completed in 1561), the statues were set aside. One of them, the Madonna and Child, was damaged to such a point that a worker was ready to burn it when his supervisor stopped him, and asked him to repair it instead
sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman. But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle? He said: Surely I am
Son's discourse nor enter the house where he was speaking, even by natural authority as Saint Bernard points out [1]. [...] She shared her Son's dishonor Finally, humility embraces contempt. We do not read
Gothic church from 1500. In 1568, it was dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The important point in the history of Gietrzwald is an apparition of the Virgin Mary, in 1877, after the partition of
century saw a noticeable decline of Marian devotion in Germany, which had always been strong up to that point. It is also the period of Jansenism in the Church. Many Catholics abandoned the Church and became
pray for us. Are you not the virginal music of heaven's feast? You are the focal point of all eyes, the meeting point of all hearts. Gather us from all four corners of the earth. You are the refuge of
turning point and new beginnings for the Aztecs. According to their beliefs, the survival of the universe depended on human sacrifices by the tens of thousands. The apparition of Mary pointed to Christ [...] which commemorates this medal, known as the Miraculous Medal. On July 18 1830, the Blessed Virgin pointed to the altar where the tabernacle was and said: “Come to the foot of this altar. There, blessings
kingdom. The Shrine of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant The Shrine of Our Lady stands at the highest point of the village, in a grandiose landscape. The nuns of St Joseph of the Apparition had a basilica built
a serpent. In the first picture, Our Lady held a small golden globe surmounted by a small cross pointing up to Heaven: "This globe represents the entire world, France, and each person in particular." In
stated: "We rarely associate devotion to Mary with the social dimension of Christian living … but they point to a reversal of the social order in the Kingdom of God… Devotion to Mary shows itself in works, and
