Marian town, and here is why: Tradition says that Mary appeared to a soldier of the Frankish army (1) near the end of the 5th century. Wounded and exhausted, this man was left behind and to his own devices [...] Marian month, with a mass and torchlight procession), and for the past few years May 31 (closing of the Marian month), September 8 and the following Sunday (Nativity of Our Lady and its octave). (1) The Franks [...] himself to a fountain to drink and clean his wounds. There, he saw the Virgin Mary, who healed him. He then was able to rejoin the battle. Afterward he shared the vision and the miracle he experienced with
attitude and infidelities, showed him only kindness and affectionate devotion, which eventually triumphed over his rebellious heart. Elizabeth is famous for acting as a peacemaker between princes and peoples [...] Refuge of Sinners - Saint Elizabeth of Portugal Mary appeared to Saint Elizabeth of Portugal Saint Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal (1271-1336), received her name at her baptism, in memory of St Elizabeth of [...] practice of reciting the Divine Office daily and continued it until her death. She despised luxury, shunned entertainment, assisted the poor, fasted often, and led a truly saintly life. When she had some
of the Virgin Mary left standing after the deadly Kentucky tornadoes The deadly storms that hit nine states in the Midwest and the South produced an image of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child [...] significant damage. A series of storms and tornadoes passed through nine states, including Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, late Friday and early Saturday morning. Western Kentucky [...] Diocese of Owensboro, told CNA Dec. 13, “the statue is still standing, though the windows and doors are blown out and the roof missing.” A photo of the statue published by the Evansville Courier & Press newspaper
listens and welcomes the Son and lets Him live like He is, not just because she gives Him birth and holds Him in her lap. Mary’s “yes” was the expression of the freedom of this pure Virgin, fruitful and conscious [...] Lourdes (France, 1858) God waited for Mary to say “yes“ The “yes,” or the fiat of the Virgin Mary was not pronounced by a dull or sleepy heart, but by a lively and watchful one. Even if uttered by a humble [...] a simple and profound heart. Mary is the Mother of God not only because she gave physical life to Jesus, but also because before conceiving Him in her womb, she listened to Him with her ear and conceived
had always shown a great love for the Virgin Mary. This devotion was passed on by his family and accompanied by various other devotions, both personal and local: to Our Lady of Grace, to Our Lady Help [...] history, both personal and collective, that the devotion was born, strongly promoted by the man who, 27 years later, would become Pope under the name of Francis. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds [...] for his doctoral thesis on the great theologian and philosopher of religion Romano Guardini (1). At that time, "Padre Jorge" was living in Buenos Aires and was going through many difficulties. After twelve
the sun, and emanating a thousand perfumes. Overwhelmed by so much beauty, Vincenza fell to the ground. The strikingly beautiful woman helped her to her feet, and said to her: "I am the Virgin Mary, the Mother [...] rid of the plague, and as long as they do not obey, they will experience my Son’s anger against them." And she went on: "As proof of what I say, ask the people to start digging here, and a spring will flow [...] "on my feast days and on the first Sunday of each month, will receive abundant graces and God’s mercy, as well as a blessing from my maternal hand.” Vincenza went down to the town and announced this message
preserved in devotion to Mary’s sorrows There was once a lord as noble by birth as he was low and sinful in his habits. He had given himself by an express compact as a slave to the devil, and had served him for [...] easily be imagined, and never approaching the sacraments. Now, this prince was about to die and Jesus Christ, in his compassion, commanded St Bridget to tell his confessor to visit him, and exhort him, to make [...] to trust; and as God has not yet abandoned me, I wish to make my confession." And in fact on that day he made his confession four times with great sorrow; the next day he received communion, and on the sixth
Italy, 1537) Mary’s Meals feed millions of kids Mary’s Meals is a Scottish charity that sets up school food programs in some of the world’s poorest communities to ensure that hunger and poverty do not [...] its beginning in 2002, Mary’s Meals has grown from feeding 200 children in Malawi to a worldwide campaign that now feeds more than 1 million children daily. Mary’s Meals is named after Our Lady. The charity’s [...] Register about why he started Mary’s Meals and how his Catholic faith helped not just its founding but also how it guides its continuing mission: "I never set out to “start Mary’s Meals." I just tried to do
took fright and was about to run away when he heard, "Do not be afraid, my child, I am the Blessed Virgin Mary." He knelt, and so did the apparition. "Warn the people to change their lives and do eight [...] He sent his brother and sister to go retrieve his spade, and they found it "standing upright, with three oak leaves forming a cross." The four women made amends for their wrongs, and processions were organized [...] child, I am the Blessed Virgin Mary" In 1686, a news item shook the village of Celles (France): Four women had violently beaten a priest. The victim took the case to court and obtained justice. On May 28
Death of Sister Lucia of Fatima (2005) Mary, the "invisible Tsarina" On the night of February 13, 1917, a peasant woman from Botchinki (a suburb of Moscow, Russia) named Eudoxia Adrianova, heard a mysterious [...] too." Eudoxia obeyed the voice and went to Kolomenskoye to transmit this message to a priest, Father Nicolas Likhatchev. She had to make two more visits, on February 26th, and March 2nd, in order to convince [...] color of the bloody regime about to take over Russia), and none that looked like the one she saw in her dream. The priest continued his search and found a large icon depicting the "Queen of Heaven sitting
