celebrated the Eucharist with great care, and for me it was a great source of strength in prison,” he said. Tamkevicius also turned to the Virgin Mary as a source of strength, from the moment he was sentenced [...] years in a gulag, he drew his strength from Jesus and Mary One of the newest cardinals of the Church says he drew strength from the Mass and the Blessed Virgin during the decade he spent in a Soviet prison [...] Francis' frequent emphasis on martyrdom, saying: “if a believer is not ready to suffer for his faith, then he's a very weak believer. Our local Church can give a good example to the whole Church, because during
24 - Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord Mary talks about Jesus’ birth (I) In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book (1), the Virgin Mary recalls the moment of Jesus’ birth: “You must know that [...] first kisses of light to little Baby Jesus, and to warm Him with its heat; the ruling wind purified the air of the stable with its waves, and with its sweet moaning said to Him: "I love You"; the heavens [...] of light put to flight the night of the human will, the night of sin, the night of all evils; and as a sign of what He was doing in the order of souls, by means of His usual omnipotent Fiat the midnight
December 25 - The Nativity of Jesus Mary talks about Jesus’ birth (II) In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book (1), the Virgin Mary recalls the moment of Jesus’ birth: Then I wrapped Him in [...] shared Him with dear Saint Joseph, placing Him in his arms. Oh, how he rejoiced! He pressed Him to his heart, and the sweet little Baby poured torrents of grace into his soul. Then, together with Saint Joseph [...] your hearts." And there was a coming and going of shepherds, who came to visit Him, and to all He gave His sweet gaze and His loving smile, even amid His tears. Now, my child, a little word to you: You must
to their hearts, to a place that so desperately needed to be reached with God’s message of mercy. After the Mass, we were invited to pray the first joyful mystery and to remain for a time to venerate the [...] jail told me that several of the staff remained before the icon for a long time, touched that Our Lady had manifested her love in such a way, or perhaps simply moved by something they could not understand [...] At the jail of Vanier, Quebec, Father West spoke of God’s boundless love for each person from the moment of conception and of the grave harm of abortion and of the need for God’s mercy and forgiveness if
the others. It is more than likely that John met Luke, who was an intellectual and an artist, a man with a very fine intelligence. Luke wrote perfect Greek, while on the other hand John's Greek was much [...] Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] he immediately found a good excuse: "Please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent." And God answered him: "There is your brother Aaron the Levite, is there not? I know that he is a good speaker" (Ex 4:
the others. It is more than likely that John met Luke, who was an intellectual and an artist, a man with a very fine intelligence. Luke wrote perfect Greek, while on the other hand John's Greek was much [...] Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] he immediately found a good excuse: "Please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent." And God answered him: "There is your brother Aaron the Levite, is there not? I know that he is a good speaker" (Ex 4:
of the Lord – Annunciation to Mary Today, Ukraine and Russia are being consecrated to Mary! Today, Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during the Celebration of Penance [...] “stop the bloodshed.” “Fatima has a special bond, at least as far as the Catholic Church is concerned, with Russia and also with every conflict that takes place in the world,” Pezzi said. He added: “Certainly [...] for deciding to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: “Let us entrust to the Immaculate Heart of Mary all our sufferings and hopes for peace in our martyred country.” The Archbishop
met his fiancée thanks to the Virgin Mary The police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage in France was a practicing Catholic who had “experienced a genuine conversion” around 2008. Colonel [...] Regular of the Mother of God of Lagrasse Abbey. Father Jean-Baptiste said in a statement: “It was through a chance meeting during a visit to our abbey…This young couple regularly came to the abbey to participate [...] Colonel Arnaud Beltrame died on March 24, 2018 after volunteering to replace a female hostage during a terrorist attack on the “Super U” supermarket in Trèbes, southern France, on Friday. … Father Dominique
Rejoicing (France) A recent Marian apparition in Sicily (II) On May 4, 1986, Rosario Toscano, born in 1971, was sick and in bed at home in Catania, Sicily, when he saw a great light and heard a feminine voice [...] Shortly afterwards, Mary asked for a chapel to be built in honor of her "Immaculate Heart, Queen of Peace". On May 11, 1990, an unusual phenomenon was observed by several hundred witnesses: a dazzling white [...] " On March 1, 1987, the Virgin Mary communicated secrets to him: two were personal and ten concerned the future of the world. Like the Fatima messages, they establish a close correlation between the conversion
Virgin Mary can smooth out obstacles The Shrine dedicated to the Virgin of Pompeii at Raja Rampur, on the outskirts of Dinajpur, in Bangladesh, is a place of dialogue between religions, “lived in a special [...] Muslims, for the Virgin Mary has increased over time, and I am sure that, little by little, we will be able to promote meetings, collaborations, and dialogue initiatives. The Virgin Mary can smooth the difficulties [...] priest. Raja Rampuris is a prized destination to entrust oneself to the “Mother of God,” whose image is displayed also in Muslims’ homes and before which women, kneeling on a mat, pray calling her “Maryam
