obviously doesn’t refer only to the happiness of Heaven. Why? Because it would negate the Christian message. Saint Paul says that "the kingdom of God is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy [...] God’s very signature. Lying on her bed of suffering and holding a crucifix at the end of her life, Bernadette said something that Father Petitot, Dominican, author of a remarkable book written just after [...] April 16 – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Saint Bernadette Soubirous (except France and Canada) "I promise to make you happy ..." What were the Virgin Mary’s first words to Bernadette in
s cultural heritage stresses the importance of the simple, deep and universal faith of men and women of all times, under the loving gaze of the Virgin Mary. Elisabeth Bourgois, a contemporary, French, [...] Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) A show about Our Lady growing in popularity every year "The Astonishing Story of Boulogne-sur-Mer" is a live historical show retracing the 1,500 years of the city of Boulogne [...] in 636 AD of a statue of Our Lady on the seashore, washed up by the sea, whose reputation gave rise to a great pilgrimage that has attracted millions of people, including almost all the kings of France.
the Rosary." The offering of the Rosary to God is at first intended to repair the offense done to him by the killing of innocent human lives. This is the meaning of an act of reparation: to please God [...] God, for the salvation of souls and of all society. The choice to pray outside and not in a church is explained by the public scope of abortion today. Acts of reparation must therefore be accompanied by a [...] spiritual events in reparation for the sin of abortion and embryonic destruction, as well as ardent petitions addressed to the Virgin Mary to enlighten the conscience of those who resort to such methods. Prayers
spiritual history of France and the dogma of the Immaculate Conception … While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was not yet solemnly defined, the theologians of the University of Paris in the Middle [...] extremely poor family, heard from the mouth of the "Beautiful Lady,” this name which alone convinced the priest Fr. Peyramale of the authenticity of the apparitions, and of the Virgin’s message! Fr. Guillaume [...] all through the great Marian apparitions of the 19 th century, from the Rue du Bac in 1830, to Lourdes in 1858, that the Virgin Mary gave France a new impulse of devotion to God by contemplating her Immaculate
as Our Lady of China. The image was proclaimed Our Lady of China at the 1924 Synod of Shanghai. Our Lady of China [...] monument was erected to commemorate this. Again, during the revolution of the Boxers there was a weeping statue of Our Lady in the village of San Tai Dse. The weeping ceased only after the enemy soldiers put [...] reported that a Chinese priest moved among the defenders of Dong-Lu and constantly invoked the Mother of God to save his people. The bullets of the rebels failed to shatter the apparition posed over the
witness the miracle of the water that can be seen flowing from the feet of Christ on the cross and from the rocks below in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Dantoling. The sacred image of Jesus on the cross [...] year the Marian shrine attracts thousands of faithful, Catholics and non-Catholics, especially during the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11th. People of all faiths go there, and find solace in [...] orphanage of the Surada mission. The Christian presence was born with the first 250 Catholic families. The erection of the shrine took place in 1917, as a sign of gratitude to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
sculpture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Peace opposite a 33-foot statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, both created by sculptor Dale Lamphere. The Marian monuments are “a constant reminder of Our [...] through the Diocese of San 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 [...] been inspired by Santa Clara’s Immaculate Heart of Mary: in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Parks was commissioned to create a 33-foot, stainless-steel image of Our Lady of the New Millennium in 1999. And in Sioux City
the devotion of the first Saturdays of the month. Here is an excerpt of Sister Lucia’s answers: 1. When was this request made? On December 10, 1925. How? By an apparition of Our Lord and of the Most Blessed [...] chapel with Our Lord for part of the night of the 29th to the 30th of this month of May 1930, and speaking to Our Lord about questions four and five, I suddenly felt possessed more intimately by the divine [...] as Mother of men, 4) the blasphemies of those who publicly seek to instill in the hearts of children indifference or contempt, or even hatred towards this Immaculate Mother, 5) the offenses of those who
alive the hope of Easter through the night of sorrow. Now, Mother, once more take the initiative for us, in these times rent by conflicts and laid waste by the fire of arms. Turn your eyes of mercy towards [...] Therefore, Mother of God and our Mother, we come before you and we seek refuge in your Immaculate Heart. Mother of mercy, we appeal for mercy! Queen of Peace, we appeal for peace! Touch the hearts of those imprisoned [...] every fibre of our being, all that we possess and all that we are, forever… Mother, Queen of Peace, pour forth into our hearts God’s gift of harmony. Amen." Pope Francis, at the Conclusion of the Pacem in
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, Italy. Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis have all visited there. … The Servant of God Frank Duff —founder of the Legion of Mary—once wondered [...] belonging to the Confraternity of the Rosary. Many of these popes were Rosarians themselves—members of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Some of the more prominent papal champions of the Rosary have been: Pope [...] priest experience a radical reversion to Catholicism and quickly become one of the greatest promoters of the Rosary in the history of the Church. This man’s name was Blessed Bartolo Longo. After his conversion
