brought them a black wooden statue, representing the Mother of Jesus. The following night, a fascinated Ismeria released the knights and escaped with them, wishing to convert to the Christian faith, a decision [...] Blessed Virgin, according to tradition. By a miracle, the knights found themselves far from Egypt, in Liesse, a city in the north of France where one of the knights was a lord. This was the starting point for [...] especially for requests of "liberation" or more concrete wishes such as the arrival of a child. These requests are explained by a long list of miracles that the Black Madonna has granted through the centuries

and took her to her Divine Son. May she rest in peace! Patricia, a reader of A Moment with Mary. Testimonial sent on Jan. 18, 2021 [...] for the passage of a truck and pedestrians, and it wasn’t the first time she had walked alongside it, but that day a sudden premonition made her turn back a few steps and go into a walled courtyard. When [...] Lady My aunt Marguerite was a very pious and truly charitable woman. I remember that when I visited her, she would often invite me to go to her church to pray the Rosary with a small group of friends, or

occasions I was sent to drop off an order or pick one up. Soon the objects became a pretext for a visit, and whenever I could, I made a quick stop to his hut where he would offer his stool to protect my sailor's [...] December 11 – Our Lady of Consolation (Italy) When Mary is depicted... in the crescent moon When I met him, Thiam was already an old man who had a sculpture shop at the artists' market in the village of [...] Dakar in Senegal. Even though he was a Muslim, he had nevertheless been the most solicited sculptor of the Benedictine abbey of Keur-Moussa, whenever the Abbot needed a new sculpture made. After some thirty

(Hungary, 1716) Mary and the Holy Spirit At the Annunciation, Mary who was already full of grace, became the residence of the Holy Spirit in a very special way: indeed, He covered her with His shadow so [...] of the body and the heart of the Son of God in Mary, in the same way the Spirit formed Christ in the new Church. Again, in the same way still He gave Mary the momentum to set off and visit her cousin Elizabeth [...] Elizabeth, He sent the apostles on their missions. Finally, in the same way that He inspired Mary’s heart to sing a song of thanksgiving (Lk 1: 46-56), He was the source of the apostles’ and disciples’ marvellous

to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Four Anglican bishops and an Anglican-ecumenical pilgrimage were in Fatima on May 13, 2017: their annual pilgrimage this year coincided with that of Pope Francis for the [...] and consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Fatima on May 15, 2001, by the Rev. Fr. Edwin Barnes, the former Anglican Bishop of Richborough (England), a Catholic priest since 2011. The objective [...] organization is to achieve the unity of all Christians under the patronage of Mary, Mother of God. Every year it organizes a 10-day pilgrimage to the shrine of Fatima. Translated from the French. Source:

Annunciation (1470) Mary does not give in to frustration or helplessness In political life, too, past conflicts between peoples can painfully come to the fore. Mary shows herself to be a woman open to forgiveness [...] frustration or helplessness. Mary trusts Jesus and receives his disciple, for the relationships that heal us and free us are those that open us to encounter and fraternity with others, in whom we find God [...] wrote to his parents: “I beg you from the bottom of my heart: do not let vengeance or exasperation find a way into your hearts. If we permitted that to happen, we would not be true Christians, but fanatics

(Hungary, 1716) Mary and the Holy Spirit At the Annunciation, Mary who was already full of grace, became the residence of the Holy Spirit in a very special way: indeed, He covered her with His shadow so [...] of the body and the heart of the Son of God in Mary, in the same way the Spirit formed Christ in the new Church. Again, in the same way still He gave Mary the momentum to set off and visit her cousin Elizabeth [...] Elizabeth, He sent the apostles on their missions. Finally, in the same way that He inspired Mary's heart to sing a song of thanksgiving (Lk 1: 46-56), He was the source of the apostles' and disciples' marvellous

should all adopt Mary’s faith Historians believe Mary was between 12 and 14 years old when Jesus was born. She was a teenager, which may be shocking in our modern culture to be a mother at such a young age. [...] focused on cultivating a bold faith. (...) From Mary’s example of faith, we can learn how to put our trust in action and know that God will reward us when we do. Mary may have been a teenager when she gave [...] However, in Mary’s culture, having a child at that age was common. Couples got married and had children sooner than they typically do now. So Mary and the people around her didn’t find it odd to get married

following solemn declaration: "It is certain that the Servant of God, Edel Mary Quinn, a secular virgin of the Legion of Mary, practiced to a heroic degree the theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity towards [...] At the age of 20 she joined the Legion of Mary in Dublin. A few years later, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In 1936, Edel was appointed Legion of Mary Envoy to Africa. She encountered great obstacles [...] of Bavaria (Munich, Germany, 1330) Edel Quinn's Limitless Trust in Mary's Maternal Care [On December 15, 1994, Pope John Paul II in a special assembly of the cardinals and other members of the Congregation

by the Senegalese Copyright Office. A retired teacher, he is described by Maxime Mendy, choirmaster at the parish of Martyrs of Uganda in Dakar, as "a great library, a reference, and an inexhaustible source [...] source of talent in composing songs to the Virgin Mary." A fervent devotee of the Virgin Mary, the guitarist points out that one day, after having sung in his native tongue at his own parish church of Saint [...] one of the first to introduce guitar and singing in church in Senegal in 1968, with a song dedicated to the Virgin Mary. He learned to sing "on the job" by "staying up until the early hours of the morning