Catholic men and women of Mexico - but needless to say all people from both North and South America - have a profound devotion and love for Our Lady of Guadalupe. "Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear
who put their trust in Him. "...unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.... For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink" (Jn 6:53-55). If only the
Admirable, Queen and Victorious Lady, a painting of the Madonna and Child is always found. Members have a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin and find a home in God's merciful Love, which is a firm foundation
Sister Faustina (1993) Speak to Souls About this Great Mercy Sister Faustina Kowalska wrote about having over twenty apparitions of the Blessed Virgin, as well as over thirty visions of Christ, angels and
the 18th century. By stifling the worship of the Blessed Virgin in the heart of Protestants, they have destroyed the most delicate feelings of Christian piety."
everything in motion to distance us from God. In speaking of the devil to children, it’s not necessary to have recourse to images of horned and cloven creatures, nor to more or less fantasy descriptions. On the [...] difference in nature. Of course, we’re not going to tell children that, for the word “nature” doesn’t have any meaning to them. But they must understand that Satan is a being, dependent upon God. He cannot
SJ, a nineteenth century missionary to Lebanon, wrote, “Lebanon is the only country in the world to have deserved, by merit of its beauty and charm, this comparison to Mary, the most radiant of creatures [...] knees in the chapel, totally absorbed in meditation. Since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have taken spiritual guides to imitate in their journey with Jesus. St Paul instructed the Corinthians
reparation, and, in consideration of it, to show my mercy and forgive those unfortunate souls who have offended her. As for you, seek unceasingly, by your prayers and your sacrifices, to direct my mercy [...] practice of this devotion, united with the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is why I have so desired its propagation; and then, above all because such is the will of our good God and of our
eliminates the future. Mary, how many times have you come, urging prayer and repentance. Yet, caught up in our own needs and distracted by the things of this world, we have turned a deaf ear to your appeal. In
hesitate for a moment and hastened to gather the Apostles together again. These puzzling events could have caused the dispersion of the Apostles once again. But Mary was an example of contemplation. She saw
