whom the Virgin Mary had appeared several times, giving her instructions to search in that particular place. This Madonna and Child came to be venerated as the "Liberator of Russia", and was seen on the [...] burned in the great auto-da-fe of icons and holy images of this period. However in 1965, it turned up on sale by a large New York antique dealer, without its oklad and very much damaged. The asking price was [...] II consecrated his Empire to her as his last political act. He was arrested a few days afterwards and, on Trotsky's order, was executed with all his family. The icon of Kazan disappeared during the horrors
more and more, my cousin and my aunts insisted that I go to Medjugorje. My mother babysat my son and I went with my father. I was terrified to see all those pilgrims praying the Rosary in the bus and I said [...] religious lunatics?" But to my complete surprise, Mary spoke to me on the hill of apparitions, and told me that she and Jesus loved me just as I was, and that I was dear to them! I collapsed in tears, o [...] I have ever received and I can’t thank my aunts, my cousin, my parents, and my sister enough for "making" me go! Since that pilgrimage, I haven’t touched a drink. I love myself and I know that I am loved
Evangelical Protestant pastor, Luis Alberto Gallego, took a photo of him at prayer (protective gear and all) and shared it on Facebook with a moving message:“This image of my great friend, the doctor anesth [...] doctors, endures endless shifts, and very intense emotional pressure that many of us would not be able to sustain. Even so, in short moments of rest, he takes out his rosary and dedicates himself to prayer [...] prayer.” The post has thousands of likes, comments, and shares. “I have no doubt: God hears our prayers. What [Jesus] liked most was to heal the sick, and I witness His presence daily. He acts through my hands
In like manner, the Lord was crucified and buried outside of Jerusalem, in accordance with Jewish law and custom. But we are called to go forth with purpose and understanding beyond the mere conventions [...] Perhaps, in His knowledge of His own purpose, He thought of His own Mother, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. There would come a day in his own life when His Mother, bereft of her protector, Joseph, [...] physical selves, healing of the heart, mending of the mind and even resurrection of the soul are all possible. The difference between us and the Widow of Nain is not the degree of our pain, but that her
heaven meets earth and wondrous things happen through the intercession of the Mother of God. Ever since 1981, when six local children reported that they had seen the Blessed Virgin Mary, Irish people have [...] Medjugorje has been popular in Ireland and it has inspired numerous prayer groups around the country. Anecdotally, many of those going forward for priesthood and religious life also attribute the flowering [...] judgement on whether or not what is occurring is supernatural and, therefore, worthy of belief. Yet, the four basic messages of prayer, peace, fasting and penance are entirely consistent with the Catholic Faith
who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other bishops, priests, men and women religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath [...] through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a [...] reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having
s the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of their death. 14. All who recite the Rosary are my beloved children and the brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ. 15. Devotion [...] Blessed Virgin Mary herself, through a private revelation. 1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the greatest [...] powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. The recitation of the Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will obtain for souls the abundant mercy
that she was the Immaculate Virgin Mary and asked them to “always be good.” As the vision continued, more people came to Beauraing, including police officials, doctors and psychologists. There were 33 apparitions [...] request and told Fernande, the fifteen year old girl: “If you love my Son and love me, then sacrifice yourself for me.” The Belgian bishops at the beginning forbade any processions or devotions and started [...] of Gold. This devotion has since taken on new and ever increasing proportions. The final approbation was given on July 2, 1949. The cures of Miss van Laer and Mrs. Acar were declared miraculous by a decree
the Turks threatening to invade Crete. On his deathbed, the merchant entrusted the icon to a friend and asked him to have the image placed in a church. The friend's wife found the image so beautiful that [...] monks, driven out of Ireland by persecution, took over the direction of St. Matthew's Church in 1739 and inherited the icon. St. Matthew's was destroyed during Napoleon's invasion of Rome in 1798, but fortunately [...] icon was saved. In 1819 what remained of the Irish Augustinian community moved to the church of St. Mary in Posterula in Rome, near the Tiber River. Since Our Lady of Grace was already venerated there, the
have received and do receive abundant graces from it. When Moscow was burned, the icon was sent to Yaroslavl and then to Smolensk. It was then at the Dormition Cathedral in Smolensk, and it remained there [...] Napoleon to protect the city. She toured the walls of the White City and the Kremlin with the miraculous icons of Our Lady of Heaven and Our Lady of Vladimir, the day of the Russian victory at Borodino. After [...] However, in Moscow there remained copies of the icon. One was put in the Annunciation Cathedral, and the other was put in the Novodevichi Monastery, the other placed in the tower of the Smolensk fortress
