January 17, 1871 and France was at war. Paris was besieged and the victorious Prussians were at the gates of Laval, France. At Pontmain, Eugene Barbedette stuck his nose out the door to check the weather
wonderworking icon which they placed in the tower of the Smolensk fortress wall over the Dneprovsk Gates, under a specially constructed shelter. The new copy took on the power of the old image, and when
Him forth, without the pains of childbirth, being wholly united to God? How could Limbo open its gates to her? How could corruption touch the life-giving body? Saint John of Damascus, Sermon II, On the
from the prison camp, he immediately went from the train station to the Chapel of the Virgin of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius. In his statement, the new cardinal said his appointment by Pope Francis surprised
Cathedral of St Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Kiev and erected the Church of the Annunciation at the Golden Gates of the city. In 1037, in that same Church of the Annunciation, he placed the entire nation of Kievan
this church, the fasts and the prayers you offered have not been in vain. Get up and go to the iron gate that gives access to the market. There you will find a one-eyed man (Saint Samaan, the tanner, well
against ten, with great courage and exultant joy, led by their invincible general; they opened the gates of the city and fought against their enemies, using only the small number of soldiers that were positioned
She will welcome us. This is our hope. That is why the Church's liturgy calls her "the ever-open Gate of Heaven" and urges us to look to the star to reach the port of all bliss. Adapted from the book
being crushed by that truck that was coming at me in the dark! As I looked around, I noticed a gray gate behind an overgrown hedge and some birch trees, at the end of a driveway. Opposite, I saw a street
expectations of Israel and all the promises of God, by freeing us from sin and death and by opening the gates of the kingdom of heaven for us. By hosting the Father's Son in her womb, the only-begotten Son of
