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Feb 1, 2024 · And on February 2, the forty days are completed, counting from December 25, the date on which we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Therefore the Catholic Church celebrates the Presentation of the Lord in the temple, the revelation of Jesus to Simeon and Anna, and the ritual Purification of the Virgin Mary on that day.
Apr 8, 2024 · Those apparitions (of Mary and Jesus) were experienced by a young woman named Dina Basher, who since the war in Iraq has dropped from view. Is she still alive? (We’ve not been able to find her.) This we know: Her messages were fairly apocalyptic. Also, she was a stigmatic. For your discernment.
Jul 16, 2021 · The Lord Jesus is the firstborn of the new humanity, a people who breathe the new life of the Holy Spirit. The Virgin Birth is an eschatological event for St. Luke. The Gospel of Matthew makes the Virgin Birth a fulfillment, characteristically, of Old Testament prophetic promises.
- Our Lady of The Apocalypse, Asia Minor
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico
- Our Lady of La Vang, Vietnam
- Our Lady of Lourdes, France
- Our Lady of Knock, Ireland
- Our Lady of Fatima, France
- Our Lady of Kibeho, Rwanda
- Mary's Universal Message
Among the first to see and describe the Blessed Virgin Mary after her assumption, about 95 A.D., was the Apostle John — the man whom Jesus on the cross asked to look after His mother. In Revelation, John described Mary and enabled the world to see her both as the mother of God and the heavenly mother of all humanity: A great sign appeared in the sk...
Ever since Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Aztec convert Juan Diego in 1531, her importance in leading people to Christ has continued to increase. Several million people converted to Christianity after her appearance. Today, countless pilgrims from around the world make their way to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City — the most ...
In the thick rainforest of La Vang, Vietnam, faithful Catholics found refuge during religious persecutions in the late 1700s. Here, where they prayed the Rosary daily at dusk, they were surprised when they encountered a woman holding a child. When she spoke, they realized this was Mary with Jesus in her arms. The year was 1798, and Mary told the vi...
Another widely known appearance of Mary is Our Lady of Lourdes. While 14-year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous was collecting firewood near a grotto in Lourdes, France, the Virgin Mary made the first of 18 appearances. Mary identified herself as “The Immaculate Conception” and asked Bernadette to pray for sinners and to dig in the ground, wher...
The miraculous appearance of the Blessed Mother on the gable wall of a church in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1879 was first witnessed by only two villagers. Word soon spread and the number of parishioners grew to include 15 people. On this otherwise dark evening, they witnessed a heavenly vision. Villagers saw Mary clothed in white garments with a bri...
One of the most well-known Marian apparitions is Our Lady of Fatima in central Portugal. In 1917, Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children and asked them to pray every day to bring peace to the world. In the last apparition, Mary revealed herself as “The Lady of the Rosary.” She told the children of a second world war to come, the evils o...
One of the most recent apparitions of Mary took place four decades ago on the continent of Africa in Kibeho, Rwanda. In 2001, the Holy See declared the testimony of three teenage schoolchildren to be authentic about the apparitions that took place from 1981-83. Our Lady revealed to the teenagers a vision of Rwanda falling into a widespread state of...
Michael O’Neill, known as “The Miracle Hunter” and host of an EWTN show of the same name, discussed Marian apparitions with the North Texas Catholic. He pointed out that Mary has appeared in local attire, spoken in local languages and dialects, and even changed her complexion to fit her surroundings. “At Kibeho in Rwanda, she is dark skinned,” O’Ne...
Apr 16, 2021 · Every day, it seems, the papers are splashed with another report of an angel appearing by a hospital bed, the Blessed Virgin’s image showing up in a window screen, or the face of Christ appearing on yet another tortilla. Many Catholics find these reports embarrassing.
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Jun 23, 2014 · Let’s begin our spiritual coming of age. The first observation is the scandal surrounding Christ’s conception. Look with me at verses 18, 19. For now I will take out the phrase that de-scandalizes the scene—“from the Holy Spirit.”. I’ll take that out so you can feel some of what Mary and Joseph must have felt.
The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is documented in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , Judaea , that his mother, Mary , was engaged to a man named Joseph , who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his ...
