every day, and even faithful from other religions have shown strong faith in Jesus. Respect, devotion and reverence for Mary have increased. Many patients have already been healed.” The shrine belongs to the [...] The Christian presence was born with the first 250 Catholic families. The erection of the shrine took place in 1917, as a sign of gratitude to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, at the behest of [...] during sectarian violence in the Kandhamal district in 2008. Martha Nayak, a widow who survived the massacres, says: "The Virgin Mary intercedes for us in times of sickness, suffering, danger and hopeless
Virgin Mary, Health of the Sick - Saint Louis, King of France (d. 1270) Mary became the Godmother of my vocation My greatest experience with the Virgin Mary took place at home within my family, at a time [...] Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary [...] knowledge and love of the Mother of Jesus. Mary became the Godmother of my vocation. I can say that it was at the feet of Our Lady that I discovered God’s call to the priestly life. At many moments of my life,
letter 'M' surmounted by a cross, with a crossbar beneath it, and under the monogram of the name of Mary, the Holy Hearts of Jesus and of His Mother; the first surrounded by a crown of thorns and the second [...] conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee. Then a voice said to me: “Have a medal struck upon this model. All those who wear it, when it is blessed, will receive great graces especially if [...] Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be in a special manner under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.” At the same instant
Our Lady has been appearing to Gisella Cardia, a young woman from Trevignano Romano, Italy, who bears the stigmata, since 2016. Here, a statuette of Mary brought back from Medjugorje has wept tears of [...] lachrymation happened with an image of Jesus The Divine Mercy in the house of the visionary. The messages Gisella received from God the Father, Jesus and the Virgin Mary allude to: - a new disease would emerge [...] Maria de Bonilla, Pedro Regis and Sulema). - a crisis in the Church due to a campaign of desacralization attacking faith in the Real Presence in the Eucharist - a worldwide spiritual renewal Here are some
Josaphat: A defender of Church Unity Today the Church honors a great champion and promoter of Orthodox reunion with the Apostolic See in Rome. Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz (born around 1580) was a native of [...] Devotion to Mary, a common element that unites East and West, will certainly foster unity. Adapted and translated from: https://www.medaille-miraculeuse.fr/billet/st-josaphat-une-memoire-confiee-a-marie.html [...] Ukraine. A contemporary of Francis de Sales and Vincent de Paul, he looked more like an 11th-century Greek monk, and did penance in the manner of the ancient Thebaid ascetics (1). A priest, archimandrite
at the basilica, I was overcome with joy, despite the fatigue. Really, we were exultant! The priest prayed, and we sang some hymns in this Gothic gem of a church with a miraculous history – the story of [...] happy, tired, but filled with the love of Christ! For my first pilgrimage as a Catholic Christian, I was delighted. Everything I experienced was in the joy and love of Christ. M., a pilgrim Testimonial published [...] published by Eleutheros (2), July 2021 (1) See A Moment with Mary of October 11, 2021, about Princess Ismeria. Today, Mission Ismeria guides and forms Muslim converts. (2) The mission of Eleutheros is to
"Perpetual rosary". In the days following this vision, we discerned in prayer, with a priest, the meaning that it could have. Then we responded to the Lord's call, convinced of the power of the rosary, this [...] some demons trying to destroy the shrine with huge rocks, admitting their defeat and saying: "We can't, because the Virgin Mary won't let us." Then Catherine saw a second image: it was the Chapel of Perpetual [...] Perpetual Adoration in Chambéry that appeared. Inside was a huge rosary (...) laid out on the floor, before the Blessed Sacrament. And a part of this rosary went out through the door into the street where
(Treviso, Italy, 1510) The Rosary: A heavenly sword The Rosary was forged in an age of chivalry. It is a spiritual weapon, a heavenly sword, fashioned by the hands of a Divine Craftsman. All swords take [...] him: “Wonder not that until now you [St Dominic] have obtained so little fruit by your labors; you have spent them on a barren soil, not yet watered with the dew of divine grace. When God willed to renew [...] violent opposition from a group known as the Albigensians, a heretical sect named after the town of Albi in southern France where it originated. During the spread of this heresy, a Spaniard named Dominic
on (Italy, 1470) A short meditation on the Immaculate Conception It was the Holy Spirit who made the Immaculate Conception possible, and Mary in a sense took His name, a little like a woman takes the name [...] Patrick de Laubier* in “ La neuvaine ” *Patrick de Laubier (1935-2016) was a French academic and sociologist who became a priest in 2001. [...] Saint Irenaeus told us that through a Virgin who was obedient to the word of God, man was reanimated and came back to life (1). This reanimation is not limited to Mary's response to the Angel; it extends
take off his hat and pray a Hail Mary . He kept this habit when he was the village priest of Ars. Mary accompanied him on his slow and difficult journey to the priesthood. "I have so often drawn from this [...] to give the Blessed Virgin a special role in everyone’s journey towards Heaven, John gave her "full control" in his life. Since Mary had plenty of work left to accomplish with him, he relied on her help [...] help. In other words, John didn’t have a just a private, optional devotion to Mary. His Marian devotion was an essential component of his collaboration in the work of Salvation. He didn’t oppose feelings
