pandemic, bring your prayers to Mary with Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal, recalled that Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three [...] three young shepherds who saw the Virgin Mary 1916 and 1917, were both taken by the terrible Spanish flu epidemic that killed between 20 and 50 million people. Francisco died on April 4, 1919, at the age [...] nowadays and in a profound way, experience the loneliness and isolation to which they are subjected." So far, the coronavirus pandemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths worldwide, and more than a

have been confirmed by many faithful and trustworthy Catholic Copts, known for their integrity. These people witnessed the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and gave me a complete description of them [...] blindness and aphasia; William Nashed Zaki, a renowned Shoubra doctor, cured of a 3-year hernia; and Mahmoud Shoukry Ibrahim, 45, cured of his paraplegia. 1) Read part I in A Moment with Mary of April 2 [...] April 4 – Saint Francisco Marto of Fatima In Zeitoun the Virgin Mary appeared to Christians and Muslims alike (II) Cardinal Stephanos I Sidarous, patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church (united with Rome)

shoulders with Christians singing Coptic hymns. The crowd climbed on the roofs and terraces and crowded the street. Women and children stayed up all night, showing incredible physical resistance. The day [...] accessible to all Egyptians— Muslims and Christians, Orthodox, Catholics or Protestants—believers and non-believers. Her apparitions seemed to bless the ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue. Many also [...] Patriarch; institution of the feast of the Zeitoun Apparitions In Zeitoun the Virgin Mary appeared to Christians and Muslims alike (I) In Zeitoun, a district of Cairo in Egypt, on the night of April 2,

back. Where both the freedom of God who has called and the freedom of those who have answered reside—Jesus’ Amen and Mary’s fiat . Both Jesus and Mary found a safe refuge in Joseph's modesty. Joseph not [...] privacy of his adopted son, Jesus, and respected his wife Mary's unique vocation in the mystery of her virginal conception and divine motherhood. Joseph's modesty enveloped and protected the Holy Family. This [...] Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1603) Jesus and Mary found a safe refuge in Joseph’s modesty Joseph is a model of modesty. His modesty was made of silence, natural reserve and meditation. He preserved the privacy

apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The story of Mary and Joseph inspires artists in New York City Centered around the relationship between the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, “The Miracle of Christmas” is a [...] Virgin Mary. “It’s a message about love and acceptance.” The message of love can be seen in the meticulous planning of the production’s moves, sights and sounds. “The harmonies are different and richer [...] The show was produced for the third year by the Preachers of Christ and Mary, a community of sisters who are originally from Colombia and who now serve the Diocese of Brooklyn. Their goal is to evangelize

with the Holy Trinity: first, the Mother of God, and after her, Saint Joseph. All sanctified creatures are sanctified as a result of the Incarnation. Mary and Joseph also received the effects of the Redemptive [...] March 13 – Our Lady of Rose (Italy, 1635) Mary and Joseph: a different kind of holiness There are two creatures whose holiness is of a completely separate order, that is to say, who have an incomparable

Mercy (Abyssinia) God wanted Mary pure and immaculate By her immaculate conception, the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin in anticipation of her divine motherhood and the future merits of her son [...] means that she is the first and the most perfectly redeemed of all creatures, and that the salvation won by her Son also applies to her. … The early redemption of the Virgin and her preservation from sin [...] mankind. She is completely deserving of our veneration, and it is sheer justice to acknowledge her immense perseverance and suffering love. Mary was not conceived without sin for her own benefit, but so

– Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Mary asked and Jesus did it on the spot Regarding Mary the Mediatrix of all grace, saint Thomas Aquinas makes this comment about [...] yet come’ (Jn 2: 4), Jesus Christ shows that he would have delayed this miracle, if any other than Mary had asked him, but, because the request came from his mother, he did it on the spot." Saint Thomas

concerning the big battle, involving the Church and Her many adversaries, the sufferings of the Pope and the final triumph through devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist and to Our Blessed Mother, under the title [...] January 31 - Saint John Bosco The Three White things: The Eucharist, Mary and the Pope Saint John Bosco, or Don Bosco (1815 - 1888), was an Italian priest who founded the Salesian order, whose mission [...] perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood.” For over 60 years Don

for 10 years in a gulag, he drew his strength from Jesus and Mary One of the newest cardinals of the Church says he drew strength from the Mass and the Blessed Virgin during the decade he spent in a Soviet [...] with great care, and for me it was a great source of strength in prison,” he said. Tamkevicius also turned to the Virgin Mary as a source of strength, from the moment he was sentenced and sent on a train [...] the Defense of Believers’ Rights. In 1983, Tamkevicius was arrested and held by the KGB. He was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor and exile. He served some of his sentence in Siberia. In a statement to