not an error, you will not succumb to mortal sin and you will remain in a state of grace, but you will have deprived yourself of a marvellous adventure. And this sort of thing happens to us all the time [...] the English mystic, Julian of Norwich: “See what deep respect God has for his creation”. The Virgin Mary could have said ‘no’, and the course of history would have been different. But God had known for all [...] one of the pains of Purgatory will be to have passed by so many invitations to Divine Grace, issued with the softness of the breeze that Elijah heard on the mountain when God was near.

not an error, you will not succumb to mortal sin and you will remain in a state of grace, but you will have deprived yourself of a marvellous adventure. And this sort of thing happens to us all the time [...] the English mystic, Julian of Norwich: "See what deep respect God has for his creation". The Virgin Mary could have said ‘no', and the course of history would have been different. But God had known for all [...] one of the pains of Purgatory will be to have passed by so many invitations to Divine Grace, issued with the softness of the breeze that Elijah heard on the mountain when God was near.

Redeemer. Redeemed by reason of the merits of her Son and united to Him by a close and indissoluble tie, she is endowed with the high office and dignity of being the Mother of the Son of God, by which [...] 12 – Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - St Aelred of Rievaulx She far surpasses all creatures The Virgin Mary, who at the message of the angel received the Word of God in her heart and in her body and gave Life

confirmed in 1646. She is celebrated on November 9th. In 1885, Pope Leo XIII decided by a bull to create a diocese in Madrid. A few decades later, the first cathedral was erected, replaced in the 20th century [...] al-mudayna , a diminutive of medina , meaning city, citadel. There is another etymology from almudith , wheat storage, or almud , measure (of wheat). It should be noted that the ancient name was also "Mary the [...] of the wall collapsed and the statue was discovered with two candles still burning. Other traditions say that the statue was carved by Nicodemus, a contemporary of Jesus, painted by Saint Luke, and brought

starting with a double renunciation: first, the renunciation of natural paternity with regard to Jesus, who was not begotten of his flesh. Secondly, a renunciation of any physical relations Mary, since she [...] that Joseph became the foster father of the Son of the Eternal Father. In Jesus, God wanted to obey a man. Jesus obeys Joseph, who himself obeys the Father. Joseph knew the superiority of his adopted child [...] proclamation of the Good News), by spilling the first drops of Jesus' blood during His circumcision, as a prelude to His Passion and by saving the Author of Salvation from Herod's wrath by fleeing to Egypt

is a small French village where, during the invasion of France by the Prussian army in 1871, the Virgin appeared to children with a message of prayer and repentance. The apparition occurred only a few [...] days before the armistice and the departure of the occupying troops. Bechwat is a small Lebanese village where the Virgin Mary granted signs and healings in 2004. This happened shortly before the peaceful [...] message delivered by the Virgin in Pontmain in 1871 has been translated in Arabic and inscribed on a long banner at the entrance of the shrine of Bechwat in Lebanon: "But pray, my children, God will answer

victims themselves and who suffer and feel abandoned. The Blessed Virgin Mary assured Sister Lucia of Fátima in 1917 that: "There is not a problem, even the most difficult, temporal but especially spiritual [...] society. The choice to pray outside and not in a church is explained by the public scope of abortion today. Acts of reparation must therefore be accompanied by a public testimony recalling the importance of [...] Researcher at the European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ), a non-governmental organization collaborating in the Holy See's diplomacy with international institutions.

sick and the poorest. I believe that it is a unique place of grace that allows us to meet other people in a spirit of great simplicity. ... Lourdes is also a place of fraternity: we are more authentic [...] Lourdes is also a place of hope. The world we live in seeks hope. Pope Francis talks a lot about religious shrines as being places of evangelization. And I believe that Lourdes is a fantastic place to [...] Lourdes is first and foremost a spiritual experience for me. It’s the experience of the closeness of God, expressed through the experience of his Mother, the Virgin Mary. This proximity is also expressed

health, desired to be a consecrated nun, God had other plans for her. On June 8, 1899, after receiving communion, Our Lord let His servant know that on the same evening He would give her a very great grace [...] ecstasy and experienced a great remorse for sin. Our Lady, to whom Gemma was strongly devoted, appeared to her and said, "My son Jesus loves you beyond measure and wishes to give you a grace. I will be your [...] your mother. Will you be my true child?" Then Mary opened her mantle and covered Gemma with it. During the remainder of Gemma's life, several people, including eminent members of the Church, noticed that

union with her Son “unto the Cross”, but she was also the “handmaid of the Lord”, left by her Son as Mother in the midst of the infant Church: “Behold your mother”. Thus there began to develop a special [...] Mother and the Church. For the infant Church was the fruit of the Cross and Resurrection of her Son. Mary, who from the beginning had given herself without reserve to the person and work of her Son, could