of God which embraces in love the whole world. Our sufferings, our yes to our sufferings, not only redeem us but they contribute to the redemption of the world. This is the big annunciation: we are called, as Our Lady, to be collaborators in the redemptive work of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Praised be to Him for ever and ever. Amen." For much more, visit Totus2us.org - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by St John Paul II

Mgr Leo Maasburg: "The birthday is the coming into the world of something completely new. And in a very special way Our Lady’s coming into this world signalled something totally new and unexpected. Our Lady was a child as all other children. She had the privilege to be completely pure, she was completely innocent, she was completely without sin, even without original sin. But that meant that she was open to be able to be the gateway to something bigger, something unexpected." For much more, visit Totus2us.org - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by St John Paul II and Papa Benedict XVI. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.

Fr Greg Morgan: "One of my great heroes in the sainthood, Pope John Paul II, from a very young age had a marvellous impact on my spiritual life, on my love for the Church and on my passionate for the truth. He was such an astonishing human being and there are two attributes that I really want to bring to the fore. The first is very simple: his humanity. What an incredible human being, which I think is something we often neglect to examine, how important our humanity is. The second I say something about is his capacity to witness without fear." Visit Totus2us.com for much more - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.

Fr Tony Nye SJ: "The Holy Spirit could be called God's music, speaking in us, singing through us in loving praise. .. The work of the Holy Spirit is also quiet and still, hidden deep down, as Comforter, very intimate, within each one of us through the quiet working of grace, in the Sacraments and in our prayer. In John's Gospel, the giving of the Spirit is described as the Risen Christ 'breathing on the Apostles.' That is something very basic to life, very quiet and still. You have to be quiet and still to be aware of your breathing. The Holy Spirit is the breath of life, bringing us eternal life, making us temples of God's presence, as St Paul says." Visit Totus2us.com for much more - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.

Fr Tony Nye SJ: "The key note of the feast of Our Lord’s Ascension is hope, our hope of heaven. That was expressed in the opening prayer of this Mass: “For the ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation and where the head has gone before in glory the body is called to follow in hope.' His presence and company day by day on earth, so that we may be in his company in heaven. " Visit Totus2us.com for much more - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by St John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.

Fr Wilfred Pais OCD: "Christ's kingdom is an eternal and universal kingdom, a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love and peace. We must therefore be a people of truth, a people who protect life in all of its forms. We must be a people liberated from the seductive lures of this world and who live fully trusting in God's love and his gifts to us. We must be a people of justice, who love others without self-interest, and who work for peace. Let's be conscious that it is easy to say these lovely words but hard to truly live them! For we know that on our own it is impossible to live out these ideals. But with God, with Christ as our King, all things are possible. The Spirit of the Risen Lord is with us! With Him, we might one day reveal His kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven." For much more, visit Totus2us.com which is inspired by Blessed John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everythi

Fr Tony Nye SJ: "We are supported by love. That was the key I think to the beloved disciple’s faith in today’s Gospel. He looked into the empty tomb, when he had given way to Peter first. He saw and he believed. He believed because he loved and knew himself to be loved. May each one of us grow a bit more in our faith in the Risen Lord this Easter, in love and in being loved." For much more, visit Totus2us.com which is inspired by Blessed John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was JPII's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.

Fr Wolfgang Weiss SAC: "Men and women, priests, religious, lay people, they all came together and had one only goal: to spread faith and enkindle charity, as Pallotti wrote quite often. And how? Well, they were the ways of new evangelisation. What he wanted was that among Catholics their faith would come alive again. And then a second goal he had, to spread the faith among people who had never heard of Christ. And the third point, works of charity. And when we ask what was his charism, what was his great idea behind it? I would say that he clearly saw that sanctity and apostolate belong together. You cannot be an apostle without really striving for sanctity and you cannot become a saint when you close your eyes to the needs of the others. You have to be an apostle in order to be a saint, you have to be a saint in order to become an apostle. And you can evangelise only what you love. That was the great message Pallotti had for us. And when we ask him, what is the foundation of your conviction? Why do you thin

Padre José Manuel Torres Origel, en espagnol: "... " Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Francis Selman: "Although God’s justice requires that we set right our wrong doing by penance, we can help the souls in purgatory by our prayers, which appeal to the mercy of God. The greatest prayer, of course, is the Mass itself. This is also the most effective prayer for the dead, because the Mass is the sacrifice of Christ on the cross which takes away the sins of the world. Thus the faithful have Masses said for the dead. It is also a matter of charity to pray for the dead, whether for those who are dear to us in this world or for forgotten souls who have no-one to pray for them. Finally, I spoke above of those who ‘deserve’ heaven. Properly aware, none of us deserve heaven, as the saints were only too well aware. We only reach heaven by the mercy of God." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Francis Selman: "As faith does not yet see clearly the things that are believed, in one way it is an imperfect virtue. Its virtue does not, like natural science or mathematics, lie in the clarity of its understanding but in the firmness with which it adheres to the truth, indeed to the First Truth. Faith also depends on trust because Christ is the Truth in person (cf Jn 14, 6). But faith is not just trusting in a person it is adherence to the truth, a truth which though not clearly seen is higher than anything natural science can tell us about in this world. This truth is about God, who is the Trinity, the divinity of his Son, and the mediation of his grace through the Church." Credo by Ooberfuse. Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Ed Tomlinson: "Newman declared that he would not convert, that he couldn't convert, until someone walked barefoot from Rome to convert him. Elsewhere in Italy and because God has a sense of humour, another inspirational character, Bl Dominic Barberi, was praying for England with a truly missionary heart. He had received visions from Our Lady and told he must love this nation, which he came to do. And so, with barely a word of English, he approached the Vatican, asking permission to establish a Passionist order in this place. On a bleak October day, this rather shabby little monk arrived at Folkestone in what is probably comical attire. Having corresponded with Newman some years previously, he decided to make for Oxford and as he entered Newman's lodgings, soaked from the rain of a terrible storm and with his sandals removed, Newman realised with incredible awe that the Holy Spirit was at work. Here he was, Newman, and he was facing one who had come barefoot from Rome. Newman fell to his knees and there at

Fr William Pearsall SJ: "From the village girl of Nazareth to this wonderful Queen of Heaven, this is the story of the hidden glory of God and of the divine in all of his children, made real of course in this one perfect example held up to us. So this is a celebration not only of Mary, the one we love so dearly, but also of the whole of the Christian Church and, for that reason, very often the theology of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be linked directly to the theology of the Church, that is ecclesiology, our understanding of the Church, because what the Church says about Mary is what the Church proclaims about the work of redemption. This is beautifully summed up in the preface for the Mass for this feast: "Today the Virgin Mother of God was assumed into heaven as the beginning and image of your Church's coming to perfection and a sign of sure of hope and comfort to your pilgrim people." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also ev

Fr Emmanuel Mansford CFR: "Jesus knows the human heart and he knows our ancient and ever new temptation is to self-sufficiency, to seek to depend on myself, my own resources, a spirit contrary to that of the Gospel, of utter dependence on God. So when he sends out the Twelve, his closest friends, they are to take nothing with them for the journey, nothing, so that they can learn that their Father will provide. This truth is fundamental for anyone who wants to be a real disciple of Jesus. The beauty of material poverty is that through it we learn about our spiritual poverty, we come to know who we are and so experience the freedom of the children of God." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Michael Dunne: "Jesus because, as he says, his food and drink is to do the will of his Father in heaven, is not reluctant to adapt himself to the face of truth. Those less intent on doing God's will are also less intent on changing and especially changing themselves. And thus Jesus, the Truth, the Son of God and the son of Mary, a son as it were of Nazareth his home town, is not welcomed when he goes there to preach the Truth, preach the Good News of the Kingdom which calls for repentance and love, the turning away from apathy and self-love, to discipleship, the love of God and neighbour." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Francis Selman: "When we consider how much of the world has received civilization from Europe and how much European civilization owes to Christianity, which transformed its Greco-Roman inheritance then, after Jesus, perhaps no-one has influenced history more than Saint Paul, who took the new Christian faith around the greater part of the Mediterranean. ... St Paul's whole life and work can be summed up in a single phrase: the desire to know Christ and to make him known. As St Thomas Aquinas comments on the Letters of St Paul, 'It is not enough just to be illumined but also to bring light to others.'" Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Tony Nye SJ: "Last Friday was the Sacred Heart of Jesus: the Word of God loving us, guiding us, teaching us with a human heart, showing us humanity as it should be. Jesus is the supreme example of patience for us to follow. He said 'Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart.' His whole life on earth was to seek the will of his Father, whatever the cost, wherever it led. 'My food', he said, 'is to do the will of Him whom sent me and to acoomplish His work.' That meant much patient waiting on the will of God, his Father, as an example for our lives too. It was the silence and poverty of being born a baby, lying in the manger at Bethlehem, and then having to be taken as a refugee to Egypt to escape King Herod. There were 30 silent years, working as a carpenter in the out-of-the-way village of Nazareth, until the time that God his Father decreed he should appear in public. His way of teaching and gathering followers was not to dominate but invite, respecting human freedom with patience; respecting weaknes

Fr Javier Igea: "What is Communion? Communion is Jesus coming to you. Communion is Jesus entering into your heart. The heart is the inner part of the person, your heart is your intimacy, and communion is receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, but letting Him enter into communion with you: from heart to heart, the union of the heart of Jesus with your heart. We need Jesus. In the Old Testament, one of the words that is most repeated is 'heart'. Man has a heart and we could say that man is heart. We need the love of God in our hearts; our lives are empty without Him. Most of all, Communion is realising that God loves us so much that his love wants to fill our whole hearts." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Francis Selman: "The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are not only in one another but they are also in us: “In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” (Jn 14, 20). This is especially true of the Eucharist when, through communion, Christ is in us and we in Christ. If Christ is in us, and the Father is in him, the Father is in us. As the Father and the Son are never without their love, who is the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is also given to us with them as the Gift of their love. We remind ourselves of this mystery every time that we make the sign of the cross and say “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit”. The beginning of our life in Christ was at our baptism “in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”. To live with Christ is to live with the Trinity." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.

Fr Bryan Storey: "'I am the branches' says the Lord, and you and I are the vines. We have to dwell in Him in order to find this divine energy, in order to ourselves become committed Christians and to share the commitment with one another. It's an extraordinary thing, we can't really love one another at all unless we are in union with God, because only God is love; the more we are united with Him, the more we are a loving people that can share with each other. It's not just words or talk, St John says in his first epistle, but something real and active. The commandments follow from this love of God. It's amazing to think St Catherine of Siena said that if we realised that God is love within us, we'd never commit a single sin." Visit Totus2us.com for lots more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was the motto of Blessed John Paul II to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.