the Virgin Mary. Since then, pilgrims have flocked and a community of 42 Christian refugees from Iraq is now actively participating in the renewal! The priest of Bargemon, Father Philippe-Marie Métais Fontenel [...] international Marian shrine in the 17th and 18th centuries. Pilgrims used to come here by the thousands, but no one seemed to know about it! I prayed to the Virgin Mary, and little by little I felt that she wanted [...] remain empty, and asked that the poor be given a place to stay there. With my comfortable 9700 sq. ft. rectory, I felt the pope was especially speaking to me! I gathered about 30 volunteers and we prepared
that Mary has so much influence with her divine Son that all the graces granted by God to men are always given to them through and at the wish of the Blessed Virgin; Second, that Mary is so good and so merciful [...] against the Albigensian heretics, who attacked all the truths of faith and especially the divine maternity and virginity of Mary with horrible blasphemies, the Spaniard Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican [...] most devout servant is easy to guess from the fact that Mary taught the Church, her Son’s Spouse, the Most Holy Rosary. This prayer both vocal and mental—it is a meditation of the principal mysteries of
Hail Mary’s and Glory Be’s for the bloodshed, then 5 Our Father’s, Hail Mary’s, and Glory Be’s for the Five Wounds; 7 Our Father’s, Hail Mary’s and Glory Be’s for herself, Maria Addolorata (Mary most [...] broke out and forced the children to take the animals for shelter in a hut. Suddenly, Veronica saw before her a "beautiful lady kneeling, wearing a white dress decorated with small red flowers and a black [...] death)." And finally: "Help me to mourn." "Why are you crying?" Veronica asked. "I cry for sinners. Do you see how hard it is raining? Sinners are more numerous than the raindrops. My Son’s hands and feet
caused a great commotion! "Ah!” the monk said, “ignorant men, and of little faith! With all this noise and clamor, you made the Virgin Mary leave!” After this, convinced that a miracle had taken place, [...] the King of Heaven and his Mother, singing holy praises to God. Gautier de Coincy (1177–1236) a French abbot, poet and musical arranger, chiefly known for his devotion to the Virgin Mary In The Miracles of [...] great love for the Virgin Mary. Whenever he had free time, he would pray long prayers at the foot of her holy image. One day a strange illness came over him. A continuous and very painful rattle seized
his life. His death touched the whole world, and France in particular. He was assassinated in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, the very town where Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort died a little more than 300 years [...] certainly that Father Olivier Maire is now with Saint Louis de Montfort, close to the Lord and the Virgin Mary". Adapted from vaticannews.va [...] the doctrine of Father de Montfort for his doctorate. He was one of the best experts of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. He also was a holy priest. He was the head of the Montfortians in France, so
his heart he esteemed and loved her above all men and angels. Mary is the sealed fountain and the faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit where only he may enter. She is the sanctuary and resting-place of the [...] though Mary was his faithful spouse, God the Holy Spirit willed that his apostles and evangelists should say very little about her and then only as much as was necessary to make Jesus known. Mary is the [...] supreme masterpiece of Almighty God and he has reserved the knowledge and possession of her for himself. She is the glorious Mother of God the Son who chose to humble and conceal her during her lifetime in
apostolic (helping priests and parishes, working towards Unity), and educational (encouraging, sustaining through prayer, and developing vocations for the Church and for France—her country). Her spiritual mission [...] witness, and transmit the love that exists in the unique bond between the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Her Marian vocation is about giving herself totally to Christ, through prayer and the consecration [...] parish church of the Immaculate Conception, which houses the Mary Who Unties Knots Shrine, a young woman received a blue habit (a Marian color), and pronounced her first vows in the presence of the local bishop
own. We are showing that we need Mary, his holy Mother, to be our advocate and mediatrix with him who is our Mediator. We are going to Jesus as Mediator and Brother, and at the same time humbling ourselves [...] Sept 4 - Our Lady of Haut (Belgium, 1419) Holy Dependency In going to Jesus through Mary, we are really paying honor to our Lord, for we are showing that, because of our sins, we are unworthy to approach [...] ourselves before him who is our God and our Judge. In short, we are practicing humility, something which always gladdens the heart of God.
innocent victims, Jesus Christ ‘Light of the world’ and Mary ‘mother of light’ are the two reference points for understanding who we truly are as human beings and what our ultimate destiny is," the Cardinal said [...] Basilica of St Mary Major, on Thursday, February 2, 2017, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in Rome, in his newly appointed basilica. "We live in a period of darkness so deep and so dark, that [...] that it raises fear and concern for the future of humanity," he said during his homily. “In this time of multiple crises that threaten us, of wars that afflict us, of terrorism that takes so many innocent
moment's rest during the journey and to find joy and safety for the road, as well as the strength to go forward; they are like the oases that appear in the desert to offer water and shade." Aleteïa [...] to Bishop Dominique Le Tourneau, professor of canon law and author of a Guide of Marian Shrines, there are 2900 shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary in France. "There are some in every department of the [...] many shrines as France. "No other country has been so often visited by Mary," says Le Tourneau. "The shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary, scattered all over the world, are like millennia-old milestones built
