other as brothers and sisters dwelling in a common home. Intercede for our world, in such turmoil and great danger. Teach us to cherish and care for life – each and every human life! – and to repudiate the [...] the folly of war, which sows death and eliminates the future. Mary, how many times have you come, urging prayer and repentance. Yet, caught up in our own needs and distracted by the things of this world [...] to leave their lands and their loved ones; console the crestfallen; awaken new hope. To you we entrust and consecrate our lives and every fibre of our being, all that we possess and all that we are, forever…
Jose and you’re likely to catch sight of an unusual but memorable expression of the Catholic faith: a 32-foot stainless steel statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary located alongside the Church and Shrine [...] created and installed by Delaware sculptor Charles Parks (1922-2012) at the request of a former pastor, Msgr. John Sweeny (1924-2006). Today, it draws more than 1 million visitors annually and has prompted [...] attract and inspire all who see it, in the hope that many will respond to Our Lady’s invitation to love her Son.” Parks was commissioned to create the image in his Wilmington, Delaware, studio, and it was
people, that the sultan had to authorize the opening of a church: it was called Saint Mary of Marrakech, the head and the mother of all the churches of Morocco.
people, that the sultan had to authorize the opening of a church: it was called Saint Mary of Marrakech, the head and the mother of all the churches of Morocco.
heard someone calling him and a lady of incomparable majesty said to him, "Understand and know for certain, my dearest and humblest son, that I am the ever-virgin Saint Mary, Mother of God, The One Great [...] tilma (cloak) and an astonishing account, written by Antonio Valeriano, telling the story of the apparitions and the words used by the Blessed Virgin, announcing the Good News to the Aztecs and inviting them [...] Close and Within Reach, the Lord of the Earth and the Heavens. I ardently want you to build a sacred House of God for me right here. I will give all my personal love, assistance, compassion and protection
Understand the Great Value of Silence Mary, my good and holy Mother, help me, help us all understand the great value of silence wherein we can hear God. Teach me to be quiet and listen to the voice of Eternal [...] supernatural and divine. Give me the grace to transform what I found there into a perfect prayer, laced in faith, confidence and love. Grant me the grace to pray in a vibrant, active and fruitful way so [...] so that I may glorify God and save souls! Amen.
without its mothers and grandmothers! What would our lives be like without them! Our love for Mary must help us to feel appreciation and gratitude for women, for our mothers and grandmothers, who are [...] against them: “Looking to Mary, I do not want to conclude without asking all of us to think of the mothers and grandmothers of this nation; they are a true driving force for the life and the families of Peru [...] invited to take on a “Marian style,” Pope Francis says, and a “Marian style” consists of loving as the mother of Christ does, with “tenderness” and “affection.” The Holy Father said this in a letter to Maria
St. Elizabeth to Mary, Hail, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, to pray the Our Father and the Glory Be, and to contemplate the Joyful, Sorrowful or Glorious Mysteries [...] jungle prison. Sick, sweaty and malnourished, he lay semiconscious on the dirt floor. The beatings he endured now occurred daily and at times, hourly. As night merged with day and week gave rise to week, the [...] the steady brutality came without sense, without mercy and without end. And yet, though collapsed under the weight of excruciating pain and feverish delirium, moments of lucidity found the soldier’s trembling
apparition of the Virgin Mary to a widowed noblewoman, Lady Richedis, who wanted to do something for the honor of Our Lady. On three occasions, the Virgin led her to Nazareth "in spirit" and showed her the place [...] a country known as "Our Lady's Dowry." (1) Walsingham is located in Norfolk County, England The Marie de Nazareth team
Transparent Windowpane I am the Creator of Heaven and earth, one divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit; I spoke to the patriarchs and the prophets and to the one whom they awaited. In order to achieve [...] achieve their desires, according to my promise, I took human flesh free from sin and concupiscence, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin just as the sun shines through a transparent windowpane. Indeed, as the [...] the sun does not break the windowpane while shining through, in the same way Mary's virginity was not injured or broken when I took my humanity.
