contained in the Hail Mary are so sublime, so marvelous, that no man, no angel could fully understand them." Saint Thomas Aquinas, the prince of theologians, "the wisest of the saints and the most holy of the [...] the books he had written and all the works he had produced, for the merit of a single Ave Maria recited with devotion. One day, Saint Mathilda, who was very fond of the Virgin Mary, endeavored to compose [...] her carrying on her bosom the angelic greeting written in gold letters: "Ave Maria, gratia plena." And she said to her: "My daughter, no prayer that you could compose would give me as much joy as the Ave

Patriarchal See declares with complete faith that the Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared in clear and stable forms for several nights and for periods of over two hours, from April 2, 1968, until now, over [...] on its way to Egypt (I) On the night of Tuesday, April 2, 1968, at 10:30 pm, some Muslim mechanics and public transportation drivers on their way home from work, found themselves just across from a church [...] Coptic Catholic Church (united with Rome), also endorsed the same official statement of recognition. Marie de Nazareth

Emperor Charlemagne and many kings of France went there to pray to the Black Virgin. In 1051, Pope Leo IX wrote, "In this sanctuary on Mount Anis more than anywhere the Blessed Virgin Mary has received veneration [...] the Puy-en-Velay. The Mother of God asked the woman to go to Mount Anis, also called Corneille Rock, and to lie down on a megalithic flagstone. The widow stood up cured. The Virgin asked her to have a church [...] oldest sanctuaries dedicated to the Mother of God. After a second miraculous intervention of the Virgin Mary, Saint Vosy, a missionary from the Velay, had the first church finally built, at the end of 5th century

rite, on August 18, 1991, and prayed for unity between Orthodox and Catholics. The feasts of the Máriapócs Shrine are September 8th and August 15th. The editorial team of Marie de Nazareth [...] Muslims), and recently liberated, in 1686. But the country was still occupied. So in 1693, Emperor Leopold I renewed the national Act of Trust in Mary. Three years after that act of consecration to Mary, in [...] (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) and was witnessed by hundreds of onlookers. The parish priest collected these precious "pearls of mercy" in a silk handkerchief and sent them to the Bishop of Eger. The

of the sons and daughters of Israel; and the threat posed to Eastern Europe by openly atheistic Communism. Mary's tears are signs: they testify to the presence of the Mother in the Church and in the world [...] Jesus looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the words the Lord had spoken to him; then "he went out and wept bitterly" (Lk 22:61-62). His were tears of sorrow, and of conversion. And after the Resurrection [...] wall plaque depicts the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the style of the 1950’s. Like many others just like it, it was mass-produced in a factory in Tuscany and shipped to various locations throughout the

apparition of the Virgin Mary in Brittany. The “Pardon” is held on August 15th and another festival is celebrated on the Sunday following September 8th each year. In 574, Columban and his twelve Irish companions [...] of the Madonna and Child and placed it in an oratory built of wood. On August 15, 1652 ‘a beautiful lady’ paid a visit to Jeanne Courtel, a little 12 year old shepherd girl who was deaf and mute. Miraculously [...] child recovered her hearing and speech. She told her parents that the lady desired them to “search in the pool of Saint Gall.” The statue of the Madonna, sculpted by Saint Gall, and preserved in a perfect state

joyful mystery (the Annunciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel and the Incarnation of Christ (Lk 1: 26-38; Mt 1: 18-25) is humility; the 2nd mystery : the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (Lk 1: 39-55): [...] mystery : the Wedding at Cana (Jn 2: 1-12): trust in the will of God and in Mary; 3rd mystery : the proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the invitation to conversion (Mk 1: 15): interior conversion, holiness; [...] does, and even as many proud scholars do, as a minor practice of little consequence; it is in truth great, sublime and divine. It was given to us by heaven, to convert the most hardened sinners and the most

the door and the window with the eyes of a hunted deer. This girl has hardly just arrived, but she already wants to go away. And she will escape as a matter of fact, forever, dying in 1915, and canonical [...] Lady, without hesitating, and especially, Catherine, your innocent audacity: you pose your coarse, countrified hands on Mary's knees, after working in the fields of Burgundy and serving the poor. Do you [...] Clerk, please call... Miss Frances Richer, from Pontmain, France ... Eleven years and ten months old. She is nervous and shy. She does not like to speak in public, although she does manage to say, Oh! How

graces and has always attracted crowds of pilgrims, among them Popes Pius IX, Saint John XXIII, Paul VI and Saint John Paul II. Today, the monks of this abbey are still of Byzantine-Greek rite and represent [...] Abbey of Saint Mary in Grottaferrata, near Frascati, Italy, was founded in 1004 by a group of monks from Calabria, guided by Saint Nil of Rossano. The humble Saint Nil sought to flee honors and then went to [...] God appeared to Nil and his companion, Bartholomew. She asked them to build a church there dedicated to her, from which she would dispense her graces. Saint Nil died shortly after, and Saint Bartholomew

lot of hatred and violence. Our times are not much better. The message of Mary is a message of peace and reconciliation. One thing that particularly moves me in the message of Fatima is Mary's request to [...] the importance of this appeal. To pray for sinners is to want their good, and to hope for peace in the world. What better prayer and calling is there for a politician?" Translated from the French. Source: [...] (France) In Fatima, I understood the importance of this prayer Ghislain Lafont, a devout Catholic and a House of Representatives candidate for the the 16th arrondissement of Paris (France) during the June