only a part of you, Mary, but I call them your sparkle. Clerk, the next one please. Sister Catherine Labouré, living at 140, Rue du Bac... A strong full-grown woman rather than a young girl, in a grey [...] glances over to the door and the window with the eyes of a hunted deer. This girl has hardly just arrived, but she already wants to go away. And she will escape as a matter of fact, forever, dying in 1915 [...] habit, a tight cloth bonnet on her head, pulled down over her forehead. During the night of the 18th of July, 1830, after a 4 or 5 year old child dressed in white called me to the chapel, I heard a noise

or couples praying for a child. These words are written on the belt: "Receive and wear this blessed belt with confidence as a sign of my maternal protection and as a pledge of a happy deliverance." You [...] is probably the oldest Marian shrine in France. A former pagan temple, it was transformed into a church in the early 5 th century, and re-dedicated to Mary, whose veneration increased after the Council of [...] district of Toulouse from a huge fire on August 18, 1672. Later, prayers to the Black Madonna were mostly offered for pregnant women, because of a local custom where people placed a garment from the statue

Libyan coast. As a Christian, he couldn’t pray openly while on the job, so he waited to say his Rosary secretly at night. He had a rosary from Lourdes with him that he had bought on a pilgrimage there [...] reduced by 55%. As he was unfit to be transported home, he was treated in a Libyan hospital with no burn unit, and stayed with them for 42 days. ... Incredibly, while everything he wore on him had melted [...] Torselli was assumed to be among the victims and his wife received the news of his death. Struck by a blow in the chest, he was eventually discovered, the only survivor of the explosion. He had burns over

have a chapel built at the site where they had woken up, in honor of Our Lady of Liesse. Since then miracles have been countless. Louis VII came as a pilgrim in 1146 and Our Lady of Liesse became a favorite [...] them. But while discussing the Gospel with the prisoners, believing she would defeat them, Ismenia was defeated. She asked the knights to carve the image of Mary for her. The knights prayed to the Blessed [...] her radiant image of piety. The next day, when Ismenia returned the dungeon was filled with dazzling light and a delicious perfume exuded from the statue. The princess believed immediately and took the

and His burial. Mary accompanied her Son through those difficult times, even when others He loved were abandoning him. She experienced so much pain, so much loss. And she carried on with faith and love [...] the Annunciation and the Nativity, Mary is not always seen as rejoicing, but more as contemplating, recognizing the sorrows that lay ahead even amidst the happiness. A mother who has experienced that journey [...] journey knows how to walk with each of us, even through times of desolation and sadness. I think of that on days when it seems this pandemic will always be with us, when there seems to be suffering happening

Christians to hang onto the Faith and pass it down to their children On a journey to Kyrgyzstan two years ago as part of my work with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ work to aid the Church [...] to their children. This reflection is leading to a request to you from me. If you do not already do so, I encourage you to start praying the Rosary on a daily basis. It only takes about 15 minutes, it is [...] the love of Christ to those who have no practical relationship with the Church. Enlisting the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this ongoing effort will ensure the graces we need to be

who open themselves to these gifts. October was the month of the Rosary, a beautiful prayer that we address to the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior Jesus Christ. Why not pick up our rosaries and meditate [...] strength from God to give themselves to, educate, care, journey with, and bless others. These people are our models. Their lives can inspire us with enthusiasm, love, and renewal. They show us the way to joy [...] our hope is that they haven't left us forever, but that their death was only the path to a blissful eternity with God. Therefore, the Church prays insistently that their sins be forgiven, that their faults

ancient Church of Saint Mary in Babylon El-Darag, the skeletal remains of a man in his fifties were discovered. Not far from that spot a thousand-year-old clay pot was unearthed with an inscription saying [...] the Virgin Mary. It is said to be the copy of a more ancient icon that has been lost. Taking into account the known date of the renovation of the Abu Sifein Church authorized by decree in A.D. 979, the [...] chose to declare the 3-day fast as a definitive rule, adding them to the 40 days of fasting before Christmas. Inside the so-called "Suspended Church" of the Virgin Mary in Old Cairo is an icon, hanging on

and - who knows? - a little help from above. "I've done stupid things, like everyone who has grown up in a rough neighborhood might do. I could have taken a wrong turn and become a delinquent. Some of [...] striker, shared with journalist Fabrice Lamperti the key to his success: his faith in God. For him, offering to the Lord his successes and failures, like his knee injury of February 12, is a way of living [...] living his faith: "I went to the Good Mother (the name given to the Virgin Mary in Marseilles) when I signed up with the OM (Olympique de Marseilles Club) to pray. I strongly believe in God." Since his beginnings

relationship with God! ... I felt I had to make a choice: whether to believe in Jesus or not. For three or four months questions kept racing through my mind. Then I started praying. I've done a lot of research [...] Blessed Virgin Mary had appeared at Laus " for the conversion of sinners. " I told my wife that we should go visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Laus, a village where the Virgin appeared to a girl called Benedicta [...] of three, and grandfather of three. I was baptized and confirmed. As a teenager, I stopped believing in God. On February 15, 2015, a video showing the execution of 21 Coptic Christians by Islamists appeared