the promotion of peace. The last part of the Compendium treats of the action of the Church and the engagement of the lay faithful. The Holy Family finds its natural place at the heart of this reflection [...] throne of the supreme pontificate, petitions of this sort had already been addressed by the thousands from every part of the world and from every class of people, from our beloved sons the Cardinals of the [...] all in the same confession of faith. » This confession of faith is based on the synthesis of foundational texts and is called a “profession of faith”, “creed”, or “symbol” of the faith. It is designed primarily

Mother of Graces of Altötting, by the Mother of all the faithful, towards the "hour" of Jesus. Let us ask him for the gift of a deeper knowledge and understanding of him. And may our reception of him not [...] the great hymn of praise which she raises after Elizabeth calls her blessed because of her faith. It is a prayer of thanksgiving, of joy in God, of blessing for his mighty works. The tenor of this song is [...] we see Mary, the Mother of the Lord, as a woman of prayer. In the Book of Acts we find her in the midst of the community of the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room, praying that the Lord, now ascended to

after a good confession. Three years later, in the year 1288, she lost her mother, her husband and her children. She then focused on her spiritual life, and in 1291 was admitted to the Third Order of Saint [...] marked by a good general confession, followed by a conversion that gradually became more profound. She was a visionary who would often fall into a trance, being pulled into the presence of God and the [...] " his love [1]. In other words, at the end of her life, what she gave to God was really what God himself gave to her. In a word, "in the spiritual journey of Angela, the passage from conversion to mystical

Mother of Jesus, His beloved Son. *** "God, in his eternal love, chose man from eternity [1] He chose him in his Son. God chose man so that he could attain the fullness of goodness by means of participation [...] 8 December 1978, Pope John Paul II developed the plan of God the Father, our Creator, a plan of love expressed in what is known as a "theology of election". He has chosen man from eternity to share in [...] Faith in God the Creator is rooted above all in the accounts of Genesis (Gen 1-3), and the theology of election is rooted above all in the book of Deuteronomy (Deut 7). *** To know more -on Mary in God's plan

Our Lady of Laghet Our Lady of Laghet is the name of the Virgin Mary associated to that of a small village near Nice, in the south of France (Alpes Maritimes). The first mention of this village is found [...] venerated there bore the marks of time and the harshness of the elements. Fr. Fighiera owned a beautiful statue of the Virgin, until then placed on an altar of the church of Eze. In order to crown his work [...] chapel of Laghet. On June 24, 1652, the White Penitents of Eze carried the statue in procession all the way to Laghet. Since then, each year on the same date, the parish of Eze renews this act of devotion

place, consists of two prostrations in the direction of Mecca and two others in the direction of the statue. You will find no blending of doctrines and religious practices, but a « strategy of resistance » [...] homily pronounced in the church of Bechwat in August 2005. In Bechwat, only the little chapel which houses the statue of Our Lady of Bechwat is there to welcome the faithful of different religions. In this [...] long stay in Rome, he quickly went to work to establish good relations with the Muslims of that region. He faced strong resistance from the part of the Dayr al-Ahmar families, but was able to impose himself

arise various types of images of the Virgin Mary, such as the Virgin of humility, of wisdom, of prayer, etc. Moreover, the link uniting Christ and the Virgin Mary is at the heart of Marian artistic rep [...] simply another way of honoring the incarnation of Christ and the divine motherhood of Mary through countless types of images: Madonna and Child, figuring the infancy of Christ and the role of Mary, with some [...] salvific power is at the heart of the question of art. Dostoyevsky reflects on the “enigma of beauty” by asking whether beauty saves or is in need of being saved? The Representation of the Virgin Mary Since the

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

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

Ivory Coast: History of Our Lady of Africa, Mother of All Grace The Shrine of Our Lady of Africa, Mother of All Grace, owes its existence to the long expressed wish of Abidjan’s archbishop, his Eminence [...] for the conversion of sinners and for the healing of the sick: Offered each Wednesday at 7 pm, this mass was a pastoral decision of the diocese, recognizing the attraction and dangers of sects for the sick [...] decade of the rosary each day for the youth and for families, after having renewed their consecration to Mary at the beginning of the day. The priests of the shrine are happy to count on the prayers of already