allege that this large three-feet-by-five-feet icon predates the Gospels. It was purportedly painted by St Luke the Evangelist—on wood from a table that Jesus himself built—while listening to Mary explain the [...] not lost its connection to biblical times. It is displayed in the Paolina Chapel of the Basilica of St Mary Major, near the crypt that is said to contain actual wood from Christ’s manger in Bethlehem. The [...] his papacy to Mary. Pilgrims and visitors can also count on seeing the pope away from the crowds at St Peter’s Square when he visits the Salus Populi Romani icon before and after every trip abroad. He recently
Rosary in its present form and according to the method we use today. It was given to the Church by St. Dominic, who had received it from the Blessed Virgin as a means of converting the Albigensians and [...] of France, was deeply grieved because twelve years after her marriage she was still childless. When St. Dominic went to see her, he advised her to say the Rosary every day to ask God for the grace of motherhood [...] pray to God for a blessing which this time would be complete. This was granted to her, for in 1215 St. Louis was born, the prince who was to become the glory of France and the model of Christian kings
Mary appeared on August 10-11, 1519, and later St. Joseph himself on June 7, 1660. This new pilgrimage was especially organized to celebrate the "Year of St. Joseph" launched by Pope Francis for 2021. The [...] The departure and arrival dates are very significant, since June 7 is the day of St. Joseph’s apparition in the woods of Bessillon, a natural site in Cotignac (Var department), and August 15 is the feast
friar Henri Suso (1295-1366) began a tradition of placing flower wreaths on statues of Mary on May 1st. As we can see, there is certainly a link between the beauty of the new May blossoms and our heavenly [...] increasing prayers to Mary throughout the 31 days of May was born, at the end of the 16th century. St. Philip Neri (1515-1595), for example, gathered children before the altar of the Blessed Virgin in [...] Jesuits worked hard to spread this devotion throughout Italy. They recommended that on the eve of May 1st, an altar to Mary, decorated with flowers and lights, be set up in every home. The family was invited
the Miracles of Mary and they are even mentioned in the Ethiopian Synaxair, dated the 21st of Genbot or the 21st of Bachnas (May 29th ). According to this Book of the Miracles, confirmed by geographer
a throne, with the baby Jesus on her lap and holding a rosary. She was accompanied by St Catherine of Siena and St Dominic. The Virgin told Fortuna: "You have invoked Me by various titles and have always
2019, a gift from the Holy Father Pope Francis to the Custody of the Holy Land. The Relic, donated by St Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Theodore I (642-649), was displayed in Rome, in the Basilica [...] pilgrims can worship the crib that received the beginnings of our Redemption in the Franciscan church of St Catherine, next to the Basilica of the Nativity. Adapted from Custodia
assisting pilgrims. The Knock Shrine is built on the site of an 1879 apparition of the Virgin Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist, angels, and the Lamb of God on the south gable of the town church. For a
on my life A work destined to become a classic of Marian spirituality was published 160 years ago. St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the beginning [...] English edition: Gift and Mystery, Paulines Publications Africa, p. 42). 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. In
the Miracles of Mary and they are even mentioned in the Ethiopian Synaxair, dated the 21st of Genbot or the 21st of Bachnas (May 29th ). According to this Book of the Miracles, confirmed by geographer
