in Fatima: the Children in Prison (Portugal, 1917) The Missed Appointment of Fatima On the 10th of August 1917, the parents of the Fatima seers were ordered by the county administrator to appear at noon [...] and the beginning of revolt in the crowd, who didn't understand why those children were locked up, the authorities decided to free them on August 15th. Meanwhile the Blessed Virgin Mary had come anyway to [...] Cova da Iria on August 13th. 18,000 people were there. They first heard a strike of thunder, then saw the reflection of a light, and immediately after the crowd saw a small cloud that hovered for a few
apostolate of the Scapular of Our Lady of Carmel Mount. He established an association whose mission was the exposition and nocturnal adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. He entered the order of Carmel on [...] November 12 - Our Lady of the Tower (Eriburg, Germany) A Son of Israel Converts (II) From that day on his entire life was devoted to the love of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and to Our Lady, in particular [...] on October 6, 1849, and received the habit under the name of Brother Augustine Mary of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Hermann aspired to a life completely hidden in God, but his Superiors sent him to travel
September 27 - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) The Saving Grace of the Rosary Grandfather was a slate worker. He went to work every morning, on foot, reciting his rosary. At that time, there was no [...] and the Virgin Mary had protected them. When Grandfather came home that evening and told me the news, I trembled from head to foot. Since this occurrence, the rosary has had the place of honor in our family [...] to the building site. Together, they all entered the mine. Just before going down, they heard a din of thunder. The men looked at each other terrified. Something had subsided. The mountain was collapsing
June 9 - Our Lady, Virgin Mother of Grace I Supported the Early Church and I Will Support the Church until the End of Time (II) At 10 years of age, John Claude Courveille suffered from small pox, which [...] the salvation of souls. He only thought about becoming a priest and to busy himself, by the exercise of sacerdotal zeal, to realize his triple vow. John Claude renewed his promise to Mary in 1812, at the [...] the foot of the same altar, where he received an interior message of which there are several versions. According to the version transmitted by the Venerable John Claude Colin, founder of the Marists Fathers
Archbishop Beau of Bourges. This fresco will be a memorial to the recent pilgrimage of The M of Mary attended by thousands of pilgrims in the summer of 2020, which covered hundreds of kilometers across [...] workshop. It was at the closing of the M of Mary pilgrimage on September 12, 2020, that together they conceived the idea of representing the arrival of the pilgrims to the shrine of the Virgin at Pellevoisin [...] side of this mandorla stands Saint John the Apostle, on the other we see Saint Mary Magdalene: both were witnesses of the Passion of Christ. They contemplate the coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At
1531) A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (VIII) The time was fulfilled "The time of the coming of the Messiah has been foretold by the state of the Jewish people, by the state of the pagans, by [...] still when Augustus offered the world one of the rare periods of peace in History, the 25 years of the Pax Romana, as the star announcing the coming of the Prince of Peace shined brightly over Palestine. [...] 709.) The pagans also had the advantage of additional signs; there was a intense focusing of attention, a pinnacle of waiting never before seen in the history of the world exactly around the time when Jesus
occasions in Rome, on October 30th and 31th and November 1, 1950, the day of the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. This was revealed by Cardinal Federico Tedeschini who heard the story [...] confirmed him in his decision to proclaim the dogma of the Assumption. He had previously submitted it to a vote of all the bishops of the world of which only 6 out of 1,181 had expressed reservations. Le Figaro [...] note of Pius XII recently found in the Pacelli family archives (the family of Pius XII) gives a firsthand account: “It was October 30, 1950, two days before the solemn definition of the dogma of Assumption;
issued by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is now required to visit on August 15 th, the day of the Dormition of the Theotokos or Feast of the Assumption . As of 2012, the Turkish government started [...] Virgin, Empress of the Angels (Russia) In Turkey, one of the oldest Marian monasteries in the world The impressive Sumela monastery in Turkey is nestled in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 3,900 ft [...] Dedicated to the Mother of God, Sumela was for centuries an important religious center and a training center for monks. The frescoes of this church depict scenes from the Bible, the life of Jesus Christ and the
Death of St Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers, France (1879) Those were tears of healing (II) At the jail of Vanier, Quebec, Father West spoke of God’s boundless love for each person from the moment of conception [...] conception and of the grave harm of abortion and of the need for God’s mercy and forgiveness if one has been involved in an abortion. He spoke the truth in love to women – mothers – whose children had been [...] the eyes of the women, but I knew they were tears of healing. Someone was speaking the truth in love to their hearts, to a place that so desperately needed to be reached with God’s message of mercy. After
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord – Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1555) The Incarnation illumines the mystery of the Resurrection Through the archangel Gabriel, the eternal Word of God, who pre-existed [...] bread suddenly becomes the body of Christ, if we remembered how he was formed in an instant in his mother's womb. The mystery of the Eucharist is an extension of the mystery of the Incarnation, as it allows [...] parents from all eternity, simply asked Mary if she would welcome him. Let us meditate on the resemblance between the way in which the Son of God took on the soul and body of a man in his mother's womb and the