MARIAN CHARACTER
WORLD FAMILY OF RADIO MARIA
Mary in our times
The Church is renewed through Our Lady The programming of each Radio Maria station helps to grow in faith and in prayer.
Bernhard Mitterrutzner WFRM Editorial Office Coordinator
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t is not difficult to understand that we are at a unique phase in the history of humanity. Signs are constantly appearing, which Jesus advised us to attend: “When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near” (Mt 24:32). One of these signs is Mary (see Rev 12:1), who has appeared in many places as Mother and Queen to call the Church and all of humanity to return to God. Guadalupe, Paris, Lourdes, Fatima, Amsterdam, Kibeho, Medjugorje and other shrines generate an overall concept through which Our Lady hopes to renew the Church and humanity, preparing us for the second coming of Christ “with power and great glory” (Mt 24:30).
St. Louis de Montfort already understood this, 300 years ago “If Jesus Christ, the head of mankind, is born of her, the predestinate, who are members of this head, must also as a necessary consequence be born of her. One and the same mother does not give birth to the head without the members nor to the members without the head.” He continues: “As she was the way by which Jesus first came to us, she will again be the way by which he will come to us the second time though not in the same manner.” (Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin) As a worldwide radio network dedicated to Our Lady, we have the privilege of putting ourselves in the service of Our Lady’s plan. This occurs above all through our programming, with which we help millions of people to grow in faith and prayer.
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