World Day of the Sick in Lourdes on February 11, 2004, I received this testimony: "The Lord gave me two sons, one born in 1974 (deceased in 1994), the other in 1977. At the age of 33, I was pregnant with [...] forgiven me for aborting him! Thank you Lord, thank you Mary! What an enormous grace! I want to testify today that a child exists from the time he is conceived, that an abortion is the murder of a child
It is a testimony of healing, as a result of entrusting oneself to the Virgin Mary: "I want to testify how the Virgin Mary obtained my healing from a chronic illness that made me extremely weak since [...] began to visit the shrine regularly, asking the Virgin Mary to intercede for me. During the first two months of praying the Rosary, my colds became less frequent and after three months of praying the Rosary
Light (Mexico) "Mary has always been essential to the equilibrium of the Faith" Benedict XVI has testified publicly to his Marian devotion on many occasions. In an interview with Vittorio Messori in 1985 [...] Pascal would say. For the Church, man is neither mere reason nor mere feeling, he is the unity of these two dimensions. The head must reflect with lucidity, but the heart must be able to feel warmth: devotion
Marseille (southern France), where she spent a week in a coma. After cardiorespiratory arrest and two flat electroencephalograms, Mylène was declared brain dead. She eventually pulled through, to the [...] devout Catholic, she had prayed a lot with her prayer group during Mylène's coma. She asked her to testify at a meeting. “She saw me as a miracle case. I didn't want to go and told her, “I'm not religious
If Mary had not been pregnant, after traveling the hundred miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem, the couple could certainly have stayed in the common room, like everyone else. They were not rejected because [...] time of purification, she offered as an expiatory sacrifice a lamb and a dove if she was rich, or two doves if she was poor (cf. Leviticus 12:1-8). The “churching” ceremony for new mothers that was still
the painting, married a Venetian a few years later and moved to the United States. Together, the couple had ten children. Unfortunately, Angelina lost her husband and found herself in great financial [...] Angela Maria. Eager to learn more about her family and her roots, she went to Italy. There, she met two of her aunts, Angelina's sisters. And to her surprise, she discovered that the image of the Virgin
town of Argenteuil in France to venerate a relic of the Tunic of Christ, then on display. There I met two people who gave me food for thought and I was taken aback! The first meeting was with a sculptor friend [...] family to form a new group of Our Lady of Schoenstatt, at Fred's shrine. Five years later, I can testify that we can all embark on a wonderful adventure of faith if we accept it. If we feel unprepared for
Aparecida represents Mary under her particular title as Patroness of Brazil. Travelers to the country testify to her presence as a sign of Brazilian Catholicism. She is seen on bumper stickers and posters, her [...] the stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception. This action of God reminds us of two important truths – truths which have been obliterated in the rationalist, secular-humanist modern world
