make the journey with a group of pilgrims and stay there for a week. He would later reveal about the graces he received at that shrine: "It was there that I came to know and love Mary for the first time."

witness a prodigious alchemy: by the power of God's mercy, the mire of sin becomes a clear source of grace. When the sinner humbly confesses his fault, then even the greatest evil, which is sin, becomes a

praying the rosary, we can ensure that our steps are aligned, not trying to walk ahead, but walking in grace beside Those who love us most. Kathryn Sadakierski, July 26, 2022 Source (adapted): www.catholicexchange

dogmatic declaration, shutting at the same time the mouth of deniers. Mary is the "one filled with grace". To merit such a favor from God, a certain readiness was necessary: God filled Mary with his spiritual

Sisters. For us the existence of the Marian Sisters is a blessing from God and a great source of grace. My husband and I are Hungarian and used to be high school teachers. We raised 7 children during the

the hour of our death." And the hour of my death was now! So I started to pray: "Hail Mary, full of grace..." We got to the OR...I remember the ceiling of the hallway rushing by, and people wearing blue scrubs

Saint Louis Saint Louis had wished to die on a Saturday (a day dedicated to the Virgin Mary) and this grace was granted to him by Mary: it was on Saturday, August 25, that she received him and crowned him in

devotion is also popular among Muslims who make pilgrimages to the shrine in order to pray and seek graces. Fides Agency, 5/31/2022 (Adapted) www.africannewspaper.net

the novena, to make the devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots more concrete: each person asking for a grace wrote their intention on a piece of paper tied with a ribbon, and placed it in a basket at the foot

Mende’s altar, like that of many Black Madonnas, bears the inscription “privileged altar”. Special graces are given here. Tradition says that the statue of the Virgin was brought to Mende from the Middle