the local priest, Adele gathered companions to share in the work. They formed a group of lay Third Order Franciscans. Though they took no formal vows, they wore the Franciscan habit. In the 1860s, they started [...] States on the site of approved apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sources: Our Lady of Good Help Order of Malta
receive the pardons that are promised. I love the souls who practise the first 5 Saturdays fervently in order to repair the heart of the Mother of Heaven, rather than those who make 15 Saturdays with indifference
is the glorious Mother of God the Son who chose to humble and conceal her during her lifetime in order to foster her humility. He called her "Woman" as if she were a stranger, although in his heart he
"language of humanity" that the Talmuds translated directly in a Hebrew text, "God's language", in order to understand it better, takes a precise term from the prophecy of Isaiah, which designates "an engaged
tradition historically linked to the dedication of a basilica in honor of Mary. The building was ordered by Elias, bishop of Jerusalem, and finished at the expense of Emperor Justinian (527-565). It is
servant and disciple of the Word up until conceiving in her heart and in her flesh the Word made man in order to give him to humanity; who has been called to educate the unique and eternal Priest, docile and
Millions of pilgrims came to the village before and after the war, and continue to flock there today, in order to pray, to be reconciled with God through sacramental confession, and to hear what the Blessed Mother
“weapons” sustained him for 84 days of captivity during which time he was constantly threatened by orders to “convert to Islam or be decapitated.” Unlike too many IS prisoners in the past, Fr. Mourad and
she remains a child of Calvary and of the Redeeming Blood, but in such an exceptional and sublime order of redemption that her immaculate soul remains the masterpiece of God, the edifice of grace, the great
my vocation, I always prayed to her, asking her to help me find the light of the Holy Spirit, in order to choose what would be best for the glory of God and the good of souls. And several times, when I
