y in France. In Brittany, a priest named Father Hamet designed a small string of rosary beads consisting of two decades and composed of 26 blood-red beads. He named it the "Crown of the Holy Japanese Martyrs [...] spread quickly and eventually reached Father Michel Guérin in Pontmain, who immediately distributed the small red rosaries to his flock and taught the prayer to the children. Translated and adapted from: [...] beads and divided into 2 decades. Joseph Barbedette, one of the four young seers of Pontmain (Jan. 17, 1871), testified: "Even before the new parish priest came to our village, we were praying and reciting
heaven at the moment of death. “That’s why you say the Rosary and ask our Lady over and over to pray for us now and at the hour of our death, and there’s no way she can fail you,” Father Walshe said. “She [...] is the greatest prayer we can pray for the conversions of ourselves and for others.” There was a holy nun named Venerable Sister Mary Potter (1847-1913) who founded a religious order dedicated to prayer [...] salutary for the saving of souls and people in heaven,” she wrote in her book, Devotion for the Dying: Mary’s Call to her Loving Children. Potter recommended offering sacrifices and putting sinners into the heart
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Souls". Forty-three years later, on May 13, 1987, the local bishop gave his consent for the creation of an organization bearing this name and designed to carry out [...] purgatory and invited others to do the same, especially to offer Masses for them. "You who naively think that all souls go to Heaven," she said, "know that hell and purgatory also exist, and that just [...] underway. Born in Calabria on August 23rd, in a poor family, from childhood she had visions of Jesus, Mary, and her guardian angel. Later, the deceased appeared to her, transmitting warnings to the living. In
was the son of a Protestant minister in the Pentecostal Church, was married to a young Catholic named Mary. Because of this, Lee became interested in Catholic dogma. He often witnessed his wife praying [...] shepherds to whom she appeared in 1917. Gradually, Lee turned to Catholicism and decided to embrace it for good. One day, when Mary had neglected her prayers for some time, she lost her rosary that had been [...] March 19 - Fourth Sunday of Lent Why did the King of Rock and Roll sing “Miracle the Rosary”? In May of 1971, the 15th to be exact, Elvis Aaron Presley recorded a song entitled “The Miracle of the Rosary”
France and Cardinal Verdier's Wish (I) The story of Notre-Dame of France began in Jerusalem when the French Assumptionist Fathers built a very large edifice overlooking the city, completed and crowned [...] the owner of all ecclesiastical goods. So, starting in 1973, the center took on the name "Notre-Dame of Jerusalem," and in 2004 Pope John Paul II entrusted the center to the Legionaries of Christ with a [...] (Notre-Dame of France) in 1904. The buildings were heavily damaged during the conflict between Israeli and Arab forces. In 1970 the Assumptionists sold the entire property, but the transaction was contested
Place yourself under his protection. Trust in his wisdom and power! The two cherubim carved on the Ark of the Covenant were the symbols of Mary and Joseph in the attitude of adoration they had in Bethlehem [...] Old Testament and opens the New! When the Bible tells us that Pharaoh took off his ring, placed it on Joseph's finger, put a fine linen robe on him, a golden necklace around his neck, and had him ride on [...] evangelists, Matthew and Luke, give us the genealogy that establishes that Joseph was indeed of the royal line of David. One day, Jesus asked the Pharisees whose son is the Messiah was and they immediately
today, "so that God's name may be hallowed (sanctified), His kingdom come, and His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven." Dear Peter, Paul, James, Natalie and the others, if Mary had not said "YES" to [...] God Himself! Her God, and our God. She spent the rest of her life doing the same thing—saying "YES" to God nonstop. The girl was called Mary, the Immaculate, conceived without sin and who always remained [...] we would still be waiting for the Messiah. "Mary, blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!" Natalie Saracco, director and writer, author of the book Aux âmes citoyens
was hidden in the simple and imitable Nazareth is the name of this earthly spot unique in History: where God became flesh in the womb of a virgin. This is where the Virgin Mary lived the everyday life that [...] friends and neighbors. Just like all other mothers across the world... Just like all mothers, but having a Child who would become the Savior of the World! Thus, surrounded by the loving care of Mary and Joseph [...] life was humble and offered to God through all the daily tasks she performed: looking after the house, the garden, supporting Joseph in his work, bringing up Jesus, praying in the home and synagogue, sharing
audience, he mentioned the Virgin Mary, in Italian, recalling that they had just celebrated her Nativity and that on September 12, the Church celebrated the Holy Name of Mary. And the following year, on Saturday [...] terrorism may cease and the civilization of love may grow." And he invited the bishops to entrust themselves to Mary: "May you find wisdom and strength through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, patroness [...] victims of the attack and their families and for peace in the world. In Arabic, the prayer read, "For the believers of all religions, so that in the name of God, the merciful and the lover of peace, they
of her Christian roots and of her love for Mary. It is also a witness of her national history for the past nine centuries, as well as cultural and civilizing influence in Europe and the world. But on Monday [...] The most beautiful and sacred structure in Paris and most visited monument in Europe now stands partially destroyed. As our Christian culture is fast disintegrating in the West, and especially in France [...] Notre Dame of Paris rocked Catholics and the entire world As all roads lead to Rome, the “Point Zero” marker in front of Notre Dame marks the center of the city and the geographical point from which all
