a cause for great joy and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of [...] for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that [...] (Amiens, France, 4th C.) founded by Saint Firmin Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XII) "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you" (Zech 2:10) The
(Ireland, 1879) Mary’s Silent Apparitions at Knock On Thursday, August 21, 1879, as evening arrived in the village of Cnoc Mhuire (County of Mayo, Ireland), forty-five year old Mary McLoughlin and twenty-nine [...] pilgrims. In 1976, a new church was built and consecrated by the Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, William Cardinal Conway (d. 1977). And in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Knock [...] “statues” were moving. They remarked that it was indeed an apparition of the Virgin and ran to alert their neighbors. What they and thirteen others saw in the still-bright day light was a beautiful woman, clothed
Mother of God for me. Over the years, on many occasions and in a variety of situations, I have called on her for help and assistance and through Mary have experienced the love of her Son, Jesus, Our Lord [...] Bringing Mary into our lives, into our homes, and into our faith was impressed on me by the Marists during my teenage years. How lucky I was, really, how blessed I was to learn about the maternal and personal [...] Marist Brothers taught me about Mary’s maternal love for her Son and for me. She is Mother of God and my Mother. United in prayer to Our Holy Mother, she will as Pope Francis wrote “help us overcome this time
explained the importance of Mary and the need for an "incarnate" faith, which reconciles "reason with the reasons of the heart". Here are some excerpts: “If the place occupied by Mary has been essential to the [...] social-political action. (...) If Mary no longer finds a place in many theologies and ecclesiologies, the reason is obvious: they have reduced faith to an abstraction. And an abstraction doesn’t need a Mother [...] Mother.” “With her destiny, which is at one and the same time that of Virgin and Mother, Mary continues to project a light upon that which the Creator intended for women in every age, ours included, or
sun and wrapped in a thousand perfumes. At the sight of so much beauty, her strength failed her and she fell to the ground. The beautiful woman helped her to her feet and said: "I am the Virgin Mary, the [...] events that took place in this northern Italian city, which was "shaken and decimated" by a very serious plague epidemic between 1426 and 1430. On March 7, 1426, Vincenza Parisi, aged 70, saw on the hill of [...] believe me. And where will we find, O glorious Mother, the money to accomplish this?" "Insist as you make this request," Our Lady answered, "otherwise they will never be delivered from the plague, and as long
Let us pray to Mary Queen of Nations, with Saint Louis Saint Louis had wished to die on a Saturday (a day dedicated to the Virgin Mary) and this grace was granted to him by Mary: it was on Saturday, August [...] time has the faith lost its vigor, where kings and soldiers have never hesitated to face perils and to give their blood for the preservation of the faith and of religious liberty." Letter from Pope Gregory [...] according to the diversity of languages and climates, has conferred on a great number of governments special missions for the accomplishment of his designs. And as in the past he preferred the tribe of
intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. 14)All who recite the Rosary are my sons and daughters, and brothers and sisters of my only Son Jesus Christ. 15)Devotion of [...] France) Mary's 15 Promises to Those Who Recite the Holy Rosary 1)Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive special graces. 2)I promise my special protection and the greatest [...] shall be a powerful weapon against evil; it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4)The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God;
a cause for great joy and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of [...] for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that [...] (Amiens, France, 4th C.) founded by Saint Firmin Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XII) "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you" (Zech 2:10) The
(Ireland, 1879) Mary’s Silent Apparitions at Knock On Thursday, August 21, 1879, as evening arrived in the village of Cnoc Mhuire (County of Mayo, Ireland), forty-five year old Mary McLoughlin and twenty-nine [...] pilgrims. In 1976, a new church was built and consecrated by the Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, William Cardinal Conway (d. 1977). And in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited Knock [...] "statues" were moving. They remarked that it was indeed an apparition of the Virgin and ran to alert their neighbors. What they and thirteen others saw in the still-bright day light was a beautiful woman, clothed
king would have the feast solemnly and universally celebrated every year on the Friday after the octave of the Blessed Sacrament, and that he would build a chapel and an altar in His honor. On this condition [...] of Mercy (Italy, 1850) - 2nd trip of St John Paul II to Poland in 1983 Mary is preparing a deluge of graces for France Mother Mary of Jesus (1797-1854), of the Congregation of the Canonesses of St Augustine [...] attributed to Louis XVI, came indeed from Him and that He ardently desired that it be carried out, in other words that the king would consecrate his family and his entire kingdom to Jesus’ Sacred Heart, as
