descended here and endured our death and slew it by the abundance of his Life" (St Augustine, Confessions, IV, 12). ... Pope St Pius X said: "Every priestly vocation comes from the heart of God but passes

once; and He is always won over by the loving prayers of His most dear Mother. According to St. Bernard and St. Bonaventure, we have three steps to climb in order to go to God: the first one, the closest [...] enough to be united to Him directly and by ourselves? Is He not God, in all things equal to His Father? St. Bernard shows us the sure and firm way. He tells us that "it is through Mary that Jesus came to us

call me Mother of mercy, but you do not cease, by your sins, to make me a Mother of misery and pain. " St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), Doctor of the Church

her , says Saint Bonaventure. Ah! How the demons tremble on simply hearing the name of Mary , says St. Bernard. As men are overcome with fear when thunder strikes beside them, so the demons are crushed

reflected on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the meaning of the priesthood in a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica Saturday marking his 50th ordination anniversary. “The priest lives joy in its fullness [...] priest should center around three things: the cross, the Eucharist, and the Virgin Mary. “According to St Josemaría Escrivà, the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is the vital spring of the priest, the pillar

chapel of Our Lady of the Armies in Versailles when Virgin Mary appeared to her, accompanied by St. Michael and St. Therese, and gave her the following message: "If, in union with my divine Son, I love all

Patroness. This cathedral-basilica is 139.90 meters long, which is longer than St. Paul's outside the Walls in Rome and St. Sophia in Istanbul! It is 30 meters high, with a 80m high dome and a 100m high

incredible peace when I entered a Catholic church for the first time. I remember praying before a statue of St. Anthony of Padua. I really liked this saint, who holds the baby Jesus in his arms. I feel that I am [...] grown up Jesus directly. I feel very close to Mary, to the Holy Family with Jesus as a child, and to St. Joseph. I hope to go to Lourdes one day because I would like for my leg to be healed. I lost my job

Valfleury , Lyon, 1931). On March 19, 2021, in the Year of St. Joseph decreed by Pope Francis, the shrine was dedicated to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph and, on March 21, 2021, to the United Hearts of

Congress’ national director, Peggy Downs. The focus on the Eucharist and the Rosary is inspired by St John Bosco’s dream of the Church being saved by anchoring to two pillars — the Eucharist and the Rosary [...] said the Rosary Congress began in Poland in 1979, as people prayed that through Mary’s intercession St John Paul II would be allowed to make a papal visit to the country. Their prayer “siege” proved effective