pilgrims since Mary appeared in 1858 to shepherdess Bernadette Soubirous. The Jubilee celebration started on the feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8, 2007) and will end this year on Mary's feast once [...] Pope Benedict XVI has authorized a plenary indulgence to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's apparitions in Lourdes. Those visiting the site during the Jubilee year will be able to receive

freedom. But you will say to your mother: ‘it was not Menelick who liberated me, but Our Lady Mary.’ You see, Mary is really my mother, and when my mother has said so, I cannot say no anymore. Go, and may [...] Mother as the tithe of the universe. In a special sense every Abyssinian feels that he is a child of Mary. On account of this tradition, after the defeat of Adoua (city of northern Ethiopia) inflicted on

Following the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Zeitoun, Cairo (Egypt) in 1968, the Orthodox Coptic Church added the feast of the Transfiguration of the Virgin Mary in Zeitoun, celebrated every year on April [...] Egyptians: Muslims and Christians, Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant, believers and non-believers alike. Marie de Nazareth

for the Laity, celebrated the inauguration of his ministry as Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major, on Thursday, February 2, 2017, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in Rome, in his [...] afflict us, of terrorism that takes so many innocent victims, Jesus Christ ‘Light of the world’ and Mary ‘mother of light’ are the two reference points for understanding who we truly are as human beings [...] his ministry in the "oldest Marian shrine in the West," the new archpriest emphasized the "role of Mary in the history of salvation." The Virgin known as Salus populi Romani is ready "to console us in all

many shrines as France. "No other country has been so often visited by Mary," says Le Tourneau. "The shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary, scattered all over the world, are like millennia-old milestones built [...] canon law and author of a Guide of Marian Shrines, there are 2900 shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary in France. "There are some in every department of the country. Very few have less than ten," he said

Catholics recite the Hail Mary every day, sometimes in a hurry, without thinking about the words. And yet, this prayer is a gold mine! Saint Bernard and many other saints insisted that Mary never refuses to hear [...] to preach violently against the Catholic Church. One day, he came across an explanation of the Hail Mary that he really liked, and he started reciting it every day. Then all his anti-Catholic animosity

Churches have always celebrated the original purity of Mary in a feast of the "Conception of the Holy Mother of God," or, more exactly, the feast of Mary's conception in the womb of Saint Anne. The Latin Church [...] moment of her conception, through the unique grace and privilege of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin. As on the first day of Creation when Adam and Eve came out of the

Catholics make a goddess of the Blessed Virgin. But that is an abominable fiction. As much as we exalt Mary above our own sinful selves, we recognize that she is more like us than she is like God. She is still [...] called for a wholesale rejection of the Marian dogmas. Luther and Calvin believed, for example, in Mary's perpetual virginity. Luther even believed in the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception, centuries [...] defined it. Not until later generations would Christians come to such a far-reaching rejection of Mary's place in salvation history. In fact, the roots of Marian devotion go back to the Old Testament.

27 - Apparition of Our Lord to Our Lady after His Resurrection Bread From Heaven "We believe that Mary is the Mother, who remained ever a Virgin, of the Incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus Christ" [...] Christ" (cf Lumen Gentium, 53). By the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. "In all truth I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, it [...] If only the world knew the full measure of God's love in giving us His only Son, born of the Virgin Mary, they would flock to the Eucharist - true Bread from Heaven - on bended knee.

training course told me about the Virgin Mary of the Rue du Bac in Paris: I immediately interrupted her, explaining that my Protestant faith did not accept the Virgin Mary! But my colleague insisted. Now, I [...] daughter when I was 33. Today, I have two daughters aged 19 and 21! Thank you Virgin Mary! Yomin T. Testimonial submitted to Mary of Nazareth on August 8, 2022 [...] for the opening. It was my very first time in a Catholic chapel and I was impressed by the statue of Mary. As I walked up to it, I read, "Come closer to receive the graces." I got down on my knees and began