Virgin Mary is always near patients to fight for them.” A Maltese man fighting to recover from a serious injury has found himself on the receiving end of widespread public support after he asked for a miracle [...] went through a similar experience, but the Virgin Mary is always near patients to fight for them.” The Ta’ Pinu Basilica, in Għarb, Gozo, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Ta’ Pinu, with many religious [...] youth, with many from Malta and Gozo and even abroad sharing a prayer for Nicotra. Many people recounted their own physical injuries, and shared how prayer helped them overcome the scarier moments. “Stay
(France, 1876) Like Mary, make a free and personal act of faith At a first glance, Mary’s act of faith was easy and could even be taken for granted. She was to become the mother of a king who would reign [...] But this is a rather human and worldly way of reasoning. True faith is never a privilege or an honor; it means dying a little, and this was especially true of Mary’s faith at that moment. Nowadays we [...] the risk of faith, and we generally mean the intellectual risk, but Mary faced a real risk! Mary is the only one to have believed in a “situation of contemporaneity,” that is to say, she believed while
He saw a simple village house, which happened to have a small niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary. When my father saw the statue, he cried out inwardly, "Mary, save me!" At that very moment, the heavy [...] along with his group of 10 resistance fighters. As a great lover of the Virgin Mary, he prayed his rosary a lot. His mother, of whom he was the only son, had no news of him but, trusting in Mary, she continued [...] - Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) - Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi, virgin, Carmelite How the Virgin Mary saved my dad’s life in a concentration camp "During the Second World War, my father
Didynia (Cappadocia) A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (I) While the Blessed Virgin was on earth, all Israel was awaiting "the One to come" When she was a little child, the Virgin Mary waited, in the [...] by only one prophet, but by a long succession of men who, as time went by over the centuries, foretold and kept adding to previous prophecies. She waited in the midst of a small nation, tossed by history [...] history, which had survived every confrontation with the empires surrounding it and which was to remain the only nation that was able to resist the break-up of the ancient world and to preserve its identity
Didynia (Cappadocia) A Time of Waiting Unique in World History (I) While the Blessed Virgin was on earth, all Israel was awaiting "the One to come" When she was a little child, the Virgin Mary waited, in the [...] by only one prophet, but by a long succession of men who, as time went by over the centuries, foretold and kept adding to previous prophecies. She waited in the midst of a small nation, tossed by history [...] history, which had survived every confrontation with the empires surrounding it and which was to remain the only nation that was able to resist the break-up of the ancient world and to preserve its identity
and sail to a new life. Don’t be afraid, I am and will be with you always.” Oh Mary! Incredible Mary, who uses the little moments of our lives to help us understand the most important things: a piece of rope [...] sailors pull a statue of the Madonna in a boat up to the cathedral. Last year my husband was part of the sailors’ team. Afterwards, he felt terribly tired, and a few days later he was diagnosed with a rare type [...] by grief—I couldn’t even pray—but I accepted their offer. Then Mary played a surprising joke on me! Surrounded by a net and decorated with flowers, the statue was at the prow of the boat. In the middle
sacraments, Marthe Robin (1) experienced a life-changing encounter with the Heart of Jesus on the Cross. She was filled with a new life, in her body and her heart. Everything became clearer, and began making [...] presence of the Virgin Mary, her “great teacher” Through God’s grace, one day of December 1928, during a parish mission in Chateauneuf-de-Galaure (southeastern France), at the moment of receiving the sacraments [...] of sickness, which became a means of union and communion, a place of offering and abandonment. It was the beginning of many graces. She lived in the presence of the Virgin Mary, her great teacher and beloved
ly for poor sinners; for at that moment mercy was opened wide for every soul,” the website states. On April 3rd, the Herreras each took out a rosary and knelt around a large coffee table. The children [...] become a lifelong devotion by his family to praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Rene is among the millions of Americans whose offices have been closed to discourage the spread of COVID-19. It is a limit [...] into a time to deepen his and his family’s faith. The 3 o’clock p.m. Holy Hour is considered important, because, as noted on the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary website
fight to finally end such a long war with a decisive action. The inhabitants of Déols, frightened by the fierce battle that was about to begin, went to pray before the image of Mary and begged her to prevent [...] concluded! Such unexpected news caused a general shock; kings and lords, people and soldiers, all recognized a miracle in this sudden change of disposition at the very moment when tempers were at their peak and [...] Déols Bibliotheca Nova (1) Déols is a French town located in the department of Indre, in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. The Mother of God has been venerated in Déols in a special way since the year 917
apparition, Adele saw a woman dressed in dazzling white, with a yellow belt around her waist and a crown of stars on her head. After a few moments, the Virgin left without having said a word. The following [...] Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) I wish you to do the same Three times in October 1859, the Virgin Mary appeared to a 28-year-old Belgian immigrant, Adele Brise, in Champion, Wisconsin (USA). This is the only [...] Ricken, Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, issued an official decree stating: “I declare with moral certainty and in accord with the norms of the Church that the events, apparitions and locutions given to Adele
