I came back to my senses, I heard a voice whispering in my ear: " Fortunately, I protected you, my son! " At that same moment I heard a pilgrim, who happened to be a nurse, shout at me: " Please don't [...] fracture, neither in the hand nor in the back, nor in the head. As a recipient of such a grace, how could I not give thanks: it was the Virgin Mary who moved my hand and protected me from serious fractures in [...] the Vow (Siena, Italy) "Fortunately, I protected you, my son!" In 2011, on a beautiful summer day, three friends and I were on a pilgrimage in Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Everything was going well since
when they heard a thunderclap, saw a sudden light, immediately followed by a small cloud that hovered for a few moments above the holm oak, then rose into the sky and disappeared. Then a rainbow appeared [...] and locked the three children in a room, telling them that they could not come out until they had told the secret. His wife treated them kindly and let them play with her own children. Exhausting interrogation [...] Fatima affair in Portugal as quickly as possible. So, in the morning of August 13, 1917, around 9:00 a.m., several men arrived at the Marto residence to ask to see the children. Among them was the tinsmith
Michel was a remarkable woman of great talent and interior piety. Only the Pope, then a prisoner of Napoleon, could give a nun permission to leave her convent. One day while praying before a statue of the [...] DuBourg began a Mass for the same intention. At the very moment of Communion a courier rushed into the chapel announcing that Jackson and his men had won the battle, and the chapel rang out with the joyous [...] the oldest school for girls currently operating in what is now the United States. During a period of crisis after a large group of nuns left New Orleans for Cuba in 1803, Mother St Andre Madier, one of the
the Immaculate Conception. It is a holy day of obligation for Catholics, when attendance at Mass is required, so I made sure to go that evening. I lingered for a few moments afterwards; one corner of the [...] metaphor suddenly seemed new to me; I went home, wrote it down, and pondered its meaning. Mary gives us a picture of a human soul so completely united to God that she becomes translucent; she shows us not [...] tly decorated in a colorful scene depicting the miraculous appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the Mexican Indian peasant , Juan Diego, in 1531 - an encounter that precipitated a sweeping wave of
in a special way by a 15th century Dominican friar. According to the tradition, Alanus de Rupe received the following 15 promises to those who pray the Rosary devoutly, from the Blessed Virgin Mary herself [...] herself, through a private revelation. 1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those [...] those who shall recite the Rosary. 3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. The recitation of the Rosary will cause virtue and good
after taking a few more steps, they saw above a small holm oak, "a lady, all dressed in white, brighter than the sun, radiating a light clearer and more intense than a crystal glass filled with crystalline [...] Then they pushed the sheep a little higher on the hill and began to build, for fun, a small building with stones. Suddenly, a bright light, which the little shepherds, for lack of a more appropriate term, [...] shone in a halo of sunlight; she smiled sweetly, but with a smile slightly veiled by a shadow of sadness. The eyes were black. She held her hands joined at chest height. On the right hand hung a pretty rosary
What is the secret of holiness? Mary had a sense of peace and of harmony. … Mostly she possessed the art of having good relationships with people. She exercised this art with patience and gentleness. When [...] do the rest!" The secret of holiness, which is compatible with a balanced and happy life even though suffering may be present, is living with Mary in our hearts! Father Emmanuel Gobillard https://www.laneuvaine [...] middle of a conflict, call on Mary and ask her for advice. She will teach you self-control. Having self-control comes down to getting ourselves organized. It is using the gifts we have received—with all our
investigated a fifteen-mile radius for electronic devices and cut all power off to the area to create a blackout, yet Mary continued to appear. The apparitions continued unabated, with Mary appearing for a few [...] them with her hands. Mary had long white and blue robes, and a veil of bluish-white light. They could see her garments moving in the warm night breeze. She had a dazzling crown on her head with a halo [...] showing a brightly luminous being, the Blessed Virgin Mary, on top the Church. The apparitions would begin with a ball of light gradually materializing, and then, taking on the form of the Virgin Mary. One
prepare ourselves with Mary, who also prepared for this beautiful and great mission that transformed the history of mankind forever. As Saint John Paul II said: "Walk with Mary. Walk with Mary. Let the echo [...] mother—to teach us how we can live this time of Advent in a meaningful way? We should set out then on our journey with the Virgin Mary. Mary received the Word of God, she allowed the Word to grow, then gave it [...] is also a time of material preparation for the big Christmas celebration, but this should not over take our inner preparation. We have to find the right balance. Who better than a woman—and a mother—to
must face this struggle - Mary does not leave them alone: the Mother of Christ and of the Church is always with us. She walks with us always, she is with us. And in a way, Mary shares this dual condition [...] she is distant or detached from us; rather Mary accompanies us, struggles with us, sustains Christians in their fight against the forces of evil. Prayer with Mary, especially the rosary – but listen carefully: [...] sure you do [the people shout “Yes!”]… Really? Well, prayer with Mary, especially the Rosary, has this “suffering” dimension, that is of struggle, a sustaining prayer in the battle against the evil one and
