is the anniversary of his meeting with the Virgin Mary that profoundly changed his life. This is what he said about the encounter: "I was scarcely in the church when a total confusion came over me. When [...] and above the altar was a living figure, tall, majestic, beautiful and full of mercy. It was the most holy Virgin Mary, resembling her figure on the Miraculous Medal. She made a sign for me to kneel down [...] in the church of the Gesu, and he, who before hated the Church, became a priest, like his elder brother Theodore. With Theodore, he founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Zion. His resting place is not
visionary, who later took the name of Marie-France when she became a consecrated virgin in the Pious Union of Worshippers of the Sacred Heart that she founded, transmitted a prayer for France: "My Son, forgive [...] have never stopped loving me..." She also gave a promise on behalf of the Virgin: "If, in union with my Divine Son, I like all the nations which he redeemed with his Blood, see how much I especially cherish [...] possible to print the image of "Mary Queen of France" as well as the prayer revealed during the apparitions, but there was never a final canonical judgment on these facts which are a little forgotten today.
July 26 – Saints Anne and Joachim, Mary’s parents "Do not be afraid, I am Anne, Mary’s mother" (I) In August 1623, at the end of a work day, a young Breton of St Anne d’Auray (Brittany, France) called [...] patroness" St Anne. His room was flooded with light and a hand appeared in the night holding a wax torch. On several other occasions, Yves was guided home over rough roads by a similar torch. One evening, he and [...] and his brother-in-law both saw a lady dressed in white holding a candle at a place called the Bocenno field. Another time, he saw a shower of meteors falling in that field. All these signs happened without
Undoer of Knots, along with the recitation of the Rosary. These repeated invitations are a good thing and are beneficial for our spiritual life. Nevertheless, they find little echo with priests, who are supposed [...] prayer, instead of being a passive activity, may drive us to concrete action. But why pick up a rosary or go back to praying it? Because in all her apparitions, the Blessed Virgin Mary has asked us to do so [...] September 10 – Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) The Rosary—the lifeline that Mary tosses to us The Rosary often has the reputation of being an archaic devotion for the elderly or religious. However, many
to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without [...] convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal [...] appreciate the personal contribution of the woman... Women must see a high mark of distinction in the fact that God appeared in the arms of a mother, and that he led his life as God made man next to his mother
Maronites and Syriacs: Feast of Mary Mediatrix - Saint Bonaventure Unique occurrences in the history of the Church Mother Yvonne-Aimée's(1) great friendship with the Virgin Mary was founded on the Bible, the [...] from 1922 to 1950, a special date when French Catholics hold processions to commemorate the Vow of King Louis XIII to entrust his kingdom to the Virgin Mary, Mother Yvonne-Aimée received a secret visit and [...] and apparition of Mary during the night, which had to do with the situation of France and affairs affecting the Church in the USSR and worldwide. (1) Yvonne Beauvais (1901-1951) practiced nursing as an Augustine
Founding of the Legion of Mary in Dublin, Ireland (1921) - Our Lady of Aparecida appears in Brazil (September 1717) "I know that I can fully rely on the Virgin Mary!" It was a beautiful fall morning, and [...] my heart, I asked the Virgin Mary to watch over my family. As it was summer, I often left my daughters in the care of my in-laws, so that they could enjoy a short stay with their grandmother. Back in Paris [...] tell her that a serious accident had occurred. Our daughter Claire had been taken to hospital by helicopter, after falling 5 or 6 meters from a footbridge. I was shocked, because I know that a fall from such
prayer to Mary Undoer of Knots , I am receiving a deep consolation, like a child near her Mother. Testimonial from the blog " Cheminons avec Marie qui défait les nœuds " (Let's walk with Mary who Unties [...] Brown Scapular given to him by Mary herself (1164-1265) Mary Undoer of Knots helps married couples I live on one of the main islands in Japan. After Christmas 2018, I visited a Japanese nun. We talked about [...] could ask our Mother Mary to undo them. I had the intuition that this prayer was meant especially for married couples. I actually read a little later an article about this devotion in a monthly magazine published
ally belongs to the family tree of Christ, is a symbol of Mary and of the Church. Esther and Judith are also symbols of Mary, as they are associated with the Savior in the unfolding of the divine plan [...] conversion of French Jew Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne after an apparition of the Virgin of the Miraculous Medal (Rome, Italy,1842) – 4th apparition at Banneux (Belgium) Next to Christ, Mary is the greatest glory [...] first woman, quickly dragged all humanity into the disaster of original sin, with the complicity of Adam. God promised them a Savior, and the mother of the Redeemer was announced at the same time, as we
tradition, in the 5th century, a woman suffering from a fever was inspired by the Virgin Mary to climb to the top of a nearby hill and pray while lying down on a dolmen (a Neolithic stone structure). Through [...] importance and the influence of a place which is a source for Christian life. In 1998, Our Lady of Le Puy was twinned with the shrine of Meryem Ana Evi (the house of the Virgin Mary), often visited by Muslims [...] international pilgrims. As a Marian shrine, Our Lady of Le Puy welcomes all those who come to entrust their prayers to Mary: parishes, families, conferences, pilgrims, individuals with any sort of struggles
