But if you don't give me the grace to fast, you will have to stop fussing! If you want me to talk to your children about fasting, you have no choice but to give me that grace!" Of course, it was a cry from [...] if I had eaten, then that will be a sign that you have heard my cry and that I have been given the grace to fast!" The next day I started the day with a little bread, unnoticed by others because I was on [...] same thing. I felt great! I even forgot to eat my bread! Then I understood... I had received the grace I wanted! I was so happy! I thank the Cardinal for having helped me to corner my heavenly Mother,

(Letter 122, October 14, 1890) “C eline, why this extraordinary privilege, why? . . . Ah! what a grace to be a virgin, to be the bride of Jesus! It must indeed be beautiful, sublime, since the purest and [...] creatures thought it better to remain a virgin than to become the Mother of a God . . . And this is the grace that Jesus grants us, He wants us to be His brides, indeed He even promises us that we may be His

Mother promised to those who would practice it, her assistance at the time of death, with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls. On February 15, 1926, returning from the garden after [...] many souls begin but sadly few persevere to the very end, and those persevere do it to receive the graces promised. The souls who practice the first five Saturdays with fervor and with the intention of making

people of God who for centuries, in times of crisis, have gathered around Mary to ask Heaven for graces, because "what is impossible for men is not impossible for God," according to Father Innocenzo Gargano [...] in an article by Sandro Magister for the Espresso . For the Holy Father, this icon pours back "the graces which she herself received," into hearts and "in proportion of the faith" of those who turn to her

Because Mary brings us back to her Son, every time. She doesn’t keep anything for herself, and all the graces we obtain come from Jesus. It does not matter what we ask her. If we ask from the heart, with the [...] the faith and love we should reserve for a mother so beautiful and so perfect, then we will receive graces, even if they don’t always match our initial request. Why ask Mary instead of Jesus? When we are

the Virgin Mary was for him the necessary way to give thanks to God. He himself received a special grace through it: In August 1959, after a journeying to several Italian cities, the statue of Our Lady of [...] leaving!” As he bowed his head, he immediately felt cured. The one by whom he had obtained so many graces had heard his prayer! He, the minister of reconciliation, used to say: "I would like to have a voice

Augustine, Doctor of the Church (d. 430) The sick and dying were all healed The pilgrimage of Our Lady of Grace of Maillane, commemorating the 159th anniversary of the miracle of the Virgin in this Provençal village [...] with the inability to contain the scourge, the people of Maillane saw their only hope in Our Lady of Grace, whose statue had been relegated to a classroom of the nuns' school. On the 28th of August, the i

Blessed Virgin, for Christ's sake, when we are speaking about sins. We know indeed that an immense grace was granted her to overcome all sin. For this reason she deserved to conceive and give birth to the

Flowers of the Church Virgins are the flowers of the Church, the adornment and glory of spiritual grace, the joy of youth, the perfect and incorruptible work of praise and honor, the most illustrious portion

Blessed Mother promised to those who observed it, her assistance at the time of death, with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls. On February 15, 1926, returning from the garden to empty [...] Rosary, but alas only a few keep this commitment, and those who persevere do so only to receive the graces that are promised. The souls who make the first 5 Saturdays with fervor and with the intention of