Eucharist, as the Fathers of the Church and theologians have pointed out since the first centuries. St Hilary of Poitiers affirms: "The flesh born of Mary from the Holy Spirit is the bread that came down [...] us with the angelic gift. Mary has restored to salvation what Eve had destroyed by her fault." And St. Peter Damian notes: "This body which the most blessed Virgin Mary begot, nourished in her womb with [...] who takes away the sins of the world, also applies to the Church, the mystical body of Christ. Mary," St. John Paul II observes, "is a Eucharistic woman" throughout her life; and the Church, considering her

celebrated the Catholic Church’s first shrine dedicated to persecuted Christians around the world at St Michael’s Church in Midtown Manhattan... The city, which was attacked by terrorists Sept. 11, 2001 [...] repeatedly in the Gospels that they would assuredly experience persecution because of their love for him. St Paul’s letters are replete with such warnings, as well. “This is a conflict that has been going on [...] explained Father Benedict Kiely, founder of the Our Lady of Aradin Shrine. The newly inaugurated shrine at St Michael’s parish enshrines the Our Lady of Aradin, “Mother of the Persecuted Church” icon, which depicts

before her, and begging her the favor of honoring them with one of her commands. According to St Augustine, St Michael is the most eager of all the angels to honor her and lead others to honor her, although [...] are all compelled by the force of truth, willingly or unwillingly, to call her blessed. According to St Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her, "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother

April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort “I myself found reading this book a great help.” " St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the beginning of the [...] it might end up compromising the supremacy of the worship owed to Christ. Under the wise guidance of St Louis Marie, I realized that if one lives the mystery of Mary in Christ this risk does not exist…

church of St. Augustine. Although the Holy See hasn't issued an official statement declaring it a miracle, countless pilgrims come to venerate "the Madonna of Civitavecchia". Source: https://st-paul.over-blog

on the development of Marian doctrine Library of Marian Writings (1) St. Bernard: Sermo VI in Nativitate B.V.M., PL 141, 326 C (2) St. Bernard: Sermo VI in Nativitate B.V.M., PL 141, 327 A

Lucia of Fatima (2005) Sister Lucia and Our Lady of Fatima Since her entrance into the monastery of St Teresa of Coimbra (Portugal) on March 25, 1941, Sister Lucia, one of the three seers of Our Lady of [...] television documentary showing her praying the Rosary from her monastery in union with the faithful in St Peter's Square. Another nun from her convent who had known her for 52 years, Sister Mary of the Carmel

hours in the pouring rain. The witnesses spoke of three figures identified as the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist, standing beside an altar bearing a lamb. Canonical inquiries of 1879 and

Reports , Fr. Jacques Mourad told the story of being kidnapped from his monastery in Qaryatyn on May 21st and taken to Raqqa, the capital of the IS caliphate, where he was held in prison for nearly three months [...] prisoners in the past, Fr. Mourad and 25 other Christians were miraculously set free on September 1st. Susan Brinkmann

and illuminist (d. 872) The two servants of Mary (I) One night in the year 1215, St Dominic was watching and praying in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the Lord Jesus appeared in the sky, holding in his