aware of all the souls that, as his Mother, and at the side of Jesus, I was going to generate to grace, to the light and to the new life that my dear Son was coming to bring on Earth. My daughter, you
took hold of it to bring it to shore, a voice was heard saying, “I choose your city as a place of grace.” The citizens welcomed Mary to their city by erecting to her a shrine which reached its height of
Hispanic liturgy began to exalt Mary as the new Eve, the Mother of God and our Mother, the Mediatrix of graces, the ever Virgin, ascended to Heaven, image of the Church. The most important Spanish shrines are:
pilgrimage. "I thank God for you and remember you in my prayers" (1 Thes 1:2). May He grant you every grace! In the Heart of Christ, who loves each one of you. (1) Benedictine Sisters of the Sacré Cœur of
for many years, she was always for him "the spouse of his youth, his joy, the most dear hind, the graceful fawn", whose caresses always had the fresh charm of the first nuptial evening and sweetly fascinated
the gift of His blessed mother. These great gifts are inherently united as overflowing sources of grace in our lives. Each and every day, we are invited to heed the direction of our heavenly mother and
Word of God.” The Blessed Mother also pleaded: “Renew the five first Saturdays. You received many graces when all of you did this.” Then she added: “Nicaragua has suffered much since the earthquake. She
times and you will see the glory of God." The patriarch told the Caliph Al-Muizz that with God's grace he was ready to accomplish his request. The caliph rode to the top of the mountain followed by his
or in a more gradual way. While initially we may give thanks to God or the Virgin Mary for such a grace, afterwards our devotion may lessen in fervor or we may even abandon it. Saint Louis de Montfort,
fruit by your labors; you have spent them on a barren soil, not yet watered with the dew of divine grace. When God willed to renew the face of the earth, he began by sending down on it the fertilizing rain