years already, many pilgrims have come to bring their own “knots” and sufferings, but also their expressions of thanksgiving. The shrine is open from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and anybody can leave a

I am especially happy when I meet young people who break away from drugs, or who while in prison express a desire for a new life; sick people who offer their sufferings for the conversion of sinners; young

you in a humble prayer: Grant me the gift to praise you, Blessed Virgin ... Help me understand and express what God prepared in you and through you. Immaculate, Queen of heaven and earth, I know I am unworthy

you done this to us? Your father and I were looking for you in anguish" (Lk 2:48), she obviously expressed the deep pain and fear she and Joseph had both experienced. But according to the Scriptures and [...] Mary: to keep Mary's virginity under the externals of marriage, Joseph acquired angelic purity, expressed by his continence, somewhat in proportion to the purity of his chaste wife. - The second and most

in His creatures naturally inspire silence, inner rapture, something divine that suppresses all expression. For what could one say, what could Mary say, which could match what she felt? Thus one keeps God's

richly embroidered dress, topped by a jewelled crown. Her regal countenance wears a serene, detached expression that is strangely impressive. This is the statue that Don Diego de Vargas carried with him in the

of the Annunciation. Already in the Old Testament the meaning of this search is portrayed in an expression of outstanding beauty and extraordinary spiritual content: "To seek the face of the Lord." There

Trinity and its most holy Child Our Lord Jesus Christ, whose divine mystery no language can begin to express... St Bonaventure (1221-1274)

Blessed Virgin Mary exposed in a prominent place in Field Marshal Hindenburg’s study. As the priest expressed his surprise, the old Lutheran replied: "It is because I see in the Blessed Virgin the incarnation

Heart of Mary on August 15, 1947. A special prayer of expiation was composed for that occasion, expressing a love for Mary Immaculate that would lead to the conversion and sanctification of many. Thus,