a statue of Mary: "If you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored in New Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor." And so it was. Our Lady [...] of New Orleans "donated their prized jeweled necklaces, bracelets, brooches, rings and earrings to have... crowns fashioned in gold and precious jewels" for the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor cradling [...] infant Jesus, the history reads. Since then, statues of the "quick help" iteration of Mary and her son have included golden robes, said Mary Lee Harris, assistant to the archivist at the Ursuline Convent Archives
suicide. But she pushed all of this in the past. She told herself: "Now I have forgotten what it feels like to be cold," having attained a life of refined luxury. One day she heard a country priest preach [...] Lourdes, a proof of her love for the Immaculate, refuge of sinners. She fell ill: one day she had to have her left eyelid stitched without anesthesia. "I'm thirsty to get up there, to see Jesus," she said
impossible for your daughter to not have a dislocation." I have often shared this beautiful story with others and I still thank the Lord and the Virgin Mary for having healed me of such a handicap! Glory
mercy and put it into action. The martyrs of Vietnam have borne witness to God's mercy with courage, at the cost of their own lives, so that we may have eternal life, he argued. Nearly 300,000 Catholics suffered [...] 19, 1988. This national shrine is one of the most important Catholic sites in Vietnam, and pilgrims have been flocking to it throughout the 2018 Jubilee Year, launched to commemorate the 30 th anniversary
around the Blessed Virgin, and I read these words: 'O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you,' written in gold letters. I was shown the reverse side: the letter M surmounted with [...] cross and below it the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Again, an interior voice spoke, telling me to have a medal struck on this model. It would be a source of wonderful graces to those who wear it with
Over the years, on many occasions and in a variety of situations, I have called on her for help and assistance and through Mary have experienced the love of her Son, Jesus, Our Lord. Our Holy Father Pope [...] He wrote, “It is traditional in May to pray the Rosary at home. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all the more this ‘family’ aspect from a spiritual point of view. For this [...] either as a family or individually, asking and even pleading with our Holy Mother to help us. Those who have children should teach them the prayers and how to pray the Rosary. It is so very sad that frequently
they who confidently and at all times have recourse to this Divine Mother! This, above all others, is the most pleasing devotion to the Blessed Virgin, ever to have recourse to her and to say: "O Mary, [...] to Mary, that she may intercede for us, because her prayers are always heard. "O Mother of Mercy, have pity on me. Thou art styled the advocate of sinners; assist me, therefore, a sinner placing my confidence [...] them, she renders us worthy, by her powerful intercession; and she is very desirous that we should have recourse to her, that she may save us. What sinner ever perished, who, with confidence and perseverance
simplicity, obedience to the Church and charity in the image of Mary. We have experienced these fruits: two of our children have been healed by their competent care, by their loving attention and by their [...] (which lasted 40 years). Without complaining, we followed the "policy of the trout" by constantly having to swim upstream. When our children were born, we had them baptized, and we consecrated them to Mary [...] our daughter entered this community, our relationship with her has even deepened, in God's Love. We have often experienced the active presence of the community in both good times and bad. When my oldest
faith in God, and if she had lived in our times, Mary might have said: "Why me, and not another girl, maybe one from Jerusalem? Why now? I have a better plan, Gabriel: How about in a year's time when I am [...] plan to me? Do you want to have me stoned, Gabriel? You know that any woman who becomes pregnant out of wedlock can be stoned to death with her child according to the Law. I have a better plan than this project
Mary, you must have thanked Simon inwardly for his unexpected help! From the first days that I decided, after my sister Cecile's car accident, to found the Simon de Cyrène* communities, I have known that the [...] she prays and implores that he may be consoled and supported by faithful friends. How many mothers have had this shattering experience of solitude in the midst of a trial! I believe that the Virgin Mary [...] through thick and thin, day after day, in the homes we share, both able-bodied and disabled people (who have had head injuries, strokes or cerebral palsy). At Simon de Cyrène , we like to get together to share
