Quaeda, it now formally pledges allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria… Bishop Dashe has expressed further confidence in the intercession of Our Lady towards recovering peace in his diocese. He and
warfare under the banner of the Immaculate Conception. This Marian characteristic is particularly expressive in the life and holiness of Father Kolbe. (...) The death of Maximilian Kolbe became a sign of
freeway through the Diocese of San Jose and you’re likely to catch sight of an unusual but memorable expression of the Catholic faith: a 32-foot stainless steel statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary located [...] the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, Msgr. Sweeny “felt our culture needed a ‘forthright expression of faith’ to remind them of the heart of their Mother who yearned to draw them to her Son.” He
three years studying in Rome. In the car taking me back to my monastery in France, Father Abbot expressed his concerns about my reintegration into the community: How would I experience this return to a
God again and again. In return, God kept sending her more light, more love, and more strength, expressing his ever more exacting will... Thus we can understand, Marthe says, how Mary is immaculate in her
the Seven Sorrows, also known as Our Lady of the Seven Tongues (“Langues”), distorted into the expression “Saint Langue” in the local dialect. This devotion is attested in the parish church of Saint-Symphorien
but occasionally serious and sad. They could sometimes clearly see her features and even the expressions on her face. At least once, she appeared without a veil, her hair falling over her shoulders. Once
was up to mankind to be made present to the Eternal Love, and this is what the Athanasian Creed expresses with admirable clarity: "Christ is one; not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh; but by assumption
are eyes of gentle pity, wondering sadness, and with something more in them, never yet known or expressed, something that makes her younger than sin, younger than the race from which she sprang, and though
formed and in harmony with the whole of the face. The Virgin's gaze was that of a living person; its expression was one of sternness mingled with sadness. This phenomenon lasted about five to ten minutes." Father
