Our Lady of Mantara The Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Mantara is located in the Greek-Melkite-Catholic Archbishopric of the Diocese of Saida and Deir-El-Kamar, in Lebanon. The word "Mantara" comes from [...] the message of each station, and how to apply it to their daily lives and respond faithfully to God's call. The twelve stations of the Shrine's Path of Our Lady of Mantara: 1. The Cedars of Lebanon to the [...] flute, he suddenly heard the squeal of one of his young goats. He ran in the direction of the squeal and found that a kid had fallen into a well (the hole is in the roof of the cave over the altar). He took

all the riches of justification and salvation in Christ, so that I no longer am in want of anything, except of faith to believe that this is so. [...] [...] by faith I abound in all good things in Christ [...] Mary's Faith (Luther) Luther spoke of the believer's faith and the faith of Mary: this faith come before works. « Lo! my God, without merit on my part, of His pure and free mercy, has given to me, an unworthy [...] affords us an example of the same faith, in that she was purified according to the law of Moses, and like all other women, though she was bound by no such law and had no need of purification. [...] She

shrine: It is of interest to know whether this apocryphal legend is at the heart of the worship of Mary at Choziba, or whether it brought it about. If account is taken of the veneration of the Virgin in [...] Mary’s birth We have been captivated by the Marian poetry of this oasis. What’s more, an age-old tradition, of which the writer of the Proto-Gospel of James seems aware, places at Choziba the dawn that heralded [...] monographs from the first half of the 7th century. The origins and development of the monastery are identical to those of the ancient Palestinian monasteries. From the time of the apostles, hermits were led

all fields of research make it more evident each day—we only have to look at philosophy, science, the beauty and harmony of the world, the mystery of man and the 1,000 proofs of the truth of Christian [...] seek him in truth with good will and uprightness of heart. God responds when we pray and opens the doors of his Kingdom, inviting us to receive Holy Baptism and the Sacraments of the Church which bind us [...] and fullness of life! "Today, if you hear the voice of the Lord, do not harden your heart." (Psalm 94, quoted in Hebrews 4:7) God exists, and he calls us! Everything proves the existence of God. Advances

is an example of the tolerance, and even support, for a kind of syncretism, since the beginning of the Conquista. Understandably, the cult to the Pachamama reflects a sacral attitude, of man who recognizes [...] pouring a few drops of chicha with the middle finger, or by burying under the foundations of a new house the dried-up fetus of a llama, which can be bought at any Indian market in replacement of the ancient animal [...] Our Lady of Copacabana was crowned as Queen of the nation on August 2, 1925. On November 4, 1968, she was proclaimed patroness of the Bolivian Navy. We find churches dedicated to Our Lady of Copacabana in

The mystery of the divine motherhood and of Mary's co-operation in the work of Redemption has filled believers in every age with an attitude of praise, both for the Saviour and for her who gave birth to [...] influence of the "Proto-Evangelium of James", the feasts of the Nativity, the Conception and the Presentation were also introduced, and notably contributed to highlighting some important aspects of the mystery [...] his Son, born of woman" (Gal 4:4). Marian devotion is based on the wondrous divine decision, as the Apostle Paul recalls, to link forever the Son of God's human identity with a woman, Mary of Nazareth. The

embraces the whole of the reality of God and of the human being, of Heaven and of earth, of the Church and of the world. Jesus always had pride of place in her life, in accordance to her beautiful affirmation: [...] , is particularly close to St Catherine of Siena, Patroness of Italy and of Europe, of whom I spoke in a recent Catechesis. They were in fact two young women of the people, lay women consecrated in virginity [...] cloister, but in the midst of the most dramatic reality of the Church and the world of their time. They are perhaps the most representative of those “strong women” who, at the end of the Middle Ages, fearlessly

the words of the faithful remnant of Israel, of those who are waiting for the Messiah. Wine in the Bible is a symbol of the joy that God promised to His people, and of the reestablishment of the Covenant [...] comes, a symbol of joy and of superabundant spiritual blessings. Jesus accepts his mission and Mary is the instructor of his first steps. As Solomon's mother had crowned her son on the day of his nuptials [...] 'Everyone serves the good wine first, and then when the people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.' Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee

phenomenon of the proliferation of alleged visionaries in the region of Kibeho and in the rest of the country might have really disoriented public opinion. Two study commissions, one of doctors and one of theologians [...] at the site of the apparitions. He was Bishop Jean Baptiste Gahamanyi, of the Diocese of Butare, from which the Diocese of Kibeho was cut off. After a comment on the new phases of the work of the commissions [...] number of celebrations for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 of the Redemption and of the Centenary of evangelization in Rwanda, this Declaration makes it possible to respond to the expectations of the People

commandment of the Gospel-the commandment of love. We have received this splendid heritage from their hands at the beginning of a new age, as we approach the close of the second millennium since the Son of God [...] each and every one of those who make up both the community of the Irish people and the community of the People of God living in this land. We entrust and consecrate to you the Bishops of Ireland, the clergy [...] Act of Entrustment and Consecration - Ireland 1979 In my own name and on your behalf and in the name of all the Catholic People of Ireland, I pronounce, at the close of this homily, the following words