Son will let himself be moved." 4) The large red crucifix was surmounted by a placard bearing the name of Jesus Christ.

of the dying whispered it as their ultimate testament? The Hail Mary is a synthesis of two first names: Mary and Jesus.

Virgin also appeared each year in the church of the Al-Maghti monastery, known by the Ethiopians by the name of Dabra Metmaq, located close to Lake Bouroullos and north of Bilqas in the Eastern Delta, the 21st

Ogilvie was condemned as a traitor, but during a long imprisonment no tortures could force him to name any Catholics. Under probing examinations, his patience, courage and gaiety won the admiration of

each other to give her is nothing compared to what she has received interiorly from her Creator, namely, a glory unknown to insignificant creatures like us, who cannot penetrate into the secrets of the

writings of St Jerome where he makes the following statement amidst various interpretations of Mary's name: "We should realize that Mary means Lady in the Syrian Language." After him St Chrysologus says the

were, all those who worship the Lord and who are also the object of His Mercy. The same God, whose name is holy, did great things for Mary and performed a "mighty deed" by His arm for the humble people [...] the entire Church, and for the salvation of the entire world. The place where the Lord has put us—namely the monastery where we pronounced our vows—may well surprise us at times by its mixture of greatness

also a convert to Christianity and had a sincere love for the Blessed Virgin. The sculptor (whose name, unfortunately, has been lost to history) carved the statue out of hardwood. It was four feet, eight [...] walked barefoot in gratitude to the Shrine of Our Lady in Manila. The Blessed Mother was given the name of La Naval and from then on was known as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval of Manila.

shrine, in Zaragoza, Aragon), Spain has been a Marian land since the first century. James’ actual name was Yaakov or Jacob Bar-Zebdi, but we know him as James the son of Zebedee, James the Greater (to [...] differentiate him from the other apostle James, the son of Alpheus, called the Minor), or by his Spanish name Santiago. According to Christian accounts, he was born around 5 B.C. in Galilee, the son of Zebedee

investments. Les Maristes Bleus remains a symbol of hope for the Syrian people. Started in 1986 under the name L’oreille de Dieu (God’s Ear), the group organized volunteer efforts to help hundreds of Christian [...] employment and education for their children. At the start of the war, the organization changed its name to Les Maristes Bleus to recall the Marist spirit of their work and the color of the sky and the blue