first thinks of parting ways with Mary until the angel reveals to him the nature of his own mission. Saint John Paul II wrote this about Mary on August 15, 1988: "At the beginning of the New Covenant, which

themselves be taken in by her call to reconciliation. The first priests missioned to the small village of Saint-Étienne-le-Laus from 1665 onwards testified to the graces experienced in the confessional: "How many

asks is more than just or obedient, it’s one of the most powerful ways we can be transformed into saints. So, what does Mary ask? Like many good mothers, she is candid and direct: do whatever Jesus tells

turn away any of those who ask for her intercession, no matter how sinful they may be; for, as the Saints say, "it has never been said, since the world began, that anyone had recourse to the Blessed Virgin

Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners A year after the Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette in Lourdes (France, 1858), she appeared on three different days in the small town of Champion

hearts God’s gift of harmony. Amen." Pope Francis, at the Conclusion of the Pacem in Terris Holy Hour, Saint Peter’s Basilica, October 27, 2023 www.vatican.va

great sorrow. And it is wonderful to note that God called him back on November 5th, the Feast of Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, as if to underline the mystery of the Visitation of Mary which

powerful Very often, solutions to our problems are simpler and more available than we realize. In Saint Luke, Jesus teaches his disciples “about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary”

approval to the Mercedarian order in 1230. Peter Nolasco died on May 6, 1256. He was canonized a saint in 1628 by Pope Urban VIII. Aleteia

A mother cries when she sees her sons threatened by an evil, whether spiritual or physical." Pope Saint John Paul II - Excerpt from his homily for the dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of Tears, Syracuse