rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed [...] Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor [...] to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance, Penance, Penance!’ And we saw in an immense light that is God: something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they

Madonna lies the Child Jesus on a mat of straw, naked. Somewhat in the distance behind them is Saint Joseph, dressed in a red cape with a candle in his left hand. Source: Marie de Nazareth Website [...] painting is Mary’s face, in an attitude of adoration, hands clasped together. On her chest we notice a white triangular-shaped light, denoting the virginal birth of Jesus. Her head is covered with a dark blue [...] way back home he stopped at an inn and shared his disappointment with a friend. Then another man who had overheard their conversation took a painting out his bag representing Our Lady of Altagracia! The image

royal Son of David and Mary as the queen mother. The Wise Men, for example, traveled far to find the Child King with his mother. We find the mother of the Son of David portrayed in a similar way in the Book [...] generations would call Mary blessed. In our generation, we need to fulfill that prophesy. We need to call her blessed. We need to honor her again, because God did. Jesus himself, as a faithful Jew, kept the [...] Chapter 12. There she is shown to be crowned with 12 stars, for the 12 tribes of Israel. The New Testament writers, you see, were careful to show us Mary's important place in the kingdom, and how we should

at the funeral of Saint Peter-Paul Aron, a bishop devoted to the Virgin Mary and a staunch defender of unity with Rome. After this miracle, the cathedral became a Marian shrine attracting numerous pilgrims [...] guide: "She who shows the Way." (2) In Orthodox churches, a partition decorated with icons, which separates the nave from the sanctuary. The Marie de Nazareth team [...] Lady of Blaj (Romania) The miraculous icon of Our Lady of Blaj Blaj, located in central Romania, is a city of Roman origin and the historic capital of Transylvania, the principal religious and cultural

course, since he is with us "until the end of the world" (Mt 28:20). Fr. Bernard-Marie, o.f.s. Extract from Bulletin de L'Œuvre des Campagnes n. 205 - Jan.-Feb.-March 2003. (Excerpted with permission from [...] End Times. The reign of Christ the Lord will then come in the same way as his first advent: with and through Mary, in the company of the angelic legions as at Bethlehem. In those future times, the visible [...] Montfort calls the great saints of the end times, in other words, men and women totally permeated by a Marian spirit, obedient to the motions of the Holy Spirit and as strong as an army arrayed in battle

powerful corrective to this unhappy trend: Mary and the Rosary. I know, it sounds too simple, even a bit boring. The Rosary? Yes, the Rosary. I have yet to meet in my life a person who prayed the Rosary and left [...] theories on why the Rosary is such a powerful prayer. First, it prays with the Word of God. The key prayers of the Rosary are taken from Scripture; the Our Father and the Hail Mary are from the Gospels. The Rosary [...] daily, personal prayer as a life-long habit. Jesus urged us to pray always because our faith depends upon it. If we don’t pray, we will stop believing. I would like to offer a simple, yet profoundly powerful

the guise of a slave, with neither a striking appearance nor beauty. Not the Christ that Blok showed, the Christ in the snowstorm, but the gentle Gardener who said to Mary Magdalene, "Mary!" [Cf. Jn 20:16] [...] the height of the atheistic wave, asked Patriarch Tikhon to become a priest and was ordained on the day of Pentecost 1918, published a curious dialogue, "The Feast of the Gods", in the collection De profundis [...] Wanderer concludes, "A man close to me told me that in October 1917, while he was fervently praying to the image of the Mother of God, the following words resounded in his heart with absolute clarity: Russia

Virgin Mary, although she exceeds them ad infinitum by her excellence and her virtue. Why, I asked myself, have they told us nothing of her birth, her education, her habits, her daily life with her Son [...] Blessed Virgin, you will find contained in these few words: Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. This is her story - it’s a very long and interesting story. [...] Son, her life with the Apostles after the Resurrection of the Lord? … The Holy Spirit has not depicted her in the Holy Letters, to leave it up to you to make your own idea, so that you discover that absolutely

Virgin Mary, although she exceeds them ad infinitum by her excellence and her virtue. Why, I asked myself, have they told us nothing of her birth, her education, her habits, her daily life with her Son [...] Blessed Virgin, you will find contained in these few words: Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. This is her story - it's a very long and interesting story. [...] Son, her life with the Apostles after the Resurrection of the Lord? ... The Holy Spirit has not depicted her in the Holy Letters, to leave it up to you to make your own idea, so that you discover that absolutely

Jesus, who is God. That is a mystery, “ how can this be? ” she said, but after she questioned and pondered the message, said “ yes ;” 2) the Visitation when Mary traveled a distance to visit her cousin [...] Mother, Mary, that sometimes defy reason. These mysteries are divided into five each: the Joyful mysteries prayed on Monday and Saturday are: 1) the Annunciation by the angel announcing to Mary that she [...] the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles; 4) the Assumption of Jesus’ Mother, Mary, into heaven; 5) the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of heaven and earth, who intercedes for us. In 2002, five Luminous