but she continued and recited the Creed and the pastor encouraged her this time. However, when she arrived to the words "was born of the Virgin Mary", the child sighed in annoyance and said, "There she [...] Scotland had a large number of Irish families in his parish and, consequently, some fervent Catholics. He was extremely annoyed by these people and, being fervent himself in his religion, tried to fight against [...] spoke a few nice words to her and then asked her to recite a few prayers, promising to give her two pennies if she recited them well. At once, the girl recited Our Father and the pastor congratulated her

not doubt Mary's help for one moment. John, in the gallows, declared his innocence. And added, "I have confidence that the Blessed Virgin can still help me." The drum beat a second time and the noose was [...] captain's tent. The latter was condemned and executed on the spot. Mary was trustworthy to her promise. John also kept his word. He gave up his life of soldiering and went in search of God's will. He later [...] in his place. Left alone, he fell asleep and he had an incredible dream. He saw the French shepherdess again, who transformed herself into the Queen of Heaven, and said to him, "Trust me. I will save you

her hand from her clothes, and she handed it to the child. After all the treasures of the Magi and the offerings of the shepherds, what was this present? From where she was, Mary could not tell. She could [...] the Child in the straw and he was finally falling asleep. But does one sleep on Christmas night? The door opened, thrust open, it was said, by a breath more than by a hand, and a woman appeared on the [...] the threshold, covered with rags, so old and so wrinkled that in her earth-colored face her mouth seemed to be just another wrinkle. When she saw her, Mary was frightened, as if the woman was a bad fairy

Way, the Truth and the Life" (Jn 14:6) from the first moment of His conception, not only during the three years of His missionary life. By remaining under the authority of Joseph and Mary in this way, our [...] grow, mature, and blossom in order to bear all the fruits that God has the right to expect from us. We must all be very eager to grow, like Jesus and with Jesus, "in wisdom, in stature and in grace, in [...] in 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 Community (France) 2021 Adapted and translated from: Aleteia

March 17, 1635, the Virgin Mary healed a parishioner of the small village of Bargemon in southeastern France (Var department) and delivered a message announcing conversions, cures and works of charity. After [...] was revived in 2016, and is now part of the parish church of Bargemon. Pilgrimages have resumed, and the Blessed Virgin has given graces of conversion, healing, answered prayers and new works of charity [...] many graces as in Bargemon." This was the fourth time that Mary had appeared in France, after Le-Puy-en-Velay, Notre Dame des Trois Épis and Cotignac. In 1641, the local bishop officially recognized the

Seven leagues from Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph asked a shepherd for his hospitality, and the man was perfectly kind to them. He arranged for them to have a convenient room and took care of their donkey. A [...] beauty of the Blessed Virgin. Fearing, moreover, that Mary would ask to stay at her house to deliver her baby, she did not appear in the morning and, by this rude behavior, caused the Holy Family to leave [...] woman with a crooked back whom Jesus found 30 years later in the same house, and healed, after exhorting her to be less vain and more hospitable. Anne Catherine Emmerich Visions , Vol.1, Chapter VII, Pierre

of the Holy Door and a special Mass on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Saint Peter's Basilica. These new weapons are God’s weapons, the Cardinal observed: "The bread and wine of the Eucharist [...] of Life, a small Rosary and the passage through the Holy Door. ... Although apparently weak, these spiritual weapons are able to overcome any human cunning and every obstacle , and everyone has access to [...] person a Rosary, advising them all to "go with confidence" to the Virgin Mary. "The Rosary is a simple but powerful prayer…" and "whether we are walking on a dusty road or we are at home, praying the Rosary

will come out from the stump of Jesse and from its root a flower will emerge (Is 11:1). The shoot, in his mind, is the Virgin, and the flower, the Son of the Virgin. And this famous fleece, taken from the [...] bush seen by Moses announce, with its flame that didn't consume the wood, if not Mary giving birth without pain? (Ex 3:2). And wasn't Aaron's branch, blossoming without being watered (Nb 17:8), the figure [...] the sheep by the shearer without marring its skin, and whose pure wool, laid out on the ground, was alternately covered with dew on the dry ground and dry on the soaking ground: What else does it signify

Virgin Mary has received an eminently special and filial cult of honor, veneration and love from most of the faithful throughout Gaul." Adapted and translated from: www.catholique-lepuy.fr and Marian [...] of God asked the woman to go to Mount Anicius, known as Cornelius Rock, and lie down on a megalithic slab. The widow obeyed and recovered. The Virgin confided to her her wish to see a church built on Mount [...] founded the church of Civitas Vetula in the county of Velay, and how, at the request of St. Martial, built a shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Mount Anicius. The 7th successor of St. George, St. Vosy

teaches us to love Mary beyond theological reflection. As a son and member, like anyone else, of the People of God, Bergoglio – Francis – participates in the sensus fidei fidelium and identifies with the [...] October 2018, is the fruit of a conversation between Pope Francis and Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. “This book,” affirmed the Pope, “has been written from my [...] testimony will serve to praise our Mother.” The book talks about the encounters between Jorge Mario and Mary, a tender Mother, Help of Christians, who welcomes us, intercedes for us: during his conversation