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What Our Lady Said About Hell in July, 1917
Mr. Marto, father of Jacinta and Francisco, says that when the third apparition began, a little grayish cloud hovered over the holm oak, the sunlight diminished, and a cool breeze blew over the...
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The Story of Our Lady of Genazzano
A few miles from the city of Rome, lies Genazzano — a city rich in history and blessed with the presence of a miraculous painting of the Blessed Virgin that has an amazing story...
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Our Lady Help of Christians, Celebrates Pope’s Liberation From Prison
This commemoration was introduced in the liturgical calendar by decree of Pope Pius VII on September 16, 1815, in thanksgiving for his happy return to Rome after a long and painful captivity in Savona...
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The Queenship of Mary
Pope Pius XII in the Papal Encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam proposed the traditional doctrine on the Queenship of Mary and established this feast for the Universal Church.
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Devotion to the Holy Rosary: Powerful “Weapon” of the Faith
As we know, one great merit of the devotion to the Rosary is that it was revealed by Our Lady to Saint Dominic as a means to revive the Faith in regions ravaged by the Albigensian heresy.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: She Who Smashes the Serpent
Pope Pius XII gave Our Lady of Guadalupe the title of “Empress of the Americas” in 1945. Since December 12 is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this is a propitious moment to recall how she reigns...
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Our Lady of Joy
In 1134 three Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem who were prisoners of the Muslims in Egypt, miraculously found or received in their prison, a statue of Our Lady, which they named Our...
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The Marvelous World of Our Lady’s Flowers
While modern men look for happiness in instant gratification, there was once a time in Christendom when men believed happiness came from a true understanding of the order of the universe...
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Our Lady, Guardian of the Faith
While the heavy stones of the tomb conceal the body of Savior from the gaze of everyone, the faith vacillates in the few who remained faithful to Our Lord. But there is a light that does not burn out,...
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The Origin of the Regina Coeli Prayer
According to the Golden Legend, a thirteenth century work on the lives of the Saints, Pope St. Gregory the Great in the 6th century was leading a procession asking for relief from a pestilence...
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He Who Has Not Mary for His Mother Has Not God for His Father
Just as in the natural and corporal generation of children there are a father and a mother, so in the supernatural and spiritual generation there are a Father, who is God, and a Mother, who is Mary.
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A Guide to Understanding the Immaculate Conception
It is undisputed that Mary is regarded as the mother of Jesus. What is disputed at times is the honor that is due to her, including that coming from her Immaculate Conception...
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Eleven Floors Up... And One Miraculous Medal
Though the Miraculous Medal was given to Saint Catherine Laboure in 1830, Our Lady continues to give immense graces through it in our times...
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Our Lady of the Miracle: The Happiness of Unpretentiousness, Purity, and...
After narrating the history of the Miraculous Medal and the conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne to Catholicism in Rome (January 20, 1842) with Our Lady’s splendid apparition, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de...
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Commentary on the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
We must do everything with Mary, that is to say, in all our actions we must look upon Mary, although a simple human being, as the perfect model of every virtue and perfection, fashioned by the Holy...
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A Medal, a Vision, a Conversion — The Story of Claude Newman
Claude Newman was a twenty-year-old African-American awaiting execution in a prison in Mississippi. His crime was that of ambushing and shooting a man named Sid Cook, his beloved grandmother’s abusive...
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“Why Me?”
Magnificent medieval stained glass windows have sometimes been referred to as a “catechism in glass” because of the richness of the faith which their imagery conveyed. We could say the statues of this...
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Visiting Our Lady of Good Success: A Pilgrimage to Heaven
Pilgrimages are very common for the Catholic faithful, often requiring travel to distant places. On February 2, 2016 I was part of an American contingent that made such a pilgrimage to Quito, Ecuador...
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Two Portrayals of Motherhood, Natural and Supernatural
This miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is arguably the most studied representation of the Mother of God in the world. There are two things which make it particularly unique. Firstly, it is, so...
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Hail, Mother of Hope
Optimism, pessimism, realism: what position should we take in the face of current events? Before answering this question we need to give words their true meaning.
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