the Sacred Heart of Jesus because devotion to these two hearts was promoted together as a means of entering more deeply into the mystery of God’s love. In 1944, in the midst of WWII, Pope Pius XII dedicated

some flowers to decorate the altar of the Immaculate, whose statue had been found intact. When I entered the church towards evening, I could not believe my eyes. The Queen of May was surrounded by a sea

that he and I, a year and a half ago, began to become acquainted with God. And seeing how my father entered into Life just as you were singing the Hail Mary, I too want to become Catholic. I want to be baptized

him: the pain she was experiencing was consuming and piercing her, and she was not yet able to re-enter her inner self to experience this joy [of faith]; and that he had spent a long time with her, because

Newman reflected on the nature and scope of Marian devotion shortly before he took the final step to enter the Church. He poses the question whether the honors paid to Our Lady, which have grown out of devotion

space for God, who is encountered both in prayer and in service of neighbor—only then does goodness enter the world. Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself. She is

healed by their competent care, by their loving attention and by their prayers. Since our daughter entered this community, our relationship with her has even deepened, in God's Love. We have often experienced

understands without saying anything, and one forgets oneself entirely. And, without wanting it, one enters the spirit of the scenes that are shown: that is, if it is a sad scene, one is sad, if it is a happy

July that the two visionaries, intent on grazing their cows in the surrounding meadows, wanting to enter the small temple to pray, could not do so because the door was closed. Instead they began their prayers

to build and prepare the bridal chamber that could receive the Lord, so that the Bridegroom, on entering, would unite with our nature and espouse it with his goodness.... Although Anne did not give birth