thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen." __________________________

deep red cross appeared before the Virgin. Jesus was on the cross, of an even deeper red. At the top of the cross, on a white cross-piece, the words: “JESUS CHRIST” were written. The Virgin took the cross [...] scattered with many stars and holding a red Cross on which her Son, Jesus Christ crucified, can be seen, under the inscription “Jesus Christ”. With eyes downcast, the Virgin of Pontmain looks sad, as reported [...] stained glass windows representing the principal Marian apparitions and some scenes of the life of Jesus. On June 18th, 1873, Mgr. Wicart, bishop of Laval, placed the cornerstone of the Basilica of Our Lady

he taught popular and familial practices, for instance this invocation: "O Mary, help me to love Jesus, to seek his visit and to prepare to receive him often in holy communion. Virgin of the Blessed Sacrament

coming of the Messiah, and prepared the chosen people to recognize Him when He would come. That is why Jesus Christ, the Messiah, is at the center of Sacred Scripture, since He is at the same time the One toward

it." (Vatican II, Lumen Gentium §60) This will of God was particularly expressed on Calvary, when Jesus said to the disciple "Behold your mother" (Jn 19: 25-27). For this reason the Bishops of the Church

shall live by faith." Living faith "work[s] through charity." Vatican II: Mary become the mother of Jesus by her faith "By her belief and obedience, not knowing man but overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, as

Aaron's rod that budded and a golden pot of manna. Describing the Virgin Mary while she was expecting Jesus as the New Ark of the Covenant is to say that the Blessed Virgin was the one who bore the New Torah [...] the New Manna, Bread from Heaven ... When telling the story of the Visitation (Mary pregnant with Jesus visits her kinswoman Elizabeth) Saint Luke very strongly suggests that the reader who knows the Old

mystery of man and the 1,000 proofs of the truth of Christian Revelation. All of these speak of God. Jesus Christ is actually the only Way to God, the Truth and the Life. (Jn 14:6) As Saint Peter rightly said [...] topic of conversation today in a society that rejects God, this choice has eternal consequences. Only Jesus can us save from our sins and give us filial adoption. "He who believes in the Son has eternal life;

that he identified ever more closely with Jesus who pervaded his inner being, he withdrew to Monte Alverno. There he prayed a great deal; later the marks of Jesus’ Passion (the stigmata) appeared clearly

However, far earlier than 1717 and before this extraordinary apparition the devotion to the Mother of Jesus, inherited from the Portuguese, was already deeply rooted in the hearts of Brazilian Christians; but [...] continues to be the Mother of all men and women, sons and daughters of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ, until the end of the centuries. In the light of divine glory, she contemplates her children [...] guiding it. Whether this devotion will be a path for the people to their encounter in faith with God in Jesus largely depends on the attitude of the Pastors and pastoral workers. Help the faithful, therefore