them were Mary of Magdala, Mary who was the mother of James the younger and Joset, and Salome" (Mk 15:40). This ‘Mary’ is also called, further down, “Mary, the mother of Joset (15:47) then “Mary the mother [...] Tertullian, especially by St Ambrose and St Augustine (‘virgo peperit, virgo permansit’) who reacted strongly against its detractors. St Jerome repudiated Helvidius who suggested that Mary was a model for mothers [...] following questions: Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? Is He Mary’s only Was Mary the mother of a large family? The Church replies by saying that Mary is ‘forever Virgin’ and that this important assertion is
Saint Joseph was prepared in collaboration with the Marie de Nazareth Association by the Sisters of Mater Dei, community of "Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary", sanctuary of Cotignac (Var, France). Why pray a [...] anniversary of this declaration. In fact, God trusted St. Joseph, placing under his care the greatest and most valued of His treasures: Jesus, Mary, the Church, as well as each one of us! Let us entrust [...] a Novena to Saint Joseph? On December 8, 1870, St. Joseph was declared “Patron of the Universal Church” by Blessed Pope Pius IX. Together with all Christians of the world, we are preparing to celebrate
birth in the manger of Bethlehem. It highlights Our Lady’s maternity. At the center of the painting is Mary’s face, in an attitude of adoration, hands clasped together. On her chest we notice a white [...] shared his disappointment with a friend. Then another man who had overheard their conversation took a painting out his bag representing Our Lady of Altagracia! The image shows the Virgin in prayer before the [...] The next morning, the mysterious traveler was gone. Nina met her father on his way home on January 21st. The basilica shrine stands at the place where father and daughter met, in Higuey. The feast and devotion
Saint Luke gives us most information on this part of Christ’s life, principally relating to his childhood: And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and with people. (Luke 2: 52) [...] 52). Jesus therefore enjoyed a loving childhood with Mary and Joseph that was characterized by gentleness, humility and obedience. The events that happened between Jesus’ childhood and his ‘mature years’ [...] learning a humble and loving life, of which the Master is none other than God himself made man?.... St. Louis De Montfort
States of America. The famous icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Shrine This painting depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the Holy Child Jesus. Jesus has run to the arms of his mother, frightened [...] Around 1869, these pioneering men of God asked Boston's Archbishop William to invite the German Order of St Alphonsus (Redemptorists) to preach their hallmark parish missions. Less than two years later, a frame [...] Perpetual Help. The icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (a faithful copy of the original hanging in St Alphonsus Church in Rome) was formally inducted, above the high altar on Pentecost Sunday, 1871. It
day to do God's will. St Luke wrote that: "And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and with people." (Lk 2: 52) As Jesus grew in wisdom, age and grace, Mary understood better the [...] strive to grow in faith, hope and love. Our lives too are "hid with Christ in God" (Col 3: 3), and Mary shows us how a life which seems humble and ordinary in the eyes of the world can advance God's plan
itself under the protection of Mary with a special prayer of consecration (in a downtown Baghdad church that had received a Pilgrim Virgin from France). Let's not forget that St Thomas, the Apostle, one of [...] should mention the icons of the Blessed Virgin (an art technique that dates back to the Evangelist St Luke!), which are dispersed as much throughout the Christian East as in the Middle East and are the origin [...] Asia is the native continent of the Blessed Virgin herself! Doesn't Mary come from Galilee, in Palestine, in the Middle East located on the western border of Asia, sometimes referred to as Asia Minor?
the statue of the Virgin Mary in 's-Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch) became an object of popular devotion from 1380. The statue is 45 inches tall and made out of oak. The Virgin Mary is standing in an upright [...] capitulation agreed that all statues, paintings and Church ornaments would be preserved, but the soldiers were not bothered by regulations, and they began their vandalism at St John's. Two Carmelites rushed to [...] On December 27, the feast of the patron saint St John the Evangelist, the statue of Our Sweet Mother was returned in a procession to the high altar at St John's Cathedral. On March 27, 1878, the statue
two churches. It is attributed to St Helena (4th century), the mother of Emperor Constantine, who identified the place as the site of Zechariah's house. The church of St John the Baptist dates from the fifth [...] the Visitation Here the faithful celebrate the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth in particular. Elizabeth greeted Mary with a great exclamation as for the Ark of the Covenant: she recognized [...] sent soldiers to massacre the children of Bethlehem and surroundings, (Mt 2: 13s). In the Church of St John the Baptist, you can descend into an apse where a marker shows the place of the Saint John the
image venerated there is an ancient icon of Mary, of the type "Hodigitria" ("Who shows the Way"). An inscription reads: "I, a servant of God, had this icon painted for the forgiveness of my sins." The miracle [...] The main feast days at the shrine are: - The feast of the Nativity of Mary, on September 8th - The feast of the Assumption of Mary, on August 15th (the celebrations begin on the afternoon of August 14th [...] it was escorted to Vienna by a military guard, and enthroned on the main altar of the Cathedral of St Stephen. The historical relevance of this miracle for Hungary: Budapest was under Ottoman rule (Turkish