wrote: “How many times have I confided to this mother the tormented anguish of my restless heart! And how many times has she comforted me! ... In difficult times, it seems to me that I have no mother on earth
been given to the Church. Since the early days, the children of the Church have prayed the Most Holy Rosary, and in doing so have participated in the supplicating power of the Mother of God in the heart
Rosary in our home. Our big family stood around my mother. My goodness, how many times did Mother have to interrupt the "Hail Marys" to scold one of us: "Hail Mary, full of grace …Stop it, child!" Then [...] consecration to Our Lady every day, by saying, "I am all yours, O Mary. All that I am and all that I have belong to you." All my life, I will rely on the protection and blessing of Our Lady. I can testify
As Saint Bernard used to say, " De Maria nunquam satis, "-- "Of Mary, one can never say enough.” I have always had a particular devotion and veneration for her. I will never forget an event that occurred [...] nursing home, the heavy rain stopped. I was able to reassure everyone, saying in true belief: “We have enough time to get back to our homes before the rain returns.” All this happened as a result of our
condition. Mary could have directed her freedom elsewhere, legitimately saying ‘no’ to the mysterious proposal of the Angel Gabriel, the Messenger of God. And God would certainly have respected this freedom
they made a sign to the executioner. "Stop!" shouted the queen. "Check in his pockets first. He may have three ducats on him, who knows?" The executioner obeyed, searched the convicted man's clothing .. [...] us, not the mercy of God, or the intercession of the Virgin, or the merits of the Saints, unless we have three ducats of goodwill on us...
Virgin was seen in the clouds over the city. The Russian troops withdrew on seeing this vision. There have been other reports for centuries of miraculous events such as spontaneous healings occurring to those [...] in front of the painting. With the decline of communism in Poland, pilgrimages to the Black Madonna have increased dramatically.
Lord is our strength, our support, our shepherd, and our safety. We have seen it during all the years of war. How many times we could have been killed but were saved by a miracle! The Lebanese always turn [...] of the Lebanese around the figure of Mary, as this story told by Sister Marie-Raymonde proves: "I have this Lebanese Muslim friend. One day, he called me early in the morning and said: 'Raise your eyes
are a testament to centuries’ old Catholic practices based upon the local folklore. Penitent souls have made processions to these isolated locations for generations to give thanks for their prayers being [...] are covered with votive offerings left by the faithful, conveying just how many cures and miracles have been performed. At the foot of Monte Bianco, in the commune of Courmayeur, is the dramatically situated [...] with us every day to show us the way of salvation. All the hikers who pass next to the cross will now have a chance to leave their personal concerns with Jesus before continuing. This cross will also be the
unusable. But two strong-willed Spanish missionaries in South Sudan are working to change that. They have a vision for the church, which they hope to turn into a continental Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the [...] Catholic church into the continental Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary. "Now that the people have returned to this area, our goal is to rebuild physically, but most importantly spiritually, with a [...] Community of St Paul de the Apostle (MCSPA) made up of men and women, priests and lay people, who have decided to leave everything behind in order to follow Christ as missionaries in the most demanding
