among them Saint Markorios Abu Sifein in Old Cairo. Afterwards, the patriarch turned to look for Saint Simon, but the latter had disappeared and no one could find him (a sign of the saint's great humility) [...] when everybody else was still asleep. Saint Simon reluctantly revealed his true life's story, pressing Abraam not to tell anyone until after his death. Then Saint Simon explained how the miracle would [...] his clergy and many faithful believers, among whom Simon the Tanner stood. Things happened just as Saint Simon had described and at the first sign of the Cross a great earthquake shook the mountain, which
soul is in a process of passive purification. In addition to the help of saints and angels, in particular Saint Michael, Saint Faustina, a Polish nun canonized by John Paul II in 2000, recounts in her [...] this, but justice demands it. Since that time I am in closer communion with the suffering souls.’” Saint Faustina’s Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul , 20
made the pilgrimage. Many notable people visited Rocamadour over the years, including Saint Bernard, Saint Dominic, Saint Louis and possibly even Charlemagne, on his way to battle the Moors in Spain. Adapted [...] of religious structures centered around a miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary and the tomb of a saint from long ago. Tourists come to Rocamadour for its religious interest, historical significance, beautiful [...] and had conversed with Jesus himself. According to some accounts, this Zaccheus was the husband of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus as he climbed to Calvary. At some point after the hermit's death
Thirty-three years after the death of Saint Joan of Arc, another saintly Joan—Joan of France and Valois—was born. (This Joan was born with some deformities and a very plain face.) She is not among the [...] the great historical figures or at the top of the list of French saints. Although she was the daughter, sister and wife of kings, no child was more deprived of freedom, no wife more rejected than her. At [...] It was nevertheless reduced to ashes and scattered in the wind like a seed, just like the body of Saint Joan of Arc, the shepherdess of Domremy, whose ashes and intact heart were thrown into the Seine River
an Infinite Love After describing Christ’s sufferings, Mary said to Saint Bridget, “This is what my Son endured for you.” Then the saint heard Jesus’ voice from the cross say to her, “I love you with an
an Infinite Love After describing Christ's sufferings, Mary said to Saint Bridget, "This is what my Son endured for you." Then the saint heard Jesus' voice from the cross say to her, "I love you with an
affirmed through the mouth of Saint Peter (Acts 4:12). But to do this, let us never forget to go through Mary! "To preach Jesus alone is arid and fruitless work," said Saint Francis Xavier, model and patron [...] that our will is in accord with the will of the Immaculate, and through it, with the will of God," Saint Maximilian Kolbe, for his part, explained. Ask her, my brethren, how you can "help those in spiritual
the proto-martyrs of the French Church were put to death, including Saint Pothin, whose successor was Saint Irenaeus—a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist. A Marian shrine was well established there when [...] first missionaries to New Zealand and the Pacific, including Susanne Aubert, Bishop Pompallier and Saint Peter Channel all went on pilgrimage to the Fourvière Shrine in Lyons to consecrate themselves and
to Argentina and a copy, made by Argentines, will be taken to the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint George in Aldershot, England. The image of the Madonna of Lujan, which presided over the [...] Stanley, and the English took it to the UK and placed it in the Catholic Military Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint George in Aldershot. Since then, the figure of Our Lady of Lujan has stayed there as a place
Traditionally, the saints—like Saint Bernard—have always invoked the name of Mary as a refuge in trials. This feast definitely has a spiritual aim, but historical reasons too, as Karol Wojtyla (Saint John Paul [...] Coromoto Natives (Venezuela, 1652) Poland and Europe were saved from the Turks 300 years ago today For Saint John Paul II, September 11th did not only commemorate the tragedy of the Twin Towers in New York—at
