on (Italy, 1470) A short meditation on the Immaculate Conception It was the Holy Spirit who made the Immaculate Conception possible, and Mary in a sense took His name, a little like a woman takes the name [...] Saint Irenaeus told us that through a Virgin who was obedient to the word of God, man was reanimated and came back to life (1). This reanimation is not limited to Mary's response to the Angel; it extends [...] Earth. The Christian is neither pessimistic nor optimistic; he is a believer and believes that God can do anything that He works according to a plan, although we may not understand it. But God takes our requests
visiting it involves a trip to a city 4,200 meters above sea level, but also because the image itself is only 4.7 cm tall, making it a contender for the smallest image of the Virgin Mary in the world. In fact [...] Litanies appeared to a shepherd girl who was being attacked by a snake, scaring the reptile away. The next day, it is said, the peasants returned to the place and found a small stone with the sculpted image [...] icon (Italy, 1060) A unique Marian pilgrimage A chapel in the city of Viacha, in the province of Ingavi, Bolivia, is responsible for housing the Virgin of the Litanies. This is quite a special image — not
when she was attacked by a young man, who attempted in vain to rape her. She died after being stabbed 42 times with a knife. Antal had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary and prayed the Rosary every [...] (Italy) Killed “in hatred of the faith,” a rosary in her hand Pope Francis moved two 20th-century martyrs a step closer to sainthood, including Veronica Antal, a young Romanian woman killed during an attempted [...] s as a tertiary and led a religious life at home, receiving Holy Communion and spending time in adoration daily, though she had to walk five miles to the nearest church. On Aug. 24, 1958, just a few months
October 6, 1849, and received the habit under the name of Brother Augustine Mary of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Hermann aspired to a life completely hidden in God, but his Superiors sent him to travel throughout [...] withdraw into "solitude". However, he was struck by a new trial: an illness in his eyes. Placing his confidence in the Virgin of Lourdes, he made a novena in the grotto of the apparitions, washing his [...] November 12 - Our Lady of the Tower (Eriburg, Germany) A Son of Israel Converts (II) From that day on his entire life was devoted to the love of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and to Our Lady, in particular
January 6 – Our Lady of Cana A weekly rosary can help preserve family ties Every Sunday afternoon, my phone whistles to remind me to send a text to the “Rose-ary Chain,” a group of roughly 25 Rose family [...] loneliness at a time when loneliness was already drowning him. When my niece and nephew asked if we were interested in a weekly Zoom meeting to say the rosary, we jumped at the opportunity. A link was sent [...] prayed with our dad, a convert, who led us, his cradle Catholic kids. Our thumbs and pointer fingers collected momentum as we moved from bead to bead across the chain through the first three Hail Marys and
additional signs; there was a intense focusing of attention, a pinnacle of waiting never before seen in the history of the world exactly around the time when Jesus appeared. It is a proven fact of history: [...] attention, in the first century, was concentrating on a single point, that far-off province of Rome. This unique feeling of waiting was one which Mary carried above all other in her heart, in her prayers [...] and for all Christians with the coming of the Savior when the preordained time had come. But for those who have not recognized it, the missing of this rendezvous will long remain a question. As the Talmud
additional signs; there was a intense focusing of attention, a pinnacle of waiting never before seen in the history of the world exactly around the time when Jesus appeared. It is a proven fact of history: [...] attention, in the first century, was concentrating on a single point, that far-off province of Rome. This unique feeling of waiting was one which Mary carried above all other in her heart, in her prayers [...] and for all Christians with the coming of the Savior when the preordained time had come. But for those who have not recognized it, the missing of this rendezvous will long remain a question. As the Talmud
are donated to the Stella Maris apostolates, who ship rosaries abroad. As each student turned in a completed rosary, Campbell asked if he or she wanted to donate it or give it to a family member or friend [...] Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d.1153) Rosary a tool “to bear witness to the presence and power of Christ” Every Tuesday, joyful students join David Campbell, a social studies teacher at St. Paul VI Catholic [...] rosary goes back decades to when he was a Presbyterian minister in Salem, N.J. Three months into his church assignment, Campbell was struggling in his prayer life, and a friend and Catholic priest Father Jack
includes a multifunctional center that can host social, educational and cultural events. Situated some 20 km from the capital, Manama, the compound will have a church. It will be connected to a building [...] Basilica of St Mary Major (Liberian Patriarchal Basilica) in Rome, the largest Marian shrine in the world, with the privilege of receiving the same indulgences as for the visit to St Mary Major. H.H. Pope [...] Camillo Ballin, MCCJ, then Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait, asked the Holy See to institute a feast in honor of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Arabia. His prayer and wish were granted when on January
through a sacred bond of love and charity. It is therefore evident that Joseph had one heart with Mary, and we can say that Mary had one heart with Jesus; Joseph, therefore, shared one heart with Jesus and [...] and Mary. As in the adorable Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, there are three persons who have only one heart, with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, there are three united hearts. Excerpt from: [...] March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Three United Hearts After God, Saint Joseph was the first object of the love of his most holy Bride, and he had
