She furnished her apartment with the expensive pieces of black and golden furniture, there was a swimming pool in her bathroom, she had a bedroom that seemed to come out of a fairytale and the marble in [...] God. One day in 1917, on holiday in a rented castle, she went to the local church and listened to the sermon of a country priest. The great actress made fun of the priest to herself, as he obviously had no [...] famous actress, Eve Lavalliere, was tragic. Her father was a blue-collar worker, card player, drinker and womanizer. He murdered his wife with a revolver, then her miserable father turned the gun on himself
She furnished her apartment with the expensive pieces of black and golden furniture, there was a swimming pool in her bathroom, she had a bedroom that seemed to come out of a fairytale and the marble in [...] God. One day in 1917, on holiday in a rented castle, she went to the local church and listened to the sermon of a country priest. The great actress made fun of the priest to herself, as he obviously had no [...] famous actress, Eve Lavalliere, was tragic. Her father was a blue-collar worker, card player, drinker and womanizer. He murdered his wife with a revolver, then her miserable father turned the gun on himself
Address the one who is Mary. Because she is full of grace. Address the one who is full of grace. Because she is with us. Address the one who is with us. Because the Lord is with her. Charles Péguy (French [...] beautiful, because she is also infinitely good. To the one who intercedes. The only one who can talk with a mother’s authority. Speak boldly to the one who is infinitely pure, because she is also infinitely [...] days when the saints are not enough There are days when patrons and saints are not enough. When you have to muster up your courage and speak directly to the one who is above everything. Be brave. For once
Haute-Provence. Having heard of the reputation of Our Lady of Bargemon, they went to visit her church. No sooner had they genuflected before the statue of Our Lady than they were filled with a common desire [...] to return home without going to Grenoble! Since Mary does not do things by halves, she arranged for them to providentially meet a certain monk, who in a short time was able to peacefully disentangle the [...] the Virgin Mary, venerated in her shrine of Bargemon, "doesn’t care any less about material goods than about those of the mind and the body," wrote Brother Raphael, a Discalced Augustinian priest in charge
Virgin Mary. "In my sleep, the Virgin Mary was appearing to me. She said, ‘My child, your salvation is not here. Please go back to the Catholic Church where you were before.’” Father Jean Alla, a priest [...] not here!" Some Catholics who had fallen away and have come back to the Church explained that they did it because of an intervention of the Virgin Mary their lives. Here are two excerpts from their many [...] Catholic parish of Saint Marc in Yopougon (Ivory Coast) in 2001. It happened after she had an argument with a catechist: "I couldn’t accept humiliation, so I decided to leave Catholicism and go somewhere else
about ten o'clock at night. A portly American gentleman tapped me on the shoulder: "Are you an American priest?" "Yes." "Do you speak French?" "Yes." "Will you come to Paris with my wife and daughter tomorrow [...] walked me back to the hotel; then he asked me perhaps the most interesting question I have ever heard in my life: "Have you paid your hotel bill yet?" I out fumbled him for the bill. The next day we went [...] of the Mass and before I would reach the outer gate of the shrine, a little girl age about twelve, dressed in white, would give me a white rose. About twenty feet from the gate I could see no one. I remember
Let Our Lady guide you! "A few months ago, a close friend told me about a pilgrimage he made to Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina). I found his story interesting. I shared it with some friends and many of [...] bore you with the whole trip. Our accompanying priest prepared us for this pilgrimage during the first, sightseeing part of the trip and this was very beneficial to me. When we arrived we "caught" a Mass in [...] I hadn't been to confession for a very long time! After going to confession, I went to Mass again at 6 pm. The same thing happened at the consecration! Mary struck a second time: I cried again, and I
all the part that Mary took as our co-Redemptress comes to us.” “The rosary, if rightly considered, will be found to have in itself special virtues, whether for producing and continuing a state of recollection [...] Pope of the Rosary" (a unique title in the annals of the Church). Here are some of his insights on the Rosary: “Let us take as our mediatrix with God the most glorious Virgin Mary, the invincible Queen [...] provided for the salvation of her children not only in that trial but in others like it afterward, always with the same glorious success. – Magnae Dei Matris, 8. We are convinced that the Rosary, if devoutly used
in love with God and Our Savior… I don't remember ever having said a prayer in my life," he said of his return to his room. "I looked at the book, the six children, who were on their knees with their hands [...] experienced a supernatural "infusion of knowledge" about the faith and became a Catholic within nine months. Shortly after, he joined the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and discerned a priestly vocation [...] dramatically," said Father Donald Calloway MIC. "I had a profound conversion experience after reaching rock bottom." Rock bottom indeed! Now a young priest who serves as assistant rector at the National Shrine
meeting with the Virgin Mary that made young Bernadette a saint—the little shepherdess was already a saint before the apparitions took place. This conclusive and inspiring perspective comes out of a book [...] Laurentin about the life of Saint Bernadette Soubirous entitled Une petite vie (A Little Life). Father Laurentin, a French priest and theologian (1917-2017), was an expert on Marian apparitions, particularly [...] Bernadette is to Lourdes what Mary is to the Church. Laurentin’s research is convincing—even before Our Lady chose her, "this poor girl" was already a saint. She prayed a lot, didn’t complain about the
