Feast of the Mother of God in the East and in the West "Special churches within the universal Church make manifest the dynamism of their earthly pilgrimage and offer to all members of the community of believers [...] Saturday, May 9, 2009. [2] Benedict XVI, prayer of the Regina Caeli, Cenacle of Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Liturgical Feast of the Mother of God in the East and in the West [...] believers a treasure of spiritual, liturgical and ecclesial traditions that highlight God's universal goodness and his desire, verified throughout history, to make them all enter into his divine life." (Benedict

Evangelization at the dawn of the 21 st century! As for miracles, visits and other appearances of the Virgin Mary in Africa, no one can keep track of them all anymore! Remember Our Lady of Kibeho : just before [...] continent? Africa is also Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro with her splendor and majestic radiance , in the Ivory Coast. Or, on the Algerian coast of the Maghreb, Our Lady of Africa, who watches over Algiers [...] first disciples of Christ to share the Good News. Such was their work that in the 5 th century, in St. Augustine’s time (Augustine, a Berber from north Africa, was a Father and Doctor of the Church), the

highlight. The Council of Nicaea II recognized and adopted his thought for the defense of the cult of sacred icons, because it combined the theology of the incarnation and the theology of beauty, creating a [...] Doctor of the Church John was born in Damascus to a noble Christian family of Arab origin, around 650. The city was then under Muslim rule. He received an education and a good knowledge of Greek and Arab [...] to earth." The Marian doctrine of John Damascene can be considered as an exhaustive and powerful synthesis of all the teaching of the Christian authors who preceded him. Of particular importance are four

and the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham, present here, lifts our minds to meditate on our Mother. She obeyed the will of God fearlessly and gave birth to the Son of God by the power of the Holy Spirit [...] noblewoman, married to the Lord of the Manor of Walsingham Parva. He died leaving her a young widow with a son, Geoffroy. In 1061, Richeldis was rewarded by her life of prayer and good works. She was taken in [...] Lady to build a replica, in Norfolk, of the Holy House of the Annunciation. This was done. And the Holy House attracted large gatherings of pilgrims, in an atmosphere of holiness and prayer. Geoffroy built

venerated there under the name of Our Lady of Consolation. Near the banks of the River Lujan, on the property of Don Rosendo, a very rudimentary chapel was built for the little statue of the Immaculate Conception [...] the presence of 40,000 people. Eight days later, the archbishop of Buenos Aires laid the first stone of the future basilica. Patroness of Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina During the period of the independence [...] the Holy Mother of God on his domain to re-awaken the faith of the surrounding population. He asked one of his countrymen who lived in Sao Paolo, Brazil, to send him a little statue of Our Lady. His friend

world. At the same time the Cathedral of Saint Etchmiadzin was founded (near Yerevan, capital of Armenia); it was and still is the See of the Armenian Apostolic Church, of which Gregory was the first Patriarch [...] the council of Ephesus. A Time of wars and persecution Because of the continual wars which opposed the Byzantines and the Persians, the Armenian Church couldn't take part in the Councils of Ephesus (431) [...] (431) or Chalcedon (451). It had knowledge of it in only about 485, but the translations of the acts of the councils were not very accurate. The Armenians found the contradictions and convened a synod in

importance of narrowing the gap between the different Christian religions by reaping the fruit of an ecumenical understanding of Mary's Magnificat : "The visit to Elizabeth is sealed by the canticle of the [...] that unites the hearts of Christ's disciples beyond the historical divisions, which we are committed to overcoming in view of full communion. In this ecumenical atmosphere, it is good to remember that in [...] in 1521 Martin Luther devoted a famous commentary to this "holy canticle of the Blessed Mother of God", as he expressed it. In it he says that the hymn 'must be learned well and remembered by all', because

perfect image of the hopes of mankind. 3. "The Lord is with you" You are the Virgin of the Annunciation, the Yes of mankind to the mystery of salvation. You are the daughter of Zion and the ark of the new covenant [...] him to Nazareth. Virgin of Jesus' paths, of his hidden life and of the miracle at Cana. Mother of Sorrow on Calvary, and glorious Virgin of the resurrection. You are the Mother of Jesus' disciples, during [...] that she carries within her the expectations of the poor, because the song of the Virgin is the prophetic announcement of the mystery of integral salvation of mankind... its liberating dimensions on the

Mary, Refuge of Sinners Our Lady is the refuge of sinners, a place where even the worst sinners, even those trapped in the mire of their sins and those who feel absolutely rotten deep down inside, can [...] she is immaculate. May she welcome us as our mother at the hour of our passing Mary’s holiness does not make of her someone ethereal, sort of unreal, like an inaccessible, ideal mother. On the contrary! In [...] nurse and mother of three children, says: “Whenever I am concerned or grieved, faced with a problem or tormented by doubt, I quickly hand it over to the Virgin Mary. I ask her to take care of it and she does

continued her prayer in front of the statue of the Lady of All Nations The voice was silent, the angel disappeared. Agnes' contemplation lasted until 5 o'clock (on the First Friday of the month). Then the other [...] facts, established after 11 years of investigations, are undeniable [...]. Consequently, I authorize the veneration of Our Lady of Akita." Sister Agnes, the seer, was cured of her deafness in 2 stages (October [...] her heart teaching catechism at the church of Myoko-Kogen. But then she went deaf and had to stop this ministry. She entered the small convent of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in Yuzawada - a contemplative