the lobby of a Manhattan hotel last June. Intense prayer, she said, had helped her survive the three months that she and several other women lay crammed into a small bathroom in the home of a Protestant [...] house when a crowd of machete-armed Hutu bore down on the family’s home in Mataba in western Rwanda. But her father did not survive, nor did her mother, who was chopped down in front of their house, nor [...] she described some steps of her interior journey: from hatred and a desire for revenge to compassion and forgiveness. Her faith, she said, was rooted largely in devotion to Mary. As she recited the Rosary
beginning of the second millennium. It is a prayer beginners can learn, and it can lead us into the depth of the Christian life. It is loved by the simplest souls and some of the greatest mystics of the Church [...] mysteries of the life of Jesus and Mary. Some find it helpful to combine Scripture reading and even some silence with the prayers to aid in meditation on the mysteries. Some have accused Catholics of violating [...] December 21 – Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Why praying the rosary is important The rosary is a mysterious prayer because of its simplicity, but also because of its depth. It has been prayed
ty of same God and Father, who had taken pity on mankind out of His love for us and our fallen nature, came from His free movement, by the will of God who generated Him with the divine approval of the [...] our successive ways of coming and going. He acted by nature in a divine manner, penetrating into the brilliant virginal purity of Mary’s womb; the holy and radiant Virgin, full of a divine wisdom, and [...] March 11 - Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (d. 639) The Incarnation in the Virgin’s Womb Concerning the Incarnation, I believe that God the Word, the only Son of the Father, who was born before all centuries
May 12 – Our Lady of the Abandoned (Manila, Philippines) Irish boxer has a rosary tattooed around his neck One of Ireland’s most successful amateur boxers of all time has revealed that he prays for his [...] Belfast’s Michael Conlan, who famously turned professional after accusing officials in amateur boxing of corruption following the 2016 Olympics, opened up about his faith during an appearance on RTE’s The [...] he said. Speaking further on what he prays for Conlan said: “I’d say three Our Fathers, two Hail Marys and hope to God that I’m going to win, that’s if I hadn’t trained. If I had trained I’d say an Our
Virgin of Consolation was the patroness of his religious order, the Augustinian Recollects. And this Virgin continues to be their source of hope and strength today. Recently, thanks to the efforts of the [...] Joseph Parish, home to the world-famous bamboo organ, is also a shrine to the image of Our Lady of Consolation and of the Belt. The community has long venerated this image in its midst, well before the [...] November 26 – Our Lady of the Remedies (Philippines) Marian devotion is making a comeback in the Philippines In the city of Las Piñas, Philippines, a devotion that had almost disappeared is making a comeback
comeback point to a strong return of the Catholic faith? There were at least 27,000 pilgrims this year on August 15th for the feast of the Assumption, counting all countries of residency, according to France [...] celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to Heaven. It should be mentioned that a recently approved miracle probably inspired many people to sign up: the miraculous healing of a nun, Sr. Bernadette Moriau [...] November 6 – Our Lady of Valfleury (Lyon, France) A comeback for Lourdes in the past two years The annual pilgrimage to Lourdes has seen a noticeable increase of participants. In just two years, their
Our Lady of Tenderness (Smolensk, Russia) Pope Francis will be in Fatima on May 12-13 The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, has joined the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal, for the celebration of the 100th [...] Lourdes, the 13th of each month this year will be entirely dedicated to Fatima. This "communion with Fatima" will culminate with the celebration of a Mass of thanksgiving for the intentions of Pope Francis [...] shrine reveals part of Mary's mission and each one has a particular charism, without contradicting the others’ charism," said a document sent by the Shrine of Lourdes to the Shrine of Fatima. Zenit
the dew with which his head is covered, and the drops of the night of his Passion with which his head is sprinkled will be converted into pearls of consolation.' My sweetest Mother, hey, give me the grace [...] was a French saint from Burgundy, who founded the Order of the Visitation of St. Mary with St. Francis de Sales. [...] you were also more than any other filled with the bitterness and drink of anguish that your Beloved swallowed in that place of torment: ah! What does this teach me, if not to receive tribulations as something
mysteries of the Rosary. This prayer became for him a source of strength that sustained him in his life filled with suffering and trials. Memoirs of Sister Anne-Marie From the Bulletin of the Friends of Van [...] him to keep praying until the end. She explained to him that the recitation of the Rosary, far from being boring, is a form of praise to the Blessed Virgin that is very pleasing to her and her Son Jesus [...] March 29 – Our Lady of Hope (Italy, 1755) When Marcel Van discovered the rosary One day, during the family rosary, young Marcel Van (1), who always knelt next to his mother, seemed a little unhappy. Suddenly
message of prayer and repentance. The apparition occurred only a few days before the armistice and the departure of the occupying troops. Bechwat is a small Lebanese village where the Virgin Mary granted [...] the peaceful withdrawal of the Syrian occupation troops. In addition to the similarity between the historical circumstances, the statue Our Lady of Bechwat represents the Virgin of Pontmain. This is why [...] official. Consequently, in January 2005, the rector of the shrine of Pontmain, Father Claude Poussier, travelled to Lebanon to pray in the chapel of Bechwat; and the message delivered by the Virgin in
