December 12th, the feast day at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located in a neighborhood of Mexico City, is celebrated with the arrival of millions of pilgrims who travel for days from their place of [...] The shrine receives nearly 500 pilgrimages in December alone, and about 2,000 yearly! With 14 million visitors a year, Our Lady of Guadalupe is the second most visited Catholic monument in the world, [...] traditional clothes, or traditional dress dating back to the time of the apparitions… representing the moment of the apparition of the Virgin to Saint Juan Diego. They carry signs, pictures, candles, and offerings

Joseph and, like a humble person, put him ahead of herself, saying “Your father and I” (ibid.). Although the most holy Virgin did not need to be tested by such [trials], since from the moment God was conceived [...] conceived she was filled with the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, nevertheless, the boy Jesus acted towards her thus, so that the life of both the Mother and the Son would serve as an aid and example [...] example for us. She showed us how much the soul progresses in such a sorrowful experience, because of the absence of the beloved and the soul’s anxious search for him.

Joseph and, like a humble person, put him ahead of herself, saying "Your father and I" (ibid.). Although the most holy Virgin did not need to be tested by such [trials], since from the moment God was conceived [...] conceived she was filled with the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, nevertheless, the boy Jesus acted towards her thus, so that the life of both the Mother and the Son would serve as an aid and example [...] example for us. She showed us how much the soul progresses in such a sorrowful experience, because of the absence of the beloved and the soul's anxious search for him.

also in its result: Mary conceives a Son without the intervention of a man. Whereas the normal course of things requires the physical union between a man and a woman, God wanted a virgin to give birth [...] depend on the answer of a young girl, the Virgin Mary: "Fiat mihi ... Let it be done to me according to your word," Mary replies to the Angel. Having opened the way of her heart, Mary also opened the way of [...] the Annunciation The Annunciation is a mysterious and decisive event—shrouded in mystery, because its only witness was Mary. Everything we know about it comes from Mary, who told the story to Saint Luke,

the death of a child, so that they can bring their petitions to Mary, Our Lady of Life. For Brother Hubert-Marie de Bazelaire, rector of the shrine, there was an urgent need to dedicate a new shrine to [...] n in the Temple: Mary offering her newborn Son to God, therefore sharing the joys and difficulties common to all mothers; the other one, carved in oak, represents two hands holding a child (in alabaster) [...] turns into prayer when placed in Mary's hands, the agony of the innocents who were never born, and the suffering of the women who wanted to keep their child. The image of Mary as consoler and protectress of

"I do not think so." The Virgin spoke with great humility, and deposed in my soul a new feeling of an unknown sweetness ... The Virgin Mary added: "After the visit and the blessing of the Son, it is fitting [...] learned that, to set a soul afire, there is no firelighter like the presence of Christ. Saint Angela of Foligno Book of Visions and Instructions , Chapter 39: Mary rosaire-de-marie.fr [...] heard what I had never heard; I heard that it was a new joy. Indeed, the joy that resulted from the words I heard was such, that if someone asked me, "Can a creature express it in words?" I would answer,

breaking of the Bread. This is why I decided to become a priest too. In 5 th grade, I confided to a nun in Europe, Sister Marie Pierre, my intention to become a priest. She told me: "Entrust your vocation to the [...] Mass, I spoke with the Mary about my vocation to the priesthood and asked her to protect this vocation so that nothing would divert it. I have experienced many trials in my journey as a priest, and I still [...] me. In particular, I had serious problems when I served as a pastor in Matoum, a parish that had a large political prison at the time. I visited that prison regularly and witnessed the suffering of the prisoners

perspective it is very natural, almost inevitable to associate Mary in a special way with the Sabbath. In Jewish tradition the Sabbath is seen as a bride, and is referred to as the "Sabbath Queen." And it is [...] Shabbat queen) : As a Jew I was struck and deeply moved when I read that Mary's words at La Salette were: "Six days I have given you to labor, the seventh I have kept for myself." For from a Jewish perspective [...] to be the forecourt of the Messianic Kingdom, a sort of taste of what is to come. The author offers as an explanation a free translation of "Lekha Dodi," a traditional Jewish song for the Shabbat dinner:

quite a challenge when it starts snowing! But what a joy to end a long day of work with this prayer, entrusting all the people and difficult situations we have encountered during the day to Mary's intercession [...] transportation to pray a decade. Finally, I realized that this prayer is suitable for all ages. It is wonderful to pray the Rosary with children and teenagers. I am convinced that a family and a couple who pray [...] pray the Rosary every day, at least a decade, are in good hands. The same goes for me, a priest and a bishop. It took me a long time to say the Rosary every day. Today, I am happy to say that I pray it every

Virgin of Aparecida stands over a crescent moon with her hands lifted to her breast in prayer. She gazes upward with a beatific smile on her face. She appeared in 1717 in a small Brazilian town. Some fishermen [...] of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the belief that God interrupted the flow of human history by a special act and preserved Mary from the stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception. This [...] hauled up the image in their net and, after a night of empty netted fishing, pulled in a great catch. After the image remained in the fisherman’s family for 15 years, a series of miracles began to be attributed