Bolanos) arrived at Itati, a small village on the banks of the large Parana River, where they founded a mission. They brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin along with them and built a small oratory to house [...] house the holy image. But, a few months later, the oratory was ransacked by hostile Indians and the statue of Mary disappeared. According to tradition, a few days later two Guaranis Indian children - who happened [...] happened to be canoeing down the river - saw the statue of Mary standing on a stone surrounded by a radiant light. They alerted the missionaries and the entire village came in procession to collect the
Bolanos) arrived at Itati, a small village on the banks of the large Parana River, where they founded a mission. They brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin along with them and built a small oratory to house [...] house the holy image. But, a few months later, the oratory was ransacked by hostile Indians and the statue of Mary disappeared. According to tradition, a few days later two Guaranis Indian children - who happened [...] happened to be canoeing down the river - saw the statue of Mary standing on a stone surrounded by a radiant light. They alerted the missionaries and the entire village came in procession to collect the
exorcism,” Father Amorth remembers, “Satan told me, through the possessed person, ‘Every Hail Mary of the Rosary is a blow to the head for me; if Christians knew the power of the Rosary, it would be the end [...] texts from various blogs, Father Amorth reports an entire dialogue he had, in his role as exorcist, with the devil. Father Amorth: “What are the virtues of the Madonna that make you angriest?” Demon: “She [...] of all creatures, and I am not; because, of all creatures, she is the most obedient to God, and I am a rebel!” Father Amorth: “Tell me the fourth characteristic of the Madonna that makes you so afraid of
obtain the Portiuncula plenary indulgence, a person must visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels at Assisi, or a Franciscan shrine, or one’s parish church, with the intention of honoring Our Lady of the [...] third was popularly called the Portiuncula or the Little Portion, dedicated to St Mary of the Angels. It is now enclosed in a shrine at Assisi. The friars came to live at the Little Portion in early 1211.
place is like a new Bethlehem!" The apparition was recorded in a charter of Clovis (465-511), and in a book written by Loup, Abbot of Ferrières, in 850. Pope Gregory XV also confirmed it in a bull dated 1622 [...] feast day of the Nativity of Mary. (1) A respite sanctuary is a Catholic church where, according to tradition, God granted the grace for stillborn babies to come back to life for a few minutes, just long enough [...] century, an apparition of the Child Jesus in the grotto of Bethlehem, held by the Blessed Virgin Mary, with Saint Joseph at her side, took place on Christmas Eve in the village of Ferrières-en-Gâtinais (central
associate the town with healing and helping people in desperate circumstances to get their lives back. The ongoing nature of Medjugorje makes it difficult for Church authorities to make a definitive judgement [...] distinguish between the two sets of apparitions, referencing a report submitted to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by a commission set up to study the apparitions by Benedict XVI [...] Church on the phenomenon only confirm what they already believe: that the small town in Herzegovina is a place where heaven meets earth and wondrous things happen through the intercession of the Mother of
in love with God and Our Savior… I don't remember ever having said a prayer in my life," he said of his return to his room. "I looked at the book, the six children, who were on their knees with their hands [...] experienced a supernatural "infusion of knowledge" about the faith and became a Catholic within nine months. Shortly after, he joined the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and discerned a priestly vocation [...] changed dramatically," said Father Donald Calloway MIC. "I had a profound conversion experience after reaching rock bottom." Rock bottom indeed! Now a young priest who serves as assistant rector at the National
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet [...] the Holy Rosary for the restoration of the right order in society and in the Church, in accordance with the Divine Law. Let us imitate our brothers and sisters in the Faith who, in 1571, before the threat [...] Holy Rosary on the advice of the Holy Pope Pius V. Through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on October 7 of that same year, God granted Christendom the miraculous victory at the Battle of Lepanto
his concentration into delivering a baby that for some reason was in danger. He finally succeeded! I had not said a word during the whole birth, but I assailed Heaven with my prayers, especially the Mother [...] Christmas season to be allowed into a hospital delivery room by the doctor who was to deliver our granddaughter. That was 17 years ago. Grandmothers who read this and have had a similar experience will understand [...] the baby!" My goodness! It was a perfect example of faith and trust in God! Without saying anything else, he left the delivery room. On my end, I thanked the Lord and Mary for one of the greatest gifts
the Golden Gate. I saw Joachim and Anna encompassed by a host of angels with heavenly light. They themselves shone and were as pure as spirits in a supernatural state, as no human couple had ever been before [...] from The Life of The Blessed Virgin Mary From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich. Translated by Sir Michael Palairet Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774 - 1824) was a Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness [...] and beatitude. She told them, too, that Joachim and Anna had met in the hall under the Golden Gate in a golden hour; and that God’s grace had been granted to them here in such abundance as to make it possible
