to appear cheerful Oral tradition recounts that in 1798, in a forest in central Vietnam, the Virgin Mary, surrounded by two angels, appeared to a group of persecuted Christians. "She was wearing a beautiful [...] Dictionnaire encyclopédique des apparitions de la Vierge , (Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Virgin Mary’s Apparitions), Fayard, Paris 2007
protecting me and praying for me. Today I know that the Virgin Mary will never abandon me. I continue to pray to her day and night. Reine Marie (France) Healed at the baths of the Shrine of Lourdes in September
perfectly calm. A witness later said, "Saints are made in Spanish prisons!" In Le Sourire de Marie ("The Smile of Mary"), n. 27, March 1975
about John the Baptist and the Apostles in great length, skimmed over the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, although she exceeds them ad infinitum by her excellence and her virtue. Why, I asked myself, have [...] about the Blessed Virgin, you will find contained in these few words: Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. This is her story - it's a very long and interesting story.
Lombardy, “was charmed by an angel” with whom He entered “a temple where he found the Blessed Virgin Mary, surrounded by the patriarchs, the apostles and the other troops of the celestial fatherland”. The
May 15 - Our Lady of France (1860) Prayer to Our Lady of the Smile O Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother too, who once by a visible smile didst graciously console and cure thy child Saint Therese of the
May 18 - Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal) Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message
Lombardy, "was charmed by an angel" with whom He entered "a temple where he found the Blessed Virgin Mary, surrounded by the patriarchs, the apostles and the other troops of the celestial fatherland". The
second title is deeply inscribed in the tradition of the Church, who has always associated the Virgin Mary with beauty. Gazi's intuition is deeply universal: Our Lady of Beauty is destined to gather all the [...] presence of one of the oldest places of Marian veneration in the Paris region. Notre Histoire avec Marie
only during the three years of his missionary life. By remaining under the authority of Joseph and Mary in this way, our Lord invites us to do the same: it is in Nazareth, at the school of Jesus' parents [...] grace, under the eyes of God and of men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille Saint-Joseph Adapted from: Aleteia
