factory, in a tower that is the only remnant of the thirteenth-century Franciscan Friary known a Saint Savior’s, is enshrined a small oaken figure of the Blessed Virgin that is known locally as Our Lady
say that Jesus wept, and this must be sufficient for us to guess as to what His Mother is doing. Saint Bernardino of Sienna says that the grief of the Blessed Virgin was so great that if it were divided
achievements, but to strengthen themselves spiritually and ask God, through the intercession of His saints, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary, for things that seems impossible without His help. What is
and amid the jubilation of the whole Church, she will be hailed as immaculate in her conception. Saint John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Discourses to Mixed Congregations, Discourse 17, 1850 The Glories of
name were completed and opened to pilgrims in 1630." He adds: "The Virgin Mary is a very important saint for Montenegrin Catholics and Orthodox. She protects sailors, fishermen and navigators." Today, the
young deaf-mute boy Filippo Viotti (Italy, 1532) Only two things can save us at such a grave hour Saint John Bosco was a holy Italian priest, and the recipient of many supernatural visions from God. In
(Brescia, Italy, 1526) What it means to devote oneself to Mary On the topic of the consecration to Mary, Saint Louis de Montfort, in his Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, recommends "beginning
always been a hassle for me. I’d always had misgivings about it, not understanding that praying to the saints and the Virgin Mary doesn't offend God, quite the contrary: there's no jealousy in Heaven; everyone
following an apparition of the Virgin Mary to a farmer named Raymond. The first chapel was visited by Saint Dominic, the famous founder of the Order of Friars Preachers, in 1213. During the 16th century, the
only simple clothes for myself and a little to live by. From the Revelations of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bridget of Sweden’s visions of the Virgin Mary, in "Celestial Revelations" Vol. I, ch. 10
