praying the Rosary , with a number of other people who were present, we saw once more the flash reflecting the light which was approaching (which we called lightning). The next moment, Our Lady was there [...] 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 [...] Rosary every day, and to learn to read. Later, I will tell you what I want.” I asked for the cure of a sick person. “lf he is converted, he will be cured during the year.” “I would like to ask you to take
wraps himself in a sciamma* of pure bright silk, held tight to his waist by a precious girdle, from which a dagger or sword hangs with a jewel-studded hilt. Of the other two, who dismount from two splendid [...] flowers decorating it. On his head he has a turban held by a little chain covered with diamond settings.(...) § 220 - Mary is sitting with the Child in Her lap and Joseph is standing near Her. But She also [...] is so beautiful with Her head crowned with Her blond plaits, Her face more rosy due to the emotion, with Her eyes smiling so sweetly while Her mouth gives a greeting: «May God be with you», that the three
gradually lost her mind and found herself committed to a psychiatric facility where she died in 1972. Among her ten children, a daughter, Mary, became a nun and took the name Sister Angela Maria. Eager to [...] Roberto Ferruzzi met a 13-year-old girl, Angelina Cian. Moved by the way she looked after her little brother, a tiny baby at the time, the painter decided to represent them together in a beautiful painting [...] gentleness and received the first prize in 1897. From that moment on, the painting was an incredible success and was given a religious connotation. With her face full of sweetness and the sleeping baby in her
are people who wish that the Virgin had not spoken so much. It is a pity that they are so stingy towards a poor shepherdess who wishes with all her heart that all had seen and heard what she saw and heard [...] expands, and the future action is shown at the same moment, and one sees a thousand and one thousand times more than what their ears hear. One rises to a height that is not Heaven, and perhaps one does not [...] (France, 1846) The words of Heaven are not merely words (I) In a letter dated December 26, 1870, Melanie Calvat, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared on the mountain of La Salette, explained how the messages
I had been ordained a deacon! Was it just a coincidence? For many maybe yes but in my short years as a priest I have learned that we need to see things with eyes of faith, like Mary. This is why those called [...] trust in her in a special way. Now, three years later and a parish priest I would like to express the immense joy I have experienced as a priest. I would not change it for the world. May I be a priest of Jesus [...] and I was greatly fortified but only a year later would I truly understand this moment. I entered the seminary again in 2005 and in 2006 the bishop asked me to go to a parish so as to acquire pastoral experience
it is important to do it. It is a pity that in our materialistic society death is no longer considered a liturgical event but simply a clinical matter, entrusted to a few specialists and hidden from the [...] the decisive hour. But it is not in a nostalgic regression to an infantile age that we pray to Our Lady. On the contrary, our prayer is like a projection towards a future where we know that our Mother [...] November 30 - Saint Andrew, Apostle Let us watch over our deceased with Mary Today marks the end of the month dedicated to our deceased. It seems that the meaning of praying for the dying has been somewhat
dedicated a book to her called “The World’s First Love, Mary, Mother of God.” He also spoke much about her in public. In a talk titled “The Woman I Love,” Archbishop Sheen indicated how Mary and the church [...] 21st century are experiencing a massive decline of love of the church. The country is experiencing a massive decline of love of the church. The country is experiencing a rise in the religiously unaffiliated [...] was the privileged instrument for their daily discourse with the Lord. The rosary led them to an ever more profound intimacy with Christ and with the Blessed Virgin.” Gretchen R. Crowe, June 30, 2023 www
to a Mother who had been granted, by a singular grace, to be immaculate from the first moment of her existence, and to a Child who was totally holy. However, it must be remembered that it was not a question [...] holy to the Lord'), and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, 'a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons'" (Lk 2:22-24). With this act, Mary and Joseph show their intention [...] temple in Jerusalem has the significance of a consecration to God in the place where he is present. Obliged by her poverty to offer turtledoves or pigeons, Mary in fact gives the true Lamb who would redeem
God said to Mary In 1932, Luisa Piccarreta(1) (1865-1947) published a book entitled The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will, about the life of Mary, Queen of the Divine Will. With maternal love [...] the Creator willed that the Fiat He pronounced over me should be in six stages, as with the whole of Creation. The moment I took possession of the Kingdom of the Divine Will, the stages in me ended and the [...] " Luisa Piccarreta In The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will (Excerpts) (1) Luisa Piccarreta, also known as the "Little Daughter of the Divine Will", was a Catholic mystic and author whose
The Virgin Mary, with the Child Jesus in her arms and standing on a pillar, asked Saint James and his eight disciples to build a church on the site, promising that “it will stand from that moment until the [...] pillar she stood on. [...] In 1637, a youngster employed on a farm, Juan Miguel Pellicer, born in Calanda, Spain in a family of seven children, fell from a cart. A wheel broke his right leg, crushing the [...] he slept in a room with his parents. Juan Miguel prayed to Our Lady of the Pilar before going to bed and then he had a dream in which he saw the Blessed Virgin rubbing his sore stump with oil from the
