the Virgin Mary. Since then, pilgrims have flocked and a community of 42 Christian refugees from Iraq is now actively participating in the renewal! The priest of Bargemon, Father Philippe-Marie Métais Fontenel [...] shrine in Provence The village of Bargemon (France) is one of two places of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Provence. It was an important pilgrimage site until the French Revolution, when the spirit of militant [...] Pilgrims used to come here by the thousands, but no one seemed to know about it! I prayed to the Virgin Mary, and little by little I felt that she wanted the shrine to be revived. During the time that the shrine
- Saint Gertrude the Great (d. 1302) Olive Tree of Mercy O Olive tree of mercy? Hail Mary, Mother of God. Hail Mary, Queen of Kindness, and Olive Tree of Mercy, from whom the remedy of life came to us
account that cannot mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: “Here is your son!” This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave
the doctors told me exactly what the voice had said! Thank you Mother Mary for protecting me that day! J-L C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on December 6, 2021
Sept 4 - Our Lady of Haut (Belgium, 1419) Holy Dependency In going to Jesus through Mary, we are really paying honor to our Lord, for we are showing that, because of our sins, we are unworthy to approach [...] approach his infinite holiness directly on our own. We are showing that we need Mary, his holy Mother, to be our advocate and mediatrix with him who is our Mediator. We are going to Jesus as Mediator and Brother
- Saint Gertrude the Great (d. 1302) Olive Tree of Mercy O Olive tree of mercy? Hail Mary, Mother of God. Hail Mary, Queen of Kindness, and Olive Tree of Mercy, from whom the remedy of life came to us
account that cannot mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: "Here is your son!" This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave
1871) Our Lady of Pontmain (France) in Lebanon Pontmain is a small French village where the Virgin Mary appeared to some children with a message of prayer and repentance in 1871, when the Prussian army [...] the departure of the Prussian occupying troops. Beshwet is a small Lebanese village where the Virgin Mary appeared in 2004 and continues to bring signs and healings. The apparition took place very shortly [...] wears a gold crown and a blue star-spangled robe. She carries a crucifix and a rosary in her hand. Mary’s benevolent presence is shown by the miracles accorded to her petitioners, particularly in recent
love you” to God, the Trinity, to Jesus and to Mary. With each successive bead (or decade) the meaning shifts as we contemplate a new aspect of Jesus or Mary’s love. Before beginning the Rosary, we should [...] the Rosary is that it is nothing more than “vain repetition.” In his book, The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God , Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen addresses those who consider the Rosary to be [...] persistence will pay off. The next time you pick up your rosary beads, imagine that you’re holding Mary’s hand and taking a trip to visit Jesus. For when we pray the Rosary, that’s exactly what happens!
First, that Mary has so much influence with her divine Son that all the graces granted by God to men are always given to them through and at the wish of the Blessed Virgin; Second, that Mary is so good [...] heretics, who attacked all the truths of faith and especially the divine maternity and virginity of Mary with horrible blasphemies, the Spaniard Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, while defending [...] the Queen of Heaven was the conduct of her most devout servant is easy to guess from the fact that Mary taught the Church, her Son’s Spouse, the Most Holy Rosary. This prayer both vocal and mental—it is
