Ways to Grow in Love for Our Blessed Mother
Mary: Our Life, Our Sweetness And Our Hope… She is the Daughter of God the Father, the Mother of God the Son, and the Mystical Spouse of the Holy Spirit—yes, the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the Queen of the Angels, the Queen of Confessors, the Queen of Martyrs and Virgins, as well as the […]
Adele Brise was born in Belgium on January 30, 1831. As a child, she was known for her religious fervor and piety. Her family’s immigration to the United States in 1855 caused Adele consternation in the months prior to their departure. She recalled her childhood promise to the Virgin Mary at the time of her […]
The Virgin Mary appeared to a would-be papal assassin — an encounter that changed his life. This unexpected meeting with the Mother of God and the special grace he received freed him from the noose of evil and gave him strength to live according to divine teaching. In 1937, Luigina Sinapi had an extraordinary vision. The Holy […]
Q: Last weekend, I attended the 50th ordination anniversary of a priest and I learned that he had belonged to the Missionaries of La Salette. What is the story of Our Lady of La Salette? On Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, 1846, two children — Maximin Guiraud (age 11) and Melanie Calvat (age 14) — were […]
One of the most famous and loved of the approved Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Our Lady of Guadalupe. “The Patron of the Americas,” (as called by St. John Paul II) appeared near Mexico City to Saint Juan Diego. Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego in the course of four days on four […]
Yesterday was the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, because on that day, February 11, 1858, our beautiful Mother Mary appeared to 14-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous for the first time. Our Lady came back to see Bernadette (and Bernadette came to the grotto to see Our Lady) 17 more times, their final meeting there being […]
Today marks the 88th anniversary of the Blessed Mother visiting a brokenhearted Belgian village called Banneux. Though the apparition has been approved by the Church, it is barely known—even though what unfolded there spurred one of the greatest accounts in Church history of Our Lady’s intermediary work through a single man—Washington D.C. native Venerable Aloysius […]
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