first in the Virgin, and then elsewhere—in Elizabeth, the shepherds, and the Magi. As soon as the Word came down to earth, love began to send out sparks everywhere in the world and these sparks will not [...] not be extinguished, because they are in our hearts. Mgr Charles Journet Dans Entretiens sur Marie (About Mary)
the candlelight procession ends in front of the Gnadenkapelle with the invocation: " Help me Mary, help me Mary! Help me also! I stand before you, a sinner! O Mother of Mercy, stay close to me on the day [...] the absolutely unique custom of carrying a wooden cross on one's shoulders and walking around the chapel three times, praying and imploring the Mother of Sorrows to obtain forgiveness of one' s sins. Several [...] Marian shrine in Southern Germany On November 18, 1980, Pope John Paul II visited the most famous and oldest Marian shrine in Southern Germany: Our Lady of Altötting in Bavaria, near the Austrian border
water would come out of the rock! In the north of Italy, near Vicenza, the Virgin Mary appeared to an old woman named Vincenza Parisi, on August 1, 1428, while the city, decimated by the plague, was on [...] construction. Eventually, the great plague disappeared and, after the church was built in three months, the whole province was totally free from this calamity and did not suffer any more from the disease. The church [...] people would build her a church on Mount Berico. The old woman went to the city to bring this message, and the people received it favorably. The City Council decided to build this church in a very short time
miraculously moved itself to a place just above the door. Hence its name Portaïtissa, guardian of the gate. Her presence at the monastery and on the Holy Mountain is considered to be a sign of the Mother of [...] Portaïtissa icon ( Portaïtissa means Keeper of the Gate in Greek) is also venerated under the title of Mary Gate of Heaven. Here is the story of this icon: In the 9 th century, under the reign of Theophilus [...] imperial officials came to the widow’s home to seize her icons, a soldier pierced this one with a spear, and the image started to bleed. Since then, this icon is always reproduced with a small black mark on the
words which he had previously never heard before: “Glory be to Jesus, the only Son of God. And glory to the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.” “It was shocking for me,” Charbel recounted to the National Catholic [...] experience. That Christmas Eve, Charbel was studying at home. “I saw the Virgin Mary for the first time in front of me. And she told me, ‘Don’t be afraid. Keep searching. I’m with you,”’ Charbel recounted [...] meet Christians on social media, but to no avail. He would see the Virgin Mary again on Christmas Eve for the next three years. “And she would always say the same exact words,” he recalled. Not until after
accounts of the geographer and Muslim chronicler Al-Maqrizi (1364-1442), the Virgin also appeared each year in the church of the Al-Maghti monastery, known by the Ethiopians by the name of Dabra Metmaq, located [...] located close to Lake Bouroullos and north of Bilqas in the Eastern Delta, the 21st day of the Coptic month Bachnas (May 29th), when large crowd, coming from all Egypt, gathered in this place for a pilgrimage [...] which took place during the Coptic month of Bachnas (at the end of May), with the archangels Michael and Gabriel, as well as holy martyrs.
accounts of the geographer and Muslim chronicler Al-Maqrizi (1364-1442), the Virgin also appeared each year in the church of the Al-Maghti monastery, known by the Ethiopians by the name of Dabra Metmaq, located [...] located close to Lake Bouroullos and north of Bilqas in the Eastern Delta, the 21st day of the Coptic month Bachnas (May 29th), when large crowd, coming from all Egypt, gathered in this place for a pilgrimage [...] which took place during the Coptic month of Bachnas (at the end of May), with the archangels Michael and Gabriel, as well as holy martyrs.
its spirit and bear witness to Christ by serving the people and learning the country’s official language, says Father Leopold Kropfreiter. The Austrian priest of the Servants of Jesus and Mary Congregation [...] Christian faith and reflect on their future, on marriage and the family. The Marian shrine, he said, reflects a strong character of the Church of Kazakhstan, namely, a strong Eucharistic adoration and a special [...] churches, priests and sacraments, Catholics created a sort of eighth sacrament: the Rosary. The only thing they could do during the Soviet persecution was to baptize their children and pray the Rosary.
is with you.” It is also possible to imagine that he came to give force and courage to the Virgin’s fiancé, this man of a humble and timorous conscience, although our evangelist does not specify this. Indeed [...] (Italy, 1873) Our Lady’s Messenger (II) (The evangelist) says: "The angel Gabriel was sent by God". His name is not without meaning to the message with which he is charged. Indeed, which angel would have been [...] announce the coming of this force itself, or because he was meant to reassure a naturally timid, simple and modest virgin that would have perhaps been disturbed by the news of the miracle about to be achieved
is with you." It is also possible to imagine that he came to give force and courage to the Virgin's fiancé, this man of a humble and timorous conscience, although our evangelist does not specify this. Indeed [...] (Italy, 1873) Our Lady’s Messenger (II) (The evangelist) says: "The angel Gabriel was sent by God". His name is not without meaning to the message with which he is charged. Indeed, which angel would have been [...] announce the coming of this force itself, or because he was meant to reassure a naturally timid, simple and modest virgin that would have perhaps been disturbed by the news of the miracle about to be achieved
