watching over me, that I was her child, so much so that I could only call her “Mommy” because that name seemed to me so much tenderer than that of “Mother”. With what enthusiasm did I pray her to always
Blessed Virgin wanted her statue to be venerated on that exact spot. A monastery was blessed and named the guardian of the “Pearl of Catalonia", or "April Rose, Black Madonna of the Mountain, Star of
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
dawn, he went down to the coast where a boat was waiting for him. Suddenly he heard someone call his name, running after him—it was the superior of the monastery, bringing him the icon, duly wrapped. During
another church where the image of the Virgin is exposed, on the anniversary date of the apparitions, namely the 13th of each month between May and October 2017. Zenit
salvation history. It is significant that Saint Paul does not call the Mother of Christ by her own name "Mary", but calls her "woman": this coincides with the words of the Proto-evangelium in the Book of
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
contain, O Mother and Virgin. Through you, all the holy Gospels call blessed the One who comes in the name of the Lord. Hail, Mother of God. You enclosed under your heart the infinite God whom no space can
that there were many who, in spite of their sins, saved themselves from eternal death by invoking the name of Mary. They ended by saying: “We are forced to declare that none of those who persevere in the devotion
took her solemn vows, committing herself to remain in that community all her life and receiving the name of Sister Mary of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart. Her last public appearance was on October 2000,
