wife's sister-in-law and her nephew. The chief was by no means a convert. He grabbed his bow and arrow and aimed at her. Mary remained insensitive to the threat. She approached him and he lowered his arrow [...] was alerted and went to the place of the apparition with two of his companions, Bartolommeo Sanchez and Juan Sibrian to collect the invaluable relic. He announced a "miracle" to the civil and ecclesiastical [...] apparition of Coromoto ? the new name given to the place of the apparition ? has created cultural and religious unity in Venezuela around a place of devotion that became the center and the religious symbol of the

afflicted, and help and deliverance in danger. On this day of solemnity and joy, O merciful Queen, may your Son our Lord shower the gifts of his grace on your servants who call upon the most sweet name of Mary [...] to the miserable, and we embrace your mercy with more affection, reflect on it more often, and invoke it more frequently. For it is your mercy that gained a cure for the whole world and obtained salvation [...] such that it contrives to bring about the renewal of the heavenly city. And its depth gains redemption for those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. May your piety, you who found favor with God

wife's sister-in-law and her nephew. The chief was by no means a convert. He grabbed his bow and arrow and aimed at her. Mary remained insensitive to the threat. She approached him and he lowered his arrow [...] was alerted and went to the place of the apparition with two of his companions, Bartolommeo Sanchez and Juan Sibrian to collect the invaluable relic. He announced a "miracle" to the civil and ecclesiastical [...] apparition of Coromoto ? the new name given to the place of the apparition ? has created cultural and religious unity in Venezuela around a place of devotion that became the center and the religious symbol of the

Devotion to Our Lady of Alet began in the 12th century following an apparition of the Virgin Mary to a farmer named Raymond. The first chapel was visited by Saint Dominic, the famous founder of the Order of [...] rebuilt in 1673. Pilgrims arrived in great numbers from all over the region, and the shrine was expanded with a chapel and a cloister. During the French Revolution, the revolutionary committee intended [...] that plan and managed to save it. The chapel was eventually restored in the 19th century with the addition of the entrance porch. Notre-Dame d'Alet is now classified as a historical monument, and the visitors

1919) Impressed by their courage, I began to think My name is Jean-Pierre, I am married, the father of three, and grandfather of three. I was baptized and confirmed. As a teenager, I stopped believing in God [...] … to find out what they had to say about Jesus. This is how I discovered that the Blessed Virgin Mary had appeared at Laus " for the conversion of sinners. " I told my wife that we should go visit the [...] Lady of Laus, a village where the Virgin appeared to a girl called Benedicta Rencurel, between 1664 and 1718. On June 25, 2015, I reconciled with the Lord, by going to confession. I’m sure it happened thanks

offering to the Lord his successes and failures, like his knee injury of February 12, is a way of living his faith: "I went to the Good Mother (the name given to the Virgin Mary in Marseilles) when I signed [...] assiduous training, and - who knows? - a little help from above. "I've done stupid things, like everyone who has grown up in a rough neighborhood might do. I could have taken a wrong turn and become a delinquent

converts sinners, and conquer hearts. The blade of this sword was forged in the living Word of God, shaped by the hammer of divine inspiration, and entrusted to the Queen of Heaven and her chosen servants [...] him with the divine weapon and commissioned him to preach it far and wide. From this holy man an Order of Preachers would be formed to champion the weapon with its mysteries and hand on the sword to all [...] servants. When the weapon was finally battle-ready and the time set for the Divine Craftsman to unsheathe its power, the Queen of Heaven revealed it to the world and chose a zealous preacher to be its founder

these two girls from France saw something of Mary's smile and their lives were changed forever. Father Pierre Descouvemont In Marie au cœur de nos vies , (Mary in the Center of Our Lives) Paris, Cerf, 1999 [...] better when we know you're here!" When Mary lived on this earth, she could probably not have been simultaneously in Nazareth and in Cana. Now that she has, body and soul, entered forever into the glory of [...] limitations of space and time and can be intimately present to all members of the Mystical Body of Jesus. True Marian devotion does not only consist in saying a series of Hail Marys , but in getting into

derive his human nature? In Mary, we contemplate a true maternity that transports us into a divine and superhuman sphere. Mary conceives Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, and she gives birth to him in [...] derive their origin from a father and a mother—Jesus owes his human nature to his mother alone. And while all children bear the mixed resemblance of their father and mother, Jesus’ features appeared as [...] pure reproduction of Mary’s features, with a stamp of virility and divine splendor. Jesus, who because he is God is of the same substance as the Father, not only chose to take Mary’s features, but also her

"To love Mary and to make her loved." … To love Mary is to put her in our hearts and thus allow the Holy Spirit to find a favorable ground for the life of Jesus to grow in us. This love of Mary is at the [...] came from his mother Marie Anne, who had consecrated him to the Virgin Mary well before his birth. Pierre was baptized on July 16th, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and he used to celebrate [...] source of our life with Christ. To make Mary loved is the summit of our life as disciples of Jesus, which in turn means to be missionary, living Christians and not living-room disciples! Often, we would