known as the "Crown of the Japanese Martyrs." It is comprised of only 26 beads and divided into 2 decades. Joseph Barbedette, one of the four young seers of Pontmain (Jan. 17, 1871), testified: "Even before [...] Japan, on the orders of Taïko (mayor of the palace) Hideyoshi Toyotomi. This was the beginning of a long period of persecution against Christians in Japan that ended at the beginning of the Meiji Era in the [...] priest named Father Hamet designed a small string of rosary beads consisting of two decades and composed of 26 blood-red beads. He named it the "Crown of the Holy Japanese Martyrs." This devotion spread
veil of cloud apart was rent, And here was born a Child. … In the dale of dark in that hour of birth One voice on a sudden sang: Then all the bells in Heaven and Earth Together at midnight rang. Mary sang [...] over mountain snow To the walls of Paradise, And the tongue of many bells was stirred in Heaven’s towers to ring When the voice of mortal maid was heard, That was mother of Heaven’s King. Glad is the world [...] fires are burning red. The bells of Paradise now ring With bells of Christendom, And Gloria, Gloria we will sing That God on earth is come. J. R. R. Tolkien The author of the most best-selling novel ever
Piloquet, President of SOS Babies, told us that our prayers must flood Heaven for all those who are involved in the voluntary destruction of innocent lives. Some are unsure about the importance of publicly witnessing [...] e is therefore no reason to confine prayer only to churches! It is through the birth of his Son, the fruit of Mary's womb, that God offers salvation and redemption to all humanity. Let us not be afraid—he [...] January 22 – Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) – Death of Venerable Claire de Castelbajac (1975) Marches and Rosaries for Life Here is a follow-up on the Rosary for Life held on November 3, 2018, in
accompanies my whole life. It is also the prayer of the simple and of the saints. It is the prayer of my heart. " But not many people know about the spirituality of Pope John Paul I, who died on September 28 [...] s tenderness of a child in the presence of his father or mother. When I am before God, at least for a short half hour, I bring up all that I really am, including my misery and the best of myself. I allow [...] March 20 – Our Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1603) Pope John Paul I: The Rosary, a simple and uncomplicated prayer You may have heard Pope Francis confide at the beginning of his pontificate: " The Rosary
Lady of the Wall (Italy). The bishop of Fatima asks Sister Lucia to write down the third Secret of Fatima (1944) An end to the war? During the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, at the end of the brief [...] without the help of Heaven we cannot overcome him. "Without me, you can do nothing," said Our Lord. We can also interpret his admonition as "Without the Rosary, you can do nothing." The Mary of Nazareth Team [...] prayers, God also asks us to act, even if sometimes, from a human point of view, our modest actions may seem to have little chance of succeeding. But to these concrete actions, God asks us to add our prayers
Joseph and Mary. The Fiat of Mary and the Fiat of Joseph are the fulfillment of the original harmony between Adam and Eve, the perfect reenactment of the Covenant of Mount Sinai. The Covenant of Mount Sinai [...] represented the birth of Israel as the people of God. It was a repeat of the genesis of the human race, at the beginning of the world. At Sinai God created Israel to establish a covenant of love. In Eden, God [...] the entire heritage of the Old Covenant, was also brought into the ‘beginning’ of the New and Eternal Covenant in Jesus Christ. " Thanks to the "yes" of a woman (Mary) and the "yes" of a man (Joseph), God
evening of Friday, May 12, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal, in celebration of the 100 th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady, Pope Francis, quoting the words of Paul VI, greeted the pilgrims of Fatima [...] Marian vigil, he talked about the meaning of the figure of Mary: " Who is Mary? A teacher of the spiritual life, the first to follow Jesus on the ‘ narrow way’ of the cross by giving us an example, or a [...] came to pray at the feet of the statue of Mary, in the Chapel of the apparitions. This 19 th apostolic journey is the first one to Portugal. The Pope said it was " a pilgrimage of hope and peace. " During
between the pillar of Mary, Help of Christians, and the pillar of the Eucharist, the Church would survive. He wrote, “Only two things can save us in such a grave hour: devotion to Mary and frequent Communion [...] Bosco directed to Mary, Help of Christians that reflects this belief and places a person within the powerful protection of the Virgin Mary against all evil forces acting in the world. O Mary, powerful Virgin [...] Bosco was a holy Italian priest, and the recipient of many supernatural visions from God. In particular, he once saw a vision of the Church in the midst of a great trial, buffeted by many enemies. However
the Virgin Mary entrusting the Rosary to St. Dominic. The rise of Marian piety was also a result of the great plague of 1349, and it was in the following century that this prayer took the name of Rosary. [...] to a wreath of roses placed on the Virgin Mary as a crown, the rose being a Marian symbol. In the 15th century, the Carthusian Dominic of Prussia invented and taught the faithful a form of Marian psalter [...] influence of the Dominicans, from the 13th to the 15th century. According to tradition, St. Dominic of Guzman, the founder of the Dominican Order, received the Rosary directly from the Virgin Mary in several
Mense encyclical of September 22, 1891, declared: " It may be affirmed that, by the will of God, Mary is the intermediary through whom is distributed unto us this immense treasure of mercies gathered by God [...] Heart and the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary cannot be dissociated. Fatima fulfils Paray-le-Monial. Yves de Lassus Centenary of Fatima Letter of Liaison n. 53 (June 14, 2017) [...] August 18 – Our Lady of Rejoicing (France) Fatima fulfils Paray-le-Monial The notion of Mary Mediatrix is still debated today. Yet it has a strong tradition to support it. Leo XIII, in his Octobri Mense
