1650) Mary patiently awaited the time when her own glory should be necessary for His When first Jesus went out to preach, Mary kept apart from Him; she interfered not with His work; and, even when He

widespread and popular types of Marian icons, depicting the Theotokos (Mother of God) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to Him as the source of salvation for mankind, "the Way, the Truth and

"Look at this beautiful light, Mamma, by the door!" The boy was not yet 11 years old. The Mother of Jesus had promised him that she would come if he prayed a lot of Rosaries. He prayed nine a day and made

y, Lucia confided everything to her confessor, Don Lino Garcia. On February 15, 1926, the Infant Jesus appeared to Lucia in Pontevedra. At her request, he relaxed the conditions set by the Blessed Virgin

the Grotto, I thank Mary who sent me this guardian angel and I see her smile again. I think that Jesus and Mary know how to surprise us and give us a helping hand through something that can seem very

object of a great veneration: that of the "Virgin of the Apocalypse." It shows Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, at the end of time. She is dressed in blue and her head is crowned with twelve stars, prefiguring

Constitution Lumen Gentium 63). It is a point on which the Fathers of the Church insisted: Mary conceived Jesus in the faith and then in the flesh, when she said "yes" to the announcement that God addressed her

the Holy Rosary may be considered as “the compendium of the Holy Bible as it narrates the life of Jesus Christ from His birth, death and resurrection.” For his part, Fr. Sanny De Claro, Episcopal Vicar

scholars - to set it apart from the religious history of the world. Excerpts from Hypothèses sur Jésus by Vittorio Messori, Mame, 1978

retreat with me, she led me to her Son. What a wonderful retreat! I had a personal encounter with Jesus that led me to know him and love him more. I then did a training course in spiritual direction at