Fatima In 1946, Portugal celebrated the third centenary of its consecration to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception by King Juan IV, and Our Lady of Fatima was crowned on May 13 by the cardinal legate

went safely she would consecrate me to her. So I was baptized on December 8th, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mary has a central place in my life. I have always prayed to her. At home, we prayed

parish in the city of Guadalajara. The statue dates from 1541and is an image of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. During the Mexican War of Independence, she was given a blue sash and the title La

consecration, as the faithful sing: "It is truly right to bless you, Mother of God, blessed and all immaculate, Mother of our God, more venerable than the cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the seraphim

art thou among women.” The favored woman in this context is Mary the mother of Jesus Christ. The Immaculate Conception by a virgin was prophesied in Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you

child to you." And so I was born on December 4,1951, and baptized on December 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The circumstances of the first days of my life and the faith that accompanied my mother's

for more than 30 minutes! The Rosary concluded with a crowning of the image of Mary as we sang “Immaculate Mary.” People left with a lightness of spirit and a new understanding of unity through prayer.

” The priest recalled that “the most holy image of Guadalupe carries Jesus in her womb, in her immaculate womb. It is the center of the same image and that is why it is a sign of the Church.” In this sense

surprise us, because it is referred to a Mother who had been granted, by a singular grace, to be immaculate from the first moment of her existence, and to a Child who was totally holy. However, it must be

gladness? The answer is simple: the greatest gift that men can give to Jesus is Mary! Indeed, only the Immaculate is worthy of the mystery of the Incarnation. A liturgical hymn of the Eastern Church expresses