April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) Lourdes, one of the most visited Marian shrines by popes Saint John Paul II was the first Pope to visit Lourdes Shrine in France, in 1983. He came back for a second [...] 1958 and 1962, while the future John Paul I (August-September 1978) came on pilgrimage in 1975. Pope Saint Paul VI often spoke of Lourdes and its evangelical significance: "You have managed to preserve the
confession he made in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. His thirst for the truth grew stronger and stronger, and he became an avid reader of spiritual writers such as Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort. One day
this icon was painted by the evangelist Saint Luke himself. On March 17, 1764, it is reported that the icon, hung in the iconostasis (2), wept at the funeral of Saint Peter-Paul Aron, a bishop devoted to
you refuse to give it to me." Thus, we are reminded of the duty to sanctify Sunday. In 1998, Pope Saint John Paul II issued an Apostolic Letter reminding us of the meaning of Christian Sunday: "Those who [...] cannot fail to grasp the significance of this day of the week with the same deep emotion which led Saint Jerome to say: Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, it is the day of Christians, it is our day …
century by Saint John Eudes who organized the scriptural, theological and liturgical sources relating to the devotions and obtained the approbation of the Church, shortly before to the visions of Saint Marguerite
and trusted authors embraced it. In his Spiritual Exercises, for the mystery of the Resurrection, Saint Ignatius of Loyola recommends that we meditate on the fact that Jesus appeared to the Virgin Mary [...] Scripture does not mention it, it is implied, when it is written that Jesus appeared to many others. Saint Teresa of Avila had a private revelation: “Jesus told me that having resurrected; he went to see Our
soul alone would be counter to our human nature. Around the year 220, a great Father of the Church, Saint Irenaeus, stated that “the glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding [...] help us live our daily journey in the earnest hope of being able to reach her one day, with all the Saints and our loved ones, all in heaven. Pope Francis Angelus of August 15, 2018 Vatican.va
Nativity God gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her "The world being unworthy," said Saint Augustine, "to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary [...] Mary… It was Mary who nursed him, fed him, cared for him, reared him, and sacrificed him for us. Saint Louis de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin , Chapter 1, § 16-18
1930, by a decree of Pope Pius XI, Our Lady of Aparecida was proclaimed Queen and official Patron Saint of Brazil, a title publicly recognized by the Government of Brazil in the presence of more than a [...] the shrine welcomes over 8 million pilgrims each year. On October 12th, feast day of the Patron Saint, a considerable number of pilgrims flock to the sanctuary, and the Pilgrimage of Workers takes place
confession he made in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. His thirst for the truth grew stronger and stronger, and he became an avid reader of spiritual writers such as Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort. One day
