times up until December 8, 1876. As a sign of spiritual warfare, the first apparition of the Virgin to Estelle was preceded, for a few short moments, by an apparition of the devil. She recounts: "The Virgin [...] you are my daughter" Pellevoisin is a small village in Central France. On February 15, 1876, around midnight, 33-year old maid, Estelle Faguette, saw the Virgin Mary at her home, then fourteen more times
The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references [...] light" (Mt 11: 28-30). "As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). When we consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all [...] past, present and future; at every moment of our lives so that whether we work or eat or sleep or pray, all that we are and have and do is offered to their Hearts as a holocaust of pure love.
The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references [...] light" (Mt 11: 28-30). "As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). When we consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all [...] past, present and future; at every moment of our lives so that whether we work or eat or sleep or pray, all that we are and have and do is offered to their Hearts as a holocaust of pure love.
the age of nine, I had a dream that remained deeply etched in my mind all my life. In this dream, it seemed to me that I was near our house in a very spacious courtyard where a crowd of children were playing [...] them. At that moment, there appeared an imposing man, nobly dressed. His face was so bright that I could not look at it. He called me by name and said to me: "It is not with blows but with sweetness and [...] knowledge?" - "I'll give you a teacher. Under her guidance, you can become learned." - "But who are you?" - "I am the Son of this Woman whom your mother taught you to pray three times a day. Ask my mother for
were gone: Marie Ferrand was healed." "I began to walk around like a crazy person, repeating to myself: I saw a miracle! The Blessed Virgin exists, God exists!" After an hour of struggling with himself, [...] in his plans. A doctor friend of his, unable to accompany a train of patients going to Lourdes, asked him to go instead, which Carrel accepted to do. The friend especially recommended a young dying patient [...] voice predicted an imminent death. All the same, she was transported on a stretcher, Dr. Carrel staying at her side. Suddenly, after a fervent supplication to the Blessed Virgin, the dying woman spoke: "I
life" (Jn 14:6) from the first moment of His conception, and not only during the three years of his missionary life. By remaining under the authority of Joseph and Mary in this way, our Lord invites us [...] eager to grow, like Jesus and with Him, "in wisdom, in stature and in grace, under the eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille [...] continuation of this hidden life whose splendors were to strike the minds and hearts of the faithful with such admiration in proportion to their delay in it being revealed," Cardinal Pie (Poitiers, France
apparition, Adele saw a woman dressed in dazzling white, with a yellow belt around her waist and a crown of stars on her head. After a few moments, the Virgin left without having said a word. The following [...] Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) I wish you to do the same Three times in October 1859, the Virgin Mary appeared to a 28-year-old Belgian immigrant, Adele Brise, in Champion, Wisconsin (USA). This is the only [...] Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, issued an official decree stating: “I declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele
jail (in Vanier, Quebec), I heard from a friend, a priest in Poland, that there was the possibility of a visit to Vanier by a priest who was on pilgrimage with a replica of an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa [...] least eight of them were post-abortive. Father West gave us a history of the icon and he also explained how the “Black Madonna” had become a symbol of hope for post-abortive women: throughout history, [...] remains intact, though evidently scarred. Father spoke of God’s boundless love for each person from the moment of conception and of the grave harm of abortion and of the need for God’s mercy and forgiveness if
something of Mary's smile and their lives were changed forever. Father Pierre Descouvemont In Marie au cœur de nos vies , (Mary in the Center of Our Lives) Paris, Cerf, 1999 Fr. Descouvemont (b. 1927) is a former [...] of Jesus. True Marian devotion does not only consist in saying a series of Hail Marys , but in getting into the habit of living under Mary’s benevolent gaze. Since her Assumption, her face has been transfigured [...] most radiant with her wonderful smile. "Mama, we do everything better when we know you're here!" These childish words illustrate in a way what happens when Christian life is illuminated by Mary’s maternal
wanted a special statue of the Virgin, and a Jesuit priest obtained a copy of Our Lady of Pontmain for them. Our Lady of Beshwet wears a gold crown and a blue star-spangled robe. She carries a crucifix [...] Pontmain is a small French village where the Virgin Mary appeared to some children with a message of prayer and repentance in 1871, when the Prussian army had invaded France. The event took place a few days [...] the armistice and the departure of the Prussian occupying troops. Beshwet is a small Lebanese village where the Virgin Mary appeared in 2004 and continues to bring signs and healings. The apparition took
