circulation of the “blue booklet,” despite chronic financial woes, was a miracle in itself. At one point it reached one million subscribers. A check for $100 arrived providentially, followed by an old h
look upon our troubled times, which need preachers of the Gospel, witnesses to you, persons who can point the way towards 'life in abundance'! Look upon our world and feel pity once more! Look upon our world
would go ask the priest for his permission…" was her reply. The apparitions were certainly a turning point in Bernadette's life. The Virgin chose me because I am the most ignorant of all! For eight years,
womb leaped for joy " (Lk 1: 44). This child is the future John the Baptist, who at the Jordan will point out Jesus as the Messiah. Mary believed in the accomplishment of God's Promise While every word of [...] Annunciation is the culminating moment of Mary's faith in her awaiting of Christ, but it is also the point of departure from which her whole "journey towards God" begins, her whole pilgrimage of faith. And
