1493, Christopher Columbus came before the King and Queen of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, at the gates of Barcelona. Applauded for the success of his expedition, the Genoese navigator knelt down humbly

established the queen of all creatures. She was born in the house of Joachim in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, and was taken to the Temple. Then, "planted in the house of God", and nourished by the Spirit, like

raised the flag of the revolution, a banner depicting the Assumption of Virgin Mary that was on the gate of the Temple of Agia Lavra. The Greek chieftains took a small cannon from the Monastery of Agia Lavra

answered. Jesus refuses nothing to Mary. Mary is the powerful Virgin, the Virgin full of goodness, the Gate of Heaven, Our Lady of Love. She listens to the prayer that springs from the pure, humble, simple

wife: "You were the ones who sent the priest away three times, he who came to visit me to close the gate of hell and open Heaven for me! You, brother, I’ll let you know that you are not the master in this

-war had confided to her: "You were surprised that we left suddenly just after we arrived at the gates of Paris. We could not go any further, because a virgin blocked the way. We didn’t know if it was

can greet us in Paradise like a "good hostess." This is why the liturgy of the Church calls her the "gate always open to heaven" and beseeches us to look at the star to reach the port of heaven. Father Guillaume

brought him a medicinal cordial and returned to her post. Moments later, a lady presented herself at the gate and asked to speak to Father Cottolengo. Sister Gabriela had never seen this person before. The lady

brought him a medicinal cordial and returned to her post. Moments later, a lady presented herself at the gate and asked to speak to Father Cottolengo. Sister Gabriela had never seen this person before. The lady

Armies Chapel, on the very same day that the Virgin also stopped the Germans on the Marne, at the gates of Paris. The visionary, who later took the name of Marie-France when she became a consecrated virgin