2017: "The Almighty has done great things for me" (Lk 1:49) WYD 2018: "Be not afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God" (Lk 1:30) WYD 2019 (Panama): "Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done

her intercession. These facts defy any natural explanation. So far, 1,200 cures reported in Lourdes have been recognized by doctors to be scientifically inexplicable. Even so, the Catholic Church has only

like one of us. O queen, receive him, through our betterment, And where grace has passed may death have no claim.

of unprecedented power: we can turn this world into a garden, or reduce it to a pile of rubble. We have devised the astounding capacity to intervene in the very well-springs of life: man can use this power

(Russia, 988) - Pie XII (d. 1958) Mary Reigns over the Entire World The Supreme Shepherds of the Church have considered it their duty to promote by eulogy and exhortation the devotion of the Christian people

Fills the Whole Earth Let us never speak again of your mercy, Blessed Virgin, if anyone can recall having invoked you in times of trouble and you didn't come to help. We, your servants, congratulate you

and Jesus entrusts her to the apostle John. If Mary had had other children, wouldn't Jesus normally have entrusted his mother to them? Much more could be said about Mary's virginity and the profound beauty

Thousands of objects were touched against the frail cotton cloth by pilgrims. This rough treatment should have destroyed it, but it still kept self-healing itself and survives. Pope Pius VII declared Our Lady

was put to flight at the appearance of a strange horseman. Father Wu, a Chinese priest, admitted having prayed to Mary for help. A church was built on the site, honoring a picture of Mary and the Christ

but since I love you so much, let me ask you, you who are so good, to tell me who you are, because I have the desire to know you more and more, without limits, and to love you with increasing fervor. Grant