Zeitoun apparitions in Egypt (1): "There is no doubt about the reality of these apparitions, which have been confirmed by many faithful and trustworthy Catholic Copts, known for their integrity. These people [...] Zeitoun apparitions. She was still visibly moved when she told me that she was not the only one to have seen her, but that thousand others had seen Our Lady at the same time as she." By decision of Coptic [...] which has a weekly attendance (every Friday and Saturday) of 4,000 faithful. Countless people claim to have been healed during or after the apparitions. A medical committee set up by the Coptic Orthodox Church

and pure love of God, to have been conceived in her mother’s womb without any stain of sin. She also explained to them that but for the Fall the conception of all men would have been as pure. I saw now [...] now the whole sequence of grace received by Mary’s parents just as I have always described it, from the appearance of the angel to Anna and Joachim down to their meeting under the Golden Gate; that is to

Him in the tomb Suffering mother, here you are preparing yourself for the ultimate sacrifice, of having to bury your son Jesus. Completely resigned to the Divine Will of Heaven, you are close to him. With [...] your voice, trembling and broken with sobs, saying: "Son, O Beloved Son, this is the last relief I have left to soften my pain: to pour out my love infinitely on the wounds of your humanity, to adore them [...] doing it, my strength is dissolved, and my life flees from me. Give me this grace, O Son, that I may have the strength to make the bitter separation. Allow me to let myself be completely buried in you and

fury of His enemies, His Blood He has shed for the redemption of the world. His garments the soldiers have divided amongst themselves; nothing therefore remains for Him to bequeath, save His most blessed Mother [...] art expiring, overwhelmed with ignominy and suffering, Thou dost bestow upon us the happiness of having Thee for our Elder Brother, and Mary for our Mother. I humbly beseech Thee, since Mary is my Mother [...] obtains pardon but through the intercession of Mary. Gratefully acknowledge the goodness of Jesus, have recourse with confidence to Mary, and let thy conduct be that of a son in her regard. Fr. Ignatius

pondered them in her heart." (Luke 2, 19). This is how we have come to know the story of the birth of Jesus in in the manger. We would obviously not have this Gospel passage about Bethlehem if Mary had not "kept [...] the Virgin Mary perfectly apply to her, and actually proclaim that she is blessed first of all for having listened to the Word of God and observed it? Did Mary not listen to the Word of God, did she not

clocks to 3 a.m. to begin the novena at the same time. I didn't have the courage to pray, so I just said: "Mother, I'm tired, I'll start when I have the strength", and I fell asleep. I always sleep with the [...] for me and my 14-year-old daughter. The deadline was approaching, and I could not find anything, having very limited resources. I was starting to get depressed. One evening I was speaking on the phone

perform a miracle so that all may believe. If they had not imprisoned you in town, the miracle would have been better known. Saint Joseph will come with the Child Jesus to give peace to the world. Our Lord [...] the offerings of money that people left at the foot of the oak at the Cova da Iria. "I want you to have two processional stretchers made, for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. I want you and Jacinta [...] sadly at them: “Pray, pray very much. Make sacrifices for sinners. Many souls go to hell, because they have no one willing to help them by making sacrifices and praying for them.” And then she left, rising

witnesses of Christ. While many of them have been officially "canonized" after a procedure of investigation and given to us as models, the Church knows that many others have also lived in fidelity to the Gospel [...] on the meaning of the feast of All Saints—we are invited to already share in the joy of those who have put Christ at the center of their lives! Since the year 835, All Saints' Day has been celebrated on

children, my true devotees, those who have given themselves to me so that I may guide them to my divine Son, those whom I carry so to speak in my arms, those who have lived by my spirit. Finally I call upon [...] upon the Apostles of the last times, the faithful disciples of Jesus Christ who have lived in a contempt for the world and for themselves, in poverty and in humility, in contempt and in silence, in prayer

(Venezuela, 1749) The Caliph Who Defied the Coptic Church (II) Simon the Tanner's existence could have remained unknown, if an incident at the court didn't cause a local earthquake?figuratively and effectively [...] famous verse where the Lord, Jesus Christ, said in Saint Matthew (17:20): "Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will [...] faithful shepherd. (?) The tears that you shed in this Church, the fasts and prayers you and your people have offered will not be in vain. Get up and go to the iron gate opening onto the market place. There you