church in Pyonyang in 1988, dedicating it to "Our Lady of Perpetual Help." In South Korea, WWII fighting ended on August 15, 1945 (feast of the Assumption of Mary), along with the Japanese domination that [...] Companions - Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) Mary looks lovingly down from Heaven at her children in Korea "For 23 years the faithful have been meeting every Tuesday in Seoul Cathedral to pray to the Blessed [...] three times in this region: from 1801 to 1831, the Church of Korea, composed of 10,000 faithful, remained without priests and kept the faith through devotion to Mary; between 1839 and 1846, 6,000 Catholics
venerating the Mother of God in the Evangelical Church? Isn’t this indisputable proof of the role that Mary has to play for our salvation today?(...) “Today, in most countries, the existence of Christianity is [...] ess to ignore God’s voice as He tries to speak to the world, via Mary, and turn our backs on her only because He makes her voice heard in the Catholic Church.(...) “Moreover, it is interesting to note [...] February 12 - Our Lady of Argenteuil (Paris, 511) How Could an Unbeliever Persevere in His Disbelief? (II) “What is the inner meaning of these miraculous occurrences in God’s plan? It seems that through
January 17 - Our Lady of Pontmain (France, 1871) I Loved Him Deeply I will now show you more fully how, from the beginning, when I first learned and came to an understanding of the existence of God, I was [...] judge of all my actions, I came to love Him deeply, and I was constantly alert and watchful so as not to offend Him in word or deed. When I learned that He had given His law and commandments to His people [...] resolution in my soul to love nothing but Him, and the things of the world became altogether repugnant to me. Then, having learned that God himself would redeem the world and be born of a Virgin, I was so
June 10 - Italy: Our Lady of Saint Luke (Italy, 1857) Mary is the Universal Mother I have a Protestant friend who now begins her prayer by addressing the Blessed Virgin. She has come to understand that [...] me a rosary, I want to start praying it. Protestants don't pray the Rosary, so you need to show me how to do it". I wrote down the "instructions" for her, and I know it must be hard to start praying in a [...] entrusted him to the Blessed Virgin from the Rue du Bac (the Miraculous Medal apparition). Today we believe that his recovery was a miracle. This sign has filled us with gratitude, and we continue to love and
November 6 – Our Lady of Valfleury (Lyon, France) A comeback for Lourdes in the past two years The annual pilgrimage to Lourdes has seen a noticeable increase of participants. In just two years, their [...] comeback point to a strong return of the Catholic faith? There were at least 27,000 pilgrims this year on August 15th for the feast of the Assumption, counting all countries of residency, according to France Info [...] Pilgrimage to celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to Heaven. It should be mentioned that a recently approved miracle probably inspired many people to sign up: the miraculous healing of a nun, Sr
Originally tied to Al Quaeda, it now formally pledges allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria… Bishop Dashe has expressed further confidence in the intercession of Our Lady towards recovering [...] October 30 – Our Lady of Mondovi (Italy, 1540) The sword immediately turned into a Rosary Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme, head of the Diocese of Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno State, was in a chapel praying before [...] December when, he says, something extraordinary happened: Jesus appeared to him holding a sword that He offered to the prelate. According to Bishop Dashe, the moment he took the sword from Jesus' hands, it turned
venerating the Mother of God in the Evangelical Church? Isn't this indisputable proof of the role that Mary has to play for our salvation today?(...) "Today, in most countries, the existence of Christianity is [...] ess to ignore God's voice as He tries to speak to the world, via Mary, and turn our backs on her only because He makes her voice heard in the Catholic Church.(...) "Moreover, it is interesting to note [...] February 12 - Our Lady of Argenteuil (Paris, 511) How Could an Unbeliever Persevere in His Disbelief? (II) "What is the inner meaning of these miraculous occurrences in God's plan? It seems that through
October 24 - Our Lady of the Regla (Cuba) A Mother's Rosary (II) A few years later, God's will called this young priest to work as a chaplain in a hospital. One day, a poor sick patient was brought in [...] trying to say?" asked the priest. "Well, I will tell you, since you seem to really want to know. When I was little, my mother made me recite the Rosary with her, every day. Then I grew up and I had to go to [...] to the nearby town to learn a trade. There, bad comrades influenced me to do evil things and I began to feel contempt for God. I was in pretty bad shape, when my family called me back home because my mother
July 14 - Our Lady Help of Christians (Italy, 1723) Jesus and Mary protected me in my fall I would like to share about an unexplained fall that happened to me in the church of Azieu, parish of Genas, in [...] are kept and I offered myself to the Lord, thinking of the ordination of the priests, who lie face down in front of the altar. The firemen took me to the hospital where my shoulder was operated on. It [...] after a year of rehabilitation I could only raise my hand to the height of my shoulder. During an evening of Praise and Healing, I was suddenly filled with shivers and completely healed of all my pain in
February 5 – Our Lady of Chernigov "All we do in the rosary is honor Mary with Christ's glory" I began to pray a rosary. I was very scared to do this. I asked the Lord not to be offended as I tried. I [...] I proceeded to pray, and as I prayed I felt more in my heart what I came to know in my mind: I am a child of God. I don't just have God as my Father and Christ as my brother; I have His Mother for my own [...] difference?" I said, "Let me explain. When Christ accepted the call from His Father to become a man, He accepted the responsibility to obey the law, the moral law which is summarized in the Ten Commandments. There's
