visiting Christians and Muslims again in Egypt Forty-two years after the apparitions of Zeitoun, and 10 years after those of Assiut, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, both Christians and Muslims say that [...] Port Said, in Minia in Middle Egypt, and as far as Upper Egypt in Luxor and Aswan. These unexplained phenomena are passionately commented on national television and newspapers, without anyone disputing [...] bright figure, whom the crowds identify as the Virgin Mary, has been appearing there since December 2009. As always in Egypt, both the Christians and the Muslims see her. These luminous apparitions are like
Advent A New Heaven and a New Earth God was moved by mercy and he created a new heaven and a new earth where he could dwell--he who is uncontainable. This heaven and earth are the holy and thousand-times Blessed [...] Blessed Virgin Mary. How magnificent is that world! It is a land where the thorn of sin has never grown.
was dry and he was nowhere near a stream or body of water. Ricard sat down on the dry grass in agony. At that point an older man suddenly appeared to him and said, “I am Joseph. Lift up the rock and you can [...] countless miracles, both physical and spiritual, and a shrine was built at the location. The spring of St Joseph in Cotignac has been a pilgrimage site ever since, and a nearby shrine was eventually combined [...] of Saint Joseph in Cotignac (France, 1660) Saint Joseph and the Miraculous Spring Compared to the numerous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there are relatively few approved private revelations of
prominence and importance in the 16th and 17th centuries, culminating in the definition of the dogma in 1854. This was the age of revolution and reform that saw the rise of rationalism and secular humanism [...] war, murder, abortion, and euthanasia, the Blessed Virgin – under her titles of Aparecida and Guadalupe – speak to the world of the sacredness of human life and of God’s care and love for the human race [...] Catholicism. She is seen on bumper stickers and posters, her image is made into jewelry, and replicas of the Virgin of Aparedica adorn most Catholic homes, businesses, and schools. […] Just fifteen inches tall
nature. Jesus became one of us as God incarnate, and St. Joseph and the Blessed Mother raised him as he “advanced in wisdom and in age and in favor before God and man” (Lk 2:52). This truth of sacred Scripture [...] […] Yes, all men, women and children need Mary to get to know Jesus better. A man especially needs her intercession through the rosary to assist him in being a better man and spiritual father — in a [...] truths of our Lord and Savior that witness to his life, passion, death and resurrection, are found by praying the mysteries of the rosary. It is a powerful prayer men need to pray, lead and love. Deacon Gordon
Exceeds All Thought and Intelligence I wondered why the Evangelists, after having spoken about John the Baptist and the Apostles in great length, skimmed over the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, although she [...] decorated the ministers and servants of His house with such gifts and virtues, what in your mind has He done for His Mother? What has He given that unique spouse, chosen among all women and loved above all? Therefore [...] nothing is lacking in her grace, perfection and glory that the Holy Spirit is capable of conceiving in a pure creature. What is more, she exceeds all thought and intelligence. Therefore, after telling us
Exceeds All Thought and Intelligence I wondered why the Evangelists, after having spoken about John the Baptist and the Apostles in great length, skimmed over the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, although she [...] decorated the ministers and servants of His house with such gifts and virtues, what in your mind has He done for His Mother? What has He given that unique spouse, chosen among all women and loved above all? Therefore [...] nothing is lacking in her grace, perfection and glory that the Holy Spirit is capable of conceiving in a pure creature. What is more, she exceeds all thought and intelligence. Therefore, after telling us
seven years as a symbol of French devotion to Mary. One of these was taken to Walsingham, England, in 1948, and carried in procession, when many other statues and images of the Virgin visited England. Boulogne [...] estuary, seemingly of its own accord. One of the witnesses boarded the boat and confirmed that there was no one aboard, and that the vessel had no rudder, oars or sails. The ship, however, bore a luminous [...] welcomed Mary to their city by erecting to her a shrine which reached its height of glory in the 12th century. King Henry VIII is reported to have stolen the statue of Our Lady of Boulogne and taken it
take as our mediatrix with God the most glorious Virgin Mary, the invincible Queen of the Rosary, who has such great power over the forces of hell, and has so many times made [us] feel the effects of Her maternal [...] lico Seggio, 19. Its fruits are ever new and sweet. – Octobri Mense, 7. By [praying the Holy Rosary] the Church triumphed magnificently over every obstacle and provided for the salvation of her children [...] rosary.” “In Mary, God has given us the most zealous guardian of Christian unity. There are, of course, more ways than one to win her protection by prayer, but as for us, we think that the best and most effective
one say: Though I should do this or that against the Lord, I don't much care; I will serve Holy Mary and will be safe. It is not so. As soon as a man offends the Son, he surely offends the Mother, as well [...] Our Lady of the Broad Street (Rome, Italy) - St Aelred of Rievaulx (d. 1167) Devotion to Our Lady and Queen We also owe her our service, because she is our Lady. For the Bride of our Lord is our Lady;
