of Tears Mary and Diana (I) In 1922 the servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, then a young priest and scholar, was offered to accompany a distinguished French novelist, Emile Baumann, on a trip tracing [...] g excerpt showing Mary's early role in the Church: "One other moment in the voyage among countless ones that affected me was the visit to the city of Ephesus. When I saw it, it was a wilderness; when St [...] debauchery and worship of Diana was beginning to decline, since he preached that there were no gods made with hands. Consequently there was in Ephesus muttered curses against him; finally, the ill-concealed

has a chance in his workday. A friend of his who is an 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 [...] little his co-workers realized that he’s a true man of faith. “After a family crisis and a worldly life, I had the opportunity to feel I was face to face with God on a day of loneliness. I began to attend [...] as to threaten them with violence and even death. Aware of this situation, Dr Ramírez goes to work daily at the Mother Bernarda Clinic—run by a community of Franciscan Sisters—with the peace of mind that

1917: The consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the reparation of sins As soon as Jacinta, Francisco and I had finished praying the Rosary, with a number of other people who were present, we saw [...] In front of the palm of Our Lady’s right hand was a heart encircled by thorns which pierced it. We understood that this was the Immaculate Heart of Mary, outraged by the sins of humanity, and seeking reparation [...] once more the flash reflecting the light which was approaching (which we called lightning). The next moment, Our Lady was there on the holmoak, exactly the same as in May. “What do you want of me?” I asked

temple: “There is a group of onlookers. Amongst them a little old man, bent with age and limping, makes his way leaning on a stick. He must be very old, I would say over eighty. He goes near Mary and asks Her [...] and like a thirsty soul, She takes in the words of Anna of Phanuel, who being a woman, has mercy on Her suffering and promises Her that the Eternal Father will soothe the hour of sorrow with a supernatural [...] Her to give him the Child for one moment. Mary satisfies him, smiling. Simeon, whom I always thought belonged to the sacerdotal class, and is instead a simple believer, at least according to his garments

mission not only to welcome in her heart the divine love that Mary revealed to her, but also to be a witness of it in today’s world. Estelle was a sinner, like all of us, and she was not yet fully aware of [...] apparitions, the Virgin Mary's gave many insights to Estelle, which the young woman used as practical advice to help her have a greater faith in God and in his merciful action. Mary taught Estelle to not [...] trust. This is Mary's great pedagogy at Pellevoisin: she teaches us not to let go of her hand and to trust her in all situations. In the apparition the Virgin Mary wore over her chest a special scapular

was with his parents and Mr. Tri, an architect who had helped build the Marian center. At precisely 9 a.m. on December 28, 1975, the priest brought the Blessed Sacrament to Ho Ngoc Anh, who, with the help [...] of Benoîte Rencurel of Le Laus (France, 1647) Cured by Mother Mary on December 28, 1975 One day, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Ho Ngoc Anh, a young resident of Saigon (South Vietnam) and promised to cure [...] he would receive communion and drink a glass of water from the grotto of Our Lady of Fatima. On this date, Ho Ngoc went to the Binh Triêu Charity Home in Saigon, with his parents and siblings. On December

womb.” As a young man, a woman’s pregnancy was and still is a wonder and a mystery to me. I can never know exactly what it is like to nourish and grow a person within me, but I do know it is a miracle and [...] sacramentally at Mass was first nourished by Mary. I talked with a priest about this afterward, and he reminded me that Mary also received the Eucharist at Mass with the apostles and disciples of the early [...] Glory,” a book that was becoming popular with Catholic young people. I don’t know why, but I picked up a pamphlet and then decided to do it. I went through the consecration process poorly. I was at a point

probably a privileged witness of Christ’s Resurrection, completing in this way her participation in all the essential moments of the paschal mystery. Welcoming the risen Jesus, Mary is also a sign and [...] at Calvary and her perfect union with the Son in His suffering on the Cross seem to postulate a very particular sharing on her part in the mystery of the Resurrection. A fifth-century author, Sedulius, [...] to think that Mary, as the image and model of the Church which waits for the Risen One and meets Him in the group of disciples during his Easter appearances, had had a personal contact with her risen Son

Abruzzo made a huge rosary out of balloons and flew it over the roof of their church. As a local news outlet, Torre Marsicane, reports: From every part of the city of Avezzano, you can clearly see a giant rosary [...] of hope. So with the Sisters we made an enormous rosary, which is our prayer to Mary to ask her for her help in this moment of difficulty.” The famous gospel song tells us to “Go tell it on the mountain [...] (central Italy), had a childlike idea, in the best possible sense. If there’s one thing that children adore, it’s balloons … perhaps because they give us the impression that there may be a narrow thread that

Immaculate (Rome, 1917) Like Mary, the Carmelite convent is at the heart of the Church The Magnificat is both Mary’s hymn and a hymn of God's humble people. In the first verses, Mary speaks of herself, of her [...] herself as a member of the people of the Covenant. She is a servant, a member of God’s servant Israel, and what God has done through her is Mercy for all those who hunger for light and life. Mary’s reflex [...] for us, in consecrated life, rich with meaning. If, on a call from Jesus, we have chosen a destiny of humility and service; if we prayerfully keep watch for the moment when God will cast his eyes on us;