The Night of the Soul (St John of the Cross) The veritable night of the soul begins after the night of the senses, which constitutes its indispensable preparation. The Dark Night of the Soul , stanza 1: [...] Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, Book II, Chapter IV [2] Saint John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, Book II Chapter IX [3] Saint John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, Book II, chapter XIII [...] and yearnings for the love of God—I went forth from myself; that is, from my low manner of understanding, from my weak mode of loving and from my poor and limited manner of experiencing God, without being

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

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

healing of the bishop of the diocese. During a public procession of the statue of Our Lady of Guápulo, the Queen of Heaven appeared to the bishop, and cured him of a serious illness. (1) Our Lady of Mercy [...] capital of Ecuador, this city contains several Marian shrines. "Maria Santísima del Buen Suceso," is the chapel of the convent of the Immaculate Conception. The name means "Most Holy Mary of Good Success [...] The origin of this shrine can be traced to the astonishing revelations received by Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres (1553-1635), who was abbess and one of the founders of the Royal Monastery of the Immaculate

as the mother of the man Christ, as the Nestorians teach, but of the Son of God as Luke said: "the one who will be born of you will be called Son of God." This is our Lord and the Lord of all, Jesus Christ [...] signifies to be "Mother of God." ( Martin Luther , The Magnificat) Mary is "Mother of God" in the truest sense, as Mother of God's Son In Luther's profession of faith on the Last Supper of Christ, in 1528, we [...] Luther, the title of "Mother of God" contains in itself Mary's honor: "The ‘great things' are no other than this: she became the Mother of God. In this reality so many gifts and such great goods are dispensed

thanks to the power and mercy of God, the more does she, conscious of no merit in herself, grow in humility, promptly proclaiming and consecrating herself the handmaid of God even while she becomes his [...] content with her retirement and the poverty of her home because they left her freer to lift up her heart to God and to cling to him closely as the supreme Goodness for which her heart yearned ... The more

and together with all of you I call upon her: Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Patroness of Cuba! Hail Mary, full of grace! You are the beloved Daughter of the Father, the Mother of Christ, our God, the [...] has called us to be part of his Church. In the Church, the Virgin Mary has a unique place. An expression of this is the new crowning of the venerated image of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. Cuban history [...] the father of Cuban music; the renowned man of Bayamo, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, father of his country, who, prostrate at the feet of the Our Lady of Charity, began the fight for Cuba's freedom and i

and more. The patronal feast of the shrine is on September 8th, the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin. Official website Prayer to Our Lady of Verdelais : Hail Mary, Mother of all Christians. I stand before [...] and 13th centuries The addition of a Baroque-style church and classical-style convent at the beginning of the 17th century The enlargement of the church in the second half of the 19th century After inviting [...] 900th anniversary of the shrine, in 2012, the diocese of Bordeaux restored the hostel, to accommodate pilgrims and visitors. Art The polychrome wooden statue of Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted, venerated

the village of Laus (pronounced "low"), in a small chapel, filled with a good-smelling odor. Benedicta soon hiked up the mountain to the little chapel of Our Lady of Good Encounter, Refuge of Sinners, and [...] by the Duke of Savoy in 1692, the church was partially destroyed, but the statue of Our Lady of Good Encounter was left standing and the church was quickly repaired. In 1716 a new statue of the Virgin was [...] front of the altar of the church at Laus. Canonization In January 1872, Benedicta Rencurel was declared venerable. In 1885, Pope Pius IX gave official recognition to the title of Our Lady of Laus of Good