Our Lady of Pompeii, which depicts the Mother of God and the Child Jesus giving rosaries to St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena. Calling the shrine’s founder, Blessed Bartolo Longo, “an apostle of the
sickness and discouragement.” Then the pope left the Spanish Steps and traveled to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where he prayed before the icon of Salus Populi Romani , Mary Protection of the Roman People
the Middle Ages are the seers at the Cistercian Monastery of Helfta (13th century) and the visions of St Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373). The Renaissance: During the sixteenth century, a new kind of apparitions
texts. All official Revelation concludes with the Johanic texts. Because of this, it is in the light of St John that we should read Scripture and understand the Revelation. Why did the Holy Spirit choose Saint
capuchin Brother Jose de Najera was given the charge of this village called San-José-de-la-Aparicion (St Joseph of the Apparition). This village disappeared one year after huge floods, but the place of the
of life and death, so that in everything, what was evil may be defeated by what is best.” (Homily of St John Damascene) Xavier Martin General Delegate of l'Alliance Divine Miséricorde (the Divine Mercy Alliance)
of Notre-Dame de Langueur, a priory founded in the second half of the 12th century by the canons of St. Augustine. Although many authors have questioned the identity of this male saint allegedly called
nature and fruits of her apparitions? Is it not rather her service to the poor, whom she called, after St Vincent de Paul, "our masters"? She knew how to approach them on their level with dignity. She mended
23 – Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) Revelations from the Heart of Jesus and Mary to Saint Bridget St. Bridget heard the Mother of God explain to her: "I can therefore boldly say that his pain was my pain
Gospel of John, she is silent at the time of Jesus' death. In the first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul contrasts "the word of the cross" and "the wisdom of the word"; that is, the language of the