called St Anthony Mary Claret a “ new St Dominic”; Pope Leo XIII wrote 11 encyclicals on the Rosary; the Servant of God Joseph Kentenich referred to the Rosary as a spiritual machine gun and a grace-filled [...] on of Mary Saints and popes have defended the spiritual sword of Mary Saint John Paul II once made this remark: “It would be impossible to name all the many Saints who discovered in the Rosary a genuine [...] specifically called the Rosary a sword; the Servant of God Patrick Peyton gathered millions of people together to pray the Rosary; and Venerable Fulton J. Sheen created a special kind of Rosary known as
make the pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. Recently, Church officials acknowledged their plight with a Mass. Lourdes, the city of miracles recognized by the Catholic Church, has always attracted dozens of different [...] nationalities during its annual pilgrimages. This year, 2018, during the great procession, a banner representing a group of Middle Eastern Christians was visible. Many of them have fled their war-torn countries [...] Assumption pilgrimage in Lourdes, a special Mass was celebrated for Middle East refugees. “When they left their country, they lost everything: belongings, job, land, and a future,” said Bishop Pascal Gollnisch
of Consolation." The love of the population of Marsanne for the Virgin Mary found a new impetus when the Virgin intervened to help a young girl, the daughter of an old stone cutter, who was blind and had [...] valley and that a chapel be built here to remind them that we must pray to God." The inhabitants grew even more attached to the shrine as a result of the miracle, but its popularity reached a new level when [...] Francisco and St Jacinta inside the altar, thus establishing a spiritual connection with the 100 th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima this year. The Mary of Nazareth Team
August 25 – Mary, Health of the Sick - Saint Louis, King of France (d. 1270) Today the Queen of the World took me out of Purgatory In Rome, on the day of the Assumption, a woman entered the basilica erected [...] she had suffered a lot in Purgatory for some faults committed during her childhood. “Today,” she continued, “the Queen of the World has prayed for us and has taken me out of Purgatory with many others. So [...] places dedicated to our glorious Lady, the Virgin Mary.” And, as proof of the reality of her apparition, the happy delivered woman told her friend that in a year’s time, she too would have died, which happened
every time I go to 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 [...] several apparitions of the Virgin Mary I needed that hug to find my way Franco Gedda is director of the Cenacolo “school of life” in Lourdes, France. He shared the story of a special grace he received at the [...] February 11, 2001, I arrived in Lourdes. A few months later, I went to the Grotto. I was still sad, and not really cured of drugs. It was the Easter vigil. A young handicapped person turned to me and hugged
asked me to administer the last sacraments to a dying man. I went to a wealthy house and there I found a dignified old man with snow-white hair, who was a former admiral, lying in bed. I had not yet closed [...] December 27 – Mary Mother of Saint John – First apparition at Paray-le-Monial (France) So did he kick you out? In 1951, a missionary from South America told this story: "During a visit to our convent located [...] pray together. Without any difficulty he abjured Freemasonry, made a general confession, and received absolution. Then he kissed me like a son. When I returned to the convent, Father superior asked me: "So
the Virgin Mary Mary and Joseph, model of perfect spouses Mary was perfect and very beautiful; Joseph must have loved her passionately. They had probably made a vow of virginity and celibacy at a young age [...] that Mary is given as an example to both consecrated persons and married people? The whole spiritual tradition contemplates Mary as the model and the Queen of virgins and consecrated people. But a more [...] mystery of Mary (and naturally that of Joseph) to one aspect of our individual experiences. And of course none of us is expected to be exactly like Mary! On the other hand, we all have a lot to learn
time those present wept with joy as they looked at each other in surprise and joy. Father Nicolas then turned to the French Consul and asked him for his opinion. The latter took a candle, lit it and approached [...] smiling... then, turning to the audience, he exclaimed: "I believe! This is a great miracle!"" Several other miracles were recounted in a book by Monsignor Haggiar, Greek-Melkite-Catholic archbishop of Saida [...] June 12 - Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai, 1924) Lebanon: Our Lady of Waiting’s miraculous smile Several prominent figures from Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Company, his
concludes with a principle that should guide all those who write about the Virgin Mary: "Thus, in the divinely inspired Scriptures, what is universally said of the Virgin-Mother Church is understood in a particular [...] Lady of Victories to the Most Holy Immaculate Heart of Mary (France, 1836) Both virgins are the mothers of Christ Advent reminds Christians that Mary, like all mothers, waited for the birth of Jesus. Moreover [...] yet so extraordinary human experience that women have, i.e. to carry a child their womb. Isaac of Stella makes this parallel between Mary and the Church: both are mothers, and both are virgins. Both of them
God said to Mary In 1932, Luisa Piccarreta(1) (1865-1947) published a book entitled The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will, about the life of Mary, Queen of the Divine Will. With maternal love [...] the Creator willed that the Fiat He pronounced over me should be in six stages, as with the whole of Creation. The moment I took possession of the Kingdom of the Divine Will, the stages in me ended and the [...] " Luisa Piccarreta In The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will (Excerpts) (1) Luisa Piccarreta, also known as the "Little Daughter of the Divine Will", was a Catholic mystic and author whose
