believing she would defeat them, Ismenia was defeated. She asked the knights to carve the image of Mary for her. The knights prayed to the Blessed Virgin so that she would guide their hands. During the

cure some sick people," asked Lucia. "Yes, I will cure some this year." Then, with a sad expression, Mary added, "Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners, since so many souls go to hell because

another pilgrimage to Lourdes. I was deeply concerned that perhaps I would not be permitted to return to Mary's Shrine again, for I knew not to what task the Bishop would assign me. I asked the Blessed Mother

ng on a single point, that far-off province of Rome. This unique feeling of waiting was one which Mary carried above all other in her heart, in her prayers at the Holy of Holies. This was fulfilled for

universal effectiveness by striking root in the present age and in the future. Everything through Mary. This is the authentic interpretation of the presence of the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ [...] Brothers, his gratitude towards his great Predecessor, who from the time of the Council began to invoke Mary with the title of the Mother of the Church. Pope John Paul II Homily in Jasna Gora, Poland, on June

and Pope Francis have all visited there. … The Servant of God Frank Duff —founder of the Legion of Mary—once wondered if there has been a single saint since the 13 th century who has not prayed the Rosary

regard to Jesus, who was not begotten of his flesh. Secondly, a renunciation of any physical relations Mary, since she conceived without him, by the action of the Holy Spirit. It is within this double renunciation

For over 30 years the pastor of this village of 500 inhabitants taught his parishioners to pray to Mary with confidence and perseverance under the title of Our Lady of Hope, for all their needs. In January

when did it begin?" Father William: "Tradition says that it was given to Saint Dominic by the Virgin Mary herself, in the 12th century. It gradually acquired its present form in the 16th century." La Croix:

the attackers with those trying to destroy the Church, while the two columns represented devotion to Mary and the Eucharist.