thousands in the previous years. Catholic men and women of Mexico - but needless to say all people from both North and South America - have a profound devotion and love for Our Lady of Guadalupe. "Let not your [...] The cloth of the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been thoroughly studied. The name of the hill of the apparitions and the mystery of Christ in the symbolic language of the ancient Aztec are evoked, down [...] down to the position of the stars on Saint Juan Diego's tilma, which corresponds to a projection (and not a representation: mirror image) of the exact position of the constellations on the morning of December
Madonna herself appeared to Egidia and comforted her for several minutes and assured her that the danger was over. Then Our Lady vanished. Due to such feelings of fear and emotion, Egidia gave birth at the [...] consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the outskirts of town. Two rough soldiers, from a band of mercenaries, were lying in wait. Egidia Mathis (that was the lady's name), seeing that she was going to [...] wildfire all around town: although it was late, crowds flocked to the place where the attempted attack and the apparition of the Virgin had taken place. There, an extraordinary sight greeted them: the column
crusade and 70,000 people pledged to say the rosary daily for the intention of Austria becoming free from Russian rule. Although Austria was valuable to the Soviets because of its strategic location and rich [...] move, signed the agreement to leave Austria. Not one person was killed, and not even one shot was fired. Today, historians and military strategists still cannot explain how or why the Russians pulled [...] Austria was under the tyrannical rule of communist Russia after World War II. A Franciscan priest named Father Petrus remembered the story of how Christians in the sixteenth century had defeated the Turks
recovered, then went to thank the Virgin Mary for her intercession. He recalls: "This is what happened. I went into septic shock – sepsis is another common name for it – which is a life-threatening condition [...] my daughter came to get me and bring me home. Since then, I have returned to a normal life! After what happened to me - I'm not dead! - I had only one idea in my mind and an ardent desire in my heart:
society. Giving them and showing them the relationship they can have with Mary is beautiful. I asked them to think of and have in mind someone who needs their prayers for each bead and dedicate that prayer [...] together at the co-cathedral, Bishop Massa taught the boys and girls about Mary. He also asked them to think about important people in their own lives and to pray for them. “Teaching the children the Rosary is [...] special relationship that Mary has with children. She is the heavenly mother that watches over them. She is also very important in this time of the Church because the love and care of Mary is needed by so many
Saturday called on the faithful to repent and pray the Rosary every day in response to the request of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the world to attain genuine and lasting peace. “The world is currently undergoing [...] swirled and danced in a circle, as reported by a Lisbon newspaper a day after the spectacle happened, drawing many to believe in God’s existence through the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three [...] country in Asia, many churches have been named after Fatima. It was during these apparitions that the Blessed Mother also called the world to repent for its sin and pray the Holy Rosary daily. Ben Cal , Oct
the diocesan pilgrimage in the month of May and the feast of the Assumption of Mary, patroness of the Shrine. Adapted and translated from: Fr René Laurentin and Patrick Sbalchiero Excerpt from Dictionnaire [...] was completed in 1527 and still stands today. It was in fact raised to the rank of basilica in 1914. Its peculiar name comes from the devotion to a statue representing the Madonna and Child that, according [...] writers, like Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and Paul Claudel. The pilgrimage to Notre Dame de l’Epine was especially popular in the 15 th and 17 th centuries, and again in the 19th century after the Fran
Wagih Rizk Matta was the first to take some amazing photographs of the apparitions and he was cured right there and then of a wound on his arm, just as many others who were also cured while visiting the [...] Arabic means “Arabic olives”, and the olive-tree, whose branch the Blessed Virgin held in her hands at the time of some of her apparitions, is a well-known symbol of peace and very welcome at the time when [...] Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over a span of several weeks, and crowds often reached a total of 250,000 people, causing enormous traffic jams. On April 13, 1968, the
raise his eyes and see three beautiful ladies approach him. He knelt before the principle lady and she blessed him. Even though St Dominic recognized her, he begged her to tell him her name. The Lady replied: [...] Queen, Mother of Mercy, our Life, our Sweetness, and our Hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most [...] gracious Advocate, thine eyes of Mercy toward us, and after this our exile show us the Blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God That we may
Wagih Rizk Matta was the first to take some amazing photographs of the apparitions and he was cured right there and then of a wound on his arm, just as many others who were also cured while visiting the [...] Arabic means "Arabic olives", and the olive-tree, whose branch the Blessed Virgin held in her hands at the time of some of her apparitions, is a well-known symbol of peace and very welcome at the time when [...] Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over a span of several weeks, and crowds often reached a total of 250,000 people, causing enormous traffic jams. On April 13, 1968, the