Father. Joseph knew the superiority of his adopted child . And it is within this knowledge that his profound humility lies. By giving Him the name of Jesus, as Saint Matthew tells us (the first proclamation [...] His Passion and by saving the Author of Salvation from Herod's wrath by fleeing to Egypt, Joseph providentially initiated his adoptive Son to His redemptive mission, to His sacrificial and priestly vocation [...] out this prophetic mission behind the scenes, fading more and more from our view, as if walking backward, until Jesus took up all the room, and until, like John the Baptist, he disappeared completely from

Normandy, and then south-eastward to Pellevoisin, and an eastern route from La Salette in the Alps to the Rue du Bac in Paris and then to the southwest, also to reach Pellevoisin. The “M for Mary” pilgrimage [...] Basilica of Montmartre in Paris, where Archbishop Michel Aupetit celebrated Mass and consecrated France to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The dramatic fire of Notre Dame of Paris last year led to the impossibility [...] pilgrims on foot for one or several days and stopping in local parishes and shrines where festivities welcoming the statue of Our Lady, processions, vespers, masses, and night-long Eucharistic adorations took

we are loved, looked after, called and understood by a God who works wonders. The Rosary is a string of moments where Mary, Mother of Jesus, brings us her presence and her intercession, as during the beginnings [...] disciples gathered in the Upper Room and Mary "was there," awakening their prayer with her prayer. The Rosary is the spontaneous prayer of our painful, joyful, and glorious hours that are our own mysteries [...] desires, no certainties. · The good poverty of happy days, which is another name for freedom of heart, which makes us available to God and to others, a fresh clay for the inspirations of the Spirit. · The kind

following way, "I am the Blessed Virgin. Go and tell the clergy and the Consuls of Cotignac to build a church right here on this spot in the name of Our Lady of Graces, and have the faithful come here in procession [...] had the same vision and received the same request. This time, he decided to obey and went down to the village immediately. John was known to be a sober man and both the authorities and the villagers supported [...] he stood up, he saw a cloud and the Blessed Virgin then appeared with the Baby Jesus in her arms, surrounded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Catherine the martyr, and Saint Michael the Archangel.

all necessities; he ordered all the governors to give the bearers of his letter safe and free passage and every favor and assistance that the friars may require. The humble Brother Fiacre would have, of course [...] by a strong desire, Brother Fiacre began the three novenas in the name of the Queen on 8th November 1637. The Queen herself found out and joined in midway. The novenas ended on 5th December, that is to say [...] had only one desire and that was to meet the much talked-about Brother Fiacre. Therefore, the humble monk was ordered to go to the Louvre Palace where, at once both embarrassed and moved, he saw the Queen

Longo with Countess of Fusco in 1885 A Satanist priest saved through the Rosary Emaciated from fasting and cloaked in a black robe, Bartolo Longo entered the satanic church in Naples, Italy … More than a century [...] “apostle of the Rosary!” The journey from disciple of Satan to Blessed Bartolo Longo was long, twisting and truly bizarre. Born in 1841 to a wealthy family from southern Italy, Longo was raised a devout Catholic [...] of Naples in 1861. But his time as a satanist was marked by depression, extreme anxiety, insanity and delusions. He turned to an old friend who convinced him to seek spiritual guidance from a Dominican

that he was free of resentment, and his marriage was saved. Thus, their prayer had been answered in two ways: in Wolfgang Langenmantel's heart, and by a visible sign, namely the whiteness of the ribbon. The [...] lay people, artists, priests and popular fervor accomplished the rest. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds. D’un “miracle conjugal” à une dévotion universelle (Mary Undoer of Knots: From a "marital [...] prayed long and fervently before the painting of Mater Ter Admirabilis. Father Rem asked Wolfgang Langenmantel to continue visiting him. Langenmantel went back to Ingolstadt four times to meet and pray with

hostel displays the name Stella Maris, Star of the Sea. This is one of Mary's more ancient titles. Walsingham, just a few miles from the Norfolk coast, is a sanctuary of prayer and healing, a metaphor [...] to honor Our Lady. Mary responded by asking her to build a chapel. Mary led Richeldis "in spirit" to Nazareth to show her the place where the Archangel Gabriel had greeted her, and directed the widow to [...] Virgin Mary explained, the people would celebrate the Annunciation, the "root of mankind's gracious redemption," and would find help in their needs. Three times Richeldis experienced this vision and request

taken the name Maria Alphonse at baptism, Ratisbonne chose to become a Jesuit and was ordained in 1847. After a while and at the suggestion of Blessed Pope Pius IX , he left the Jesuits and joined his [...] a young and prominent French Jew and atheist, Alphonse Ratisbonne, encouraged by one of his friends from Strasbourg, France, entered the Church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte. There the Virgin Mary appeared [...] of majesty and sweetness, just as she is on the Miraculous Medal . An irresistible force attracted me to her. The Virgin motioned to me to kneel down and nodded as if saying ‘very good!’ And although she

officially launch the Department of Analysis and Study of Criminal and Mafia Phenomena, on August 15th, when the Catholic Church marks the feast of the Assumption of Mary. In May, 1993, Saint John Paul II scrapped [...] the Mafia. Describing the Cosa Nostra as “a culture of death” and “an enemy of human dignity and civil peace,” he exclaimed. “In the name of Christ, I say to those responsible: Convert! One day you will [...] without victims! May there be concord! This harmony, this peace to which every people and every human person and every family aspire! After so many times of suffering, you have a right to finally live