blessings and graces generously distributed by the Mother of God prompted the religious to change the name of the priory to Our Lady of Graces. The statue made Youghal the center of Marian devotion for several
at the junction of the Guanaguanare and Tucupido rivers. In agreement with the authorities who had named Sanchez holder of the land of which he could concede parcels to the Indians, Sanchez distributed some
with the Virgin Mary, who spoke to Bernadette, asked her to go there in procession, and revealed her name: "I am the Immaculate Conception." Through the pilgrims we meet, the sick and those who accompany
in 1527 and still stands today. It was in fact raised to the rank of basilica in 1914. Its peculiar name comes from the devotion to a statue representing the Madonna and Child that, according to tradition
Joseph and Mary: A couple united through trials Saint Joseph was seeking to do God's will—thence his name of “just” in Mt 1:19. Here we find an essential element that united Mary and Joseph: both wanted to
Saint Joseph came rather late but it is certainly increasing nowadays. "The veil that covered the name and power of the Venerable Joseph during the early Christian ages is an extension of the silence in
December 5th and a royal heir, Louis XIV, was born nine months later to the day, receiving the baptismal name of Louis "Dieudonné" ("God-given"). As soon as the Queen was certain of her pregnancy, without waiting
a fortnight following the final apparitions in Beauraing (November 1932), an eleven year old girl name Mariette Beco received eight visits from Mary beginning on January 15th and ending on March 2, 1933
prayer to Mary, while JMJ is the Spanish acronym of World Youth Day, but also the initials of the names of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary,” explains Monsignor Bürcher. The project involves 800 people, working
(Dan 7:9-14), or a very particular presence of God himself through other promises: we "shall call his name Immanuel (i.e. God with us)" (Is 7:14), and we dared to request in prayer: "Return for your servants'
