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 Register [...] whom to share his 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 [...] the vision. He tried to 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,”
wrote down this prayer: "By thy Holy and Immaculate Conception O Mary, deliver us from evil." On November 25, 1956, "White Dove" saw Mary as Our Lady of Lourdes, who promised her "greater miracles" than [...] mystical experiences. In 1954, she received locutions from Our Lady of America. On November 15, 1956, Mary asked her to draw what she saw in order to have a statue made for the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Assisi, 13th century) Our Lady speaks little, listens a lot, and cherishes in her heart The Virgin Mary is a great teacher of discernment: she speaks little, listens a lot, and ponders in her heart (cf [...] speaks, she leaves a mark. For example, in the Gospel of John there is a very short phrase uttered by Mary which is a mandate for Christians of all times: “Do whatever he tells you” (cf. 2:5). It is curious: [...] nothing for herself, she points to Jesus. Do whatever Jesus tells you: that is what Our Lady is like. Mary knows that the Lord speaks to the heart of each person, and asks for these words to be translated
God working through me. I realize that by making myself available for the Rosary, in the presence of Mary, my heart opens more easily to the inspirations of Jesus' Heart, and as a result it makes me more [...] present at every moment, and that he is waiting for us at the end of the journey. Let us walk with Mary, for she knows the way to Jesus; let us also be for our brothers, the eyes, ears, mouth, hands and [...] families, and into the lives of all those around us. May God keep us faithful to the Rosary through Mary, his Mother and our Mother, in order to make us available to his holy will. www.rosary-world.com
2017 on the centenary of the first Marian apparitions to canonize two of the three children to whom Mary had appeared, Jacinta and Francisco. Earlier this year, he declared the third witness, their cousin [...] the helicopter as he returned to Lisbon. Francis also gave a brief and off-the-cuff catechesis on Mary, who, he said, “always hastens to us whenever there is trouble” and who told the disciples “to do [...] bishops of Ukraine, Pope Francis had consecrated Russia and the Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, while Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, did likewise on that same day at the Fátima shrine
Founder of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary. On September 9, 1909, he had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary who asked him to found a pilgrimage to Notre-Dame-des-Bois (Haute-Marne [...] serve as a chapel. She also asked him to found a religious congregation. Serviteurs de Jésus et de Marie
four young girls, Conchita, Jacinta, Mari Loli and Mari Cruz reported seeing an angel, followed by an intense light "that does not hurt the eyes" and then the Virgin Mary - who came under her title of Our
the fact that the entire country is Muslim is not a problem. As the act of consecration reads: "[O Mary], the Afghans do not belong to our flock, but they are our brothers and your sons; they too have been [...] total availability to the will of God", said the priest. During the 1917 apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, Our Lady asked the young shepherds to pray the rosary every day without ceasing [...] on the mysteries of Christ's life, each person lets himself or herself be molded by God's love, as Mary did. This type of prayer is especially needed in Afghanistan today. Adapted from: Aleteia
Banneux (Belgium, 1933) I am the Virgin of the Poor The Shrine of Our Lady of Banneux, Belgium, where Mary introduced herself as "Our Lady of the Poor," is a popular place of prayer that draws more than 600 [...] Suddenly, Mariette left the garden and went out to the road where the Lady called her. On the way to Mary, Mariette went down on her knees twice. A third time, she knelt near a ditch, in front of a puddle [...] her knees on the path. The Lady appeared to her. Mariette asked her, “Who are you, beautiful Lady?” Mary replied, “I am the Virgin of the Poor.” The Virgin led the child to the spring. Mariette questioned
December 19 – Our Lady of Remedies (Portugal) She is standing at the foot of our own crosses too Mary’s greatest challenge and heartbreak came as she had to watch her Son willingly allow Himself be whipped [...] in her arms before he was buried. Jesus gave his Mother to all of us as He was dying on the cross. Mary gave her all to Him and, as our Mother, will do so for us. As we endure our own sufferings in life [...] Sick . The magnificent Stabat Mater (Sorrowful Mother) was written to describe the pain and suffering Mary had to endure during her Son’s crucifixion and death. Here are the first two and the next to last
