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Always say YES to God?
Gospel of today 29/04/2025
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus answered and said to him, ‘How can this happen?” Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? Amen, amen, I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
Mt.11,25-30/Jn.3, 7b-15“No matter what storm you face, you need to know that God loves you.
He has not abandoned you”
(F.G.)
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Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Belgium
“May this small FIAT rosary find its way into the families and give them to force to become Cenacles of apostles, united aside the holy Virgin Mary, to receive the Spirit of Pentecost.”
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Sr. Camilla, Community of Our Lady of Walsingham (UK)
“We discovered the FIAT-Rosary not long after the foundation of our Community – dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham. It spoke deeply to us because our charism is rooted in the ‘Fiat’ of Mary at the Annunciation. We say the FIAT-Rosary daily together as a community and hope to spread this devotion throughout England.”
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“Teach me, Lord, when I meet people, to be for them what you want me to be: a witness of your Love for all humanity.”
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Sister Marie-Colette, Ursuline, France
“I experienced the FIAT spirituality as a revival of the dynamic spirituality of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.”
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Fr. Frederic Testaert, Abbot of the Postel Abbey, Belgium
“Always saying YES to God, with and like Mary, in the all things. That is what is important in life. That is what I recall from the FIAT spirituality.”
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Kevin O’Connell, USA
“I received the FIAT rosary a few months before a drama in my family. How would I describe the FIAT spirituality? Without any doubt: opening oneself to the Holy Spirit.”
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Prof. Dr. Jan Van der Veken, Belgium
“The FIAT-rosary gives the oppurtunity to enter, inspired by the holy Spirit and united with Mary, into the mysteries of Jesus’ life.”
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“Supported by the FIAT spirituality, we form a strong community in Kinshasa. We dedicate ourselves to work with prison inmates, incurable sick and aids-victims.”
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“The daily prayer of the FIAT rosary has given oxygen to our relationship and helped to develop the realization of the gift from God that we are, one for the other.”
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Marie-Geneviève, Foyer de Charité, Togo
“Since their foundation in 1999, the young people of the Jeunes de Lumière have made a habit of praying this little rosary every month. They had the pleasure of making and distributing the FIAT rosary themselves.”
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