saying that it was not enough. But this is not the case with the Immaculate Conception. Non-Catholics are under the impression that the Immaculate Conception indicates that Mary deserved this honor, and that [...] apparition of Our Lady at Guadalupe (Mexico) Mary in God's plan Some Christians believe that the Immaculate Conception is incompatible with the unique holiness of God and the redemptive power of Christ. [...] Christ" (Eph 1:3). He "chose her in him from before the foundation of the world to be holy and immaculate in his presence, in love" (Catechism of the Catholic Church § 492). Adapted from an article by

order to have a statue made for the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The nun then wrote down this prayer: "By thy Holy and Immaculate Conception O Mary, deliver us from evil." On November [...] my children. Must I weep in vain? I come to you, children of America, as a last resort. I am the Immaculate, patroness of your country. Be faithful to me as I have been your faithful Mother. I desire to [...] shrine, making every heart receptive to the love of my Son." July 22, 1957, a new message: "My Immaculate Heart is the channel through which the graces of the Sacred Heart are given to men." In May 1958

instant of her earthly existence Mary was the object of God's most amazing delights. She is immaculate, wholly immaculate! "Tota pulchra es Maria et macula originalis non est in te." The shadows of sin have never [...] Calvary of the saving Blood, but in an order of redemption so exceptional and so sublime that her immaculate soul remains the masterpiece of God, the edifice of grace, the great and mighty wonder of the love

There are five kinds of offenses and blasphemies uttered against the Immaculate Heart of Mary: 1) blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception, 2) blasphemies against her virginity, 3) blasphemies against [...] even hatred towards this Immaculate Mother, 5) the offenses of those who outrage her directly in her holy pictures. “This, my daughter, is the reason for which the Immaculate Heart of Mary inspired me [...] December 10, 1925. How? By an apparition of Our Lord and of the Most Blessed Virgin who showed me her Immaculate Heart surrounded by thorns and asking for reparation. Where? In Pontevedra (Passage Isabella II)

thanked the Pope for deciding to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: “Let us entrust to the Immaculate Heart of Mary all our sufferings and hopes for peace in our martyred country [...] Russia are being consecrated to Mary! Today, Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during the Celebration of Penance that he presided over at 5pm in St Peter's Basilica [...] 14 years and was granted Russian citizenship in 2011. “Celebrating an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means expressing that faith, hope, and charity are the normal, real conditions for

existence on this earth, Mary was the object of the most astonishing divine favors. She is immaculate, all immaculate! Tota pulchra es Maria and macula originalis non est in te. The shadows of sin have not [...] 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 and all-powerful marvel of

statue of the Virgin, when suddenly the Virgin Mary appeared to her. In her hands she held the Immaculate Heart, from which bright flames emerged. Several times, on the main feast days of the Blessed Virgin [...] September 8, 1840, the Blessed Virgin appeared again to Sister Justine. She held in her right hand the Immaculate Heart surmounted by flames, and, in the other, a piece of green cloth. On one side of the scapular [...] as transparent as crystal.” The heart, pierced with a sword, was surrounded by an inscription: "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death." Sister Justine understood that this

the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war [...] and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia [...] … the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and

reflection of the Heart of his Mother. The day after the feast of the Sacred Heart, we remember the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which shows the high degree of connection between the two devotions. In 1916, during [...] the Virgin at Fatima on June 13, 1917, Lucia received the mission to spread the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ensure the salvation of the world. At the time, the devotion to the Heart of [...] race, we all belong to Jesus. He is our Creator and Redeemer. Those who entrust themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, she brings to the Heart of Jesus, for she intercedes with Him for us. She is our

devotion to Mary, prompting us to use the canticles of Mary and to make a vow of submission to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Around the time that I was appointed bishop, he was on his hospital bed and said [...] said yes, but that I was very anxious. He asked me: "Haven’t you made a vow of submission to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?" I replied yes, and that I was faithful to this devotion. "In that case, do not [...] had thought that its patron saint was São José (Saint Joseph)…actually, the patron saint was the Immaculate Heart of Mary! I wished that Father Othon were still alive to tell him this fact! I have never