with respect and love. The same statue of the Madonna and Child is still venerated there today. Our Lady of Arcachon Shrine became the site of the future city of Arcachon. On January 16, 1624, Thomas [...] (France, 1947) The Madonna and Child of Arcachon washed up by the waves The year 2019 marked the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the statue of the Madonna and Child of Arcachon (Gironde, France), in 1519 [...] the shrine. Our Lady of Arcachon Shrine was built by the Franciscan Brother Thomas Illyricus. This good monk was born in Illyria (present-day Albania) on the Adriatic coast, hence his name of Illyricus.
Anthony of Padua (d.1231) The Virgin and the Allegory of the Bee Our Lady, Blessed Mary, gave birth to the Son of God without corruption, because the Holy Spirit came upon her, and the power of the Most [...] her womb for nine months could not lack charity. She was compact because of her poverty and cleaner than all others because of her virginity. [...] Most High overshadowed her (cf. Lk 1:35). She was the good bee (cf. Sir 11:3). She was small, because of her humility, and round, because she contemplated heavenly glory, which is without beginning or end
Anthony of Padua (d.1231) The Virgin and the Allegory of the Bee Our Lady, Blessed Mary, gave birth to the Son of God without corruption, because the Holy Spirit came upon her, and the power of the Most [...] her womb for nine months could not lack charity. She was compact because of her poverty and cleaner than all others because of her virginity. [...] Most High overshadowed her (cf. Lk 1:35). She was the good bee (cf. Sir 11:3). She was small, because of her humility, and round, because she contemplated heavenly glory, which is without beginning or end
promised the Virgin to remain faithful to her "as long as our streams will whisper...as long as our meadows will be green...as long as we will smell the scent of the flowers of our homeland". Attilio GALLI [...] 1109 miracles were recorded. The church was enlarged and dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows on July 13, 1731. The city changed its name to "Maria Bistrica". After a fire in 1880, the church was completely [...] July 13 - Mary Mother of God (Bistrica, Croatia) - 3rd apparition at Fatima: the vision of hell (Portugal, 1917) The shrine of Mary's prodigies A Virgin and Child was venerated in this place in Marija
Icon (Russia) A new form of Marian vocation for the Church On August 14, 2018, at the first Vespers of the Assumption, a new form of vocation for the Church was born in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon (southern [...] through prayer and the consecration to Our Lady, our Mother. Let us pray for Sister Mathilda’s vocation and for all future vocations that will join her! The Marie de Nazareth Team [...] Sister Mathilda of the United Hearts has a dual vocation of prayer and active apostolate. Her charisma is at once monastic (through contemplation: prayer, lectio divina , liturgy of the hours, adoration
I have no other remedy but to flee to Him, and to confide in the merits of His Son and of His Virgin Mother, whose habit, unworthy as I am, I wear as you do also. Praise Him, then, my daughters, for making [...] October 15 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church (d. 1582) Mary and the Order of Carmelites His Majesty (God) knows that I have nothing to rely upon but His mercy; as I cannot cancel the past, [...] truly daughters of Our Lady, so that you need not blush for my wickedness as you have such a good Mother. Imitate her; think how great she must be and what a blessing it is for you to have her for a patroness
credited his safety to Our Lady. As the story spread, devotion to the Mother of Divine Love grew and eventually a shrine was built in her honor. The image became important for the whole city of Rome at the height [...] height of WWII. Afraid that the war would reach the city, the Roman people begged the priests and the pope to take the image from its shrine to the Church of St Ignatius in the middle of Rome. When the [...] easy to read Pope Francis’ prayer and miss these references to Rome’s particular relationship with the Mother of God. On one hand, the pope is fulfilling his role as bishop of Rome by alluding to the two
Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple - Paul VI proclaims Mary “Mother of the Church” during Vatican II (1964) Loved by all the people of Israel! The episode of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary [...] was predestined to become the living temple of God. The scene is simple, according to this apocryphal Gospel—Anne and Joachim wanted to thank God for the birth their child. They chose to consecrate Mary [...] in an apocryphal book, the “Infancy Gospel of James.” Popular piety and Marian spirituality were influenced by it, because it stressed Our Lady’s openness to divine will. Both in the East and in the West
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord A Sudden Burst of Joy On January 6, 1412, Archbishop Debout wrote that the residents of Domrémy, France, went home after attending the services of the great feast of the [...] making for a century. "I came to the King of France from the Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan said to her judges. Her childhood home is a rustic shrine outside Domrémy: Our Lady of Bermont. [...] for it to take place, a burst of joy permeated people's hearts. Startled, the villagers wondered what was happening, opened their doors and stood on the threshold of their cottages, looking up to the sky
Catherine of Siena, virgin, Dominican tertiary, doctor of the Church, patroness of Europe New categories of healing at Lourdes since 2006 and things you may not know (1) Devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes has [...] million pilgrims come to the shrine in Lourdes, France, each year to pray and seek healing. This popular pilgrimage is one of the most visible examples of the devotion of many Catholics to Mary. In 1858, a [...] recovered soon after her pilgrimage to the grotto. Over the course of the 20th century, the number of new miracles confirmed in Lourdes has gradually slowed because of growth in scientific understanding
