"Our Lady of Miracles" with a very ancient statue of a Black Madonna to whom many faithful came to pray. Saint Joan of Arc herself came to pray there in May 1429. In June 1940, the Germans bombed the national [...] destroyed a large portion of the historic district, including Saint Paul Church. But the chapel with the statue of "Our Lady of Miracles" remained completely intact. Older parishioners tell the story of a chair [...] Virtues and Glories of Mary (La Flèche, France) The chapel of miracles remained completely intact In Orléans (France), near the Loire River, the parish church of Saint Paul had a side chapel called "Our
which Mary is "united by a close and indissoluble bond" to Christ, for, if as Virgin and Mother she was singularly united with him in his first coming, so through her continued collaboration with him she [...] Assumption of the Virgin Mary In the mystery of the Assumption is expressed the faith of the Church By the mystery of the Assumption into heaven there were definitively accomplished in Mary all the effects of [...] Cor. 15:26)." … Thus in her Assumption into heaven, Mary is as it were clothed by the whole reality of the Communion of Saints, and her very union with the Son in glory is wholly oriented towards the definitive
consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Before Mary, we are family As a young seminarian on a summer internship at the Shrine of Lourdes, I helped with the preparation of the evening of prayer under [...] that the Virgin Mary would not let them leave Lourdes without healing and peace of heart. The Italian priest had to interrupt himself several times while reading it, overcome with emotion. A complete stranger [...] trust and unvarnished frankness was a truly Marian grace. Before Mary, we can tell each other everything, because we are family. Father Guillaume de Menthière is a priest from the diocese of Paris since
Gauthier, a photojournalist, traveled with them. The first, a Franco-Moroccan called Walid, was touched by the load he was carrying: "He had known a Christian friend in his school who was a refugee from [...] persecuted Christians, has sent 15 statues of the Virgin Mary from Lourdes to Ankawa, a suburb of the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, which has a majority Catholic population. Once they arrive, they will be [...] Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as patroness (1666) Two Muslims drove the truck from Lourdes to Irak The group Œuvre d’Orient , a French association dedicated to helping persecuted
the Church must be inspired by the motherhood of Mary, because in order to know what she must be and what she is, the Church looks to Mary. The Virgin Mary is the model, the Mother of the Church, and it [...] wonders of God." On this day, therefore, we cry out with joy: Happy feast day to you, Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church! Source: Excerpt from a program broadcast by KTO TV on March 6, 2018. [...] liturgical calendar a new Marian feast by decree: beginning this year, each Monday of Pentecost becomes the day when the universal Church will celebrate the memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in her title of
in reality what He could only mention before as a symbol. Your communion, my Mother! Was it not like a return to this elusive unity, when you fed Him with your flesh and blood? But now He's the one who [...] April 9 – Thursday of Holy Week - Byzantine Church: Holy Mary of the Spring – Holy Virgin Empress (Russia) The meaning of Mary’s presence at the Last Supper Scripture does not say so, but there is no doubt [...] meal with the whole group that followed Jesus. Since she kept all of Jesus’ words in her heart, we can imagine how she received His farewell speech: “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you”
Blessed Virgin Mary Mary is the icon of our hope Mary's "yes" was truly an agreement, a free, conscious, and unconditional commitment to a project that came from God the Creator (...). Mary was aware that [...] Advent. Yes, Mary recognized that she had been preferred among all women, that she had found favor with God. And it is all these elements that persuaded her to embrace God’s plan. However, Mary also knew [...] danger, but she fully trusted in the Lord, who never abandons those he entrusts with a mission. In this Advent season, Mary is the icon God gives us to await the feast of Christmas. She is the icon of Hope
on others. One day before she passed away, she was looking at a spot in her room with absolute attention, with all her being. It lasted a few minutes. I had seen the visionary children of Medjugorje during [...] Fraternity of the Heart of Mary at the church of Notre-Dame des Victoires (Paris, France, 1836) "I know that Mary will be there at the time of my death" "My mother was in a nursing home during the last [...] years of her life. Following a stroke, she was paralyzed and dependent. She read the texts of the Mass each day. She was attentive to each of her family and caregivers. She led a very simple life, yet it was
probably at least a decade after the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. In the boat with them were Mary Salome and Mary Cleophas, nieces of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, as well as the remains [...] Transfer of the veil of Mary The main relics of Saint Anne, Mary’s mother, are preserved in this little French town According to Tradition, we know that Lazarus, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Jesus' friends [...] extraordinary light and Jean, radiant, transfigured, exclaimed with a clear voice: "Here is the body of Saint Anne, mother of the most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God!" The blind, deaf and mute boy had recovered
Apparently, the Virgin is in on it because a few weeks later I find myself in a bus full of energetic young people! I feel a bit out of place. Everybody seems on fire with the Holy Spirit. Unlike them, I’m full [...] homilies… it was not a hurricane, or fire, or Our Lady that I saw in Medjugorje: like Elijah on the mountain who perceived God in a light breeze, I saw God at work in many small things, in a thousand details [...] Apparition of Mary Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938 – approved) "If Our Lady wants you to go, you’ll go!" Medjugorje... an interesting name for a pilgrimage
