" I [Melanie] started again, and when I had finished, my master said:
“It was the Holy Virgin or else a great saint, who has come on behalf of the Good Lord, but it’s as if the Good Lord had come Himself. We must do what this Saint said. How are you going to manage to tell that to all Her people?”
Read MoreMother Mary, please guide us in our quest to bring others to conversion of your most Holy Son.Appear to us in spirit as you appeared to Juan Diego so many times
Read MoreYears ago, while studying abroad, I took a whirlwind of a weekend trip to Paris with some friends. In three days we saw the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, Sacré Coeur, and Notre Dame.
Read MoreI had a blessed childhood. God was not foreign to our home and our crazy imaginations helped paint our days with more adventure than we deserved.
Read MoreIn 1933, twelve days after the apparitions at Beauraing ended, Our Lady appeared again fifty miles away in Banneux, Belgium. Banneux is a small, poor farming village that wasn’t even big enough to appear on a map.
Read MoreNear Lourdes, France, Mary appeared to a young miller’s daughter 18 times from February 11 through July 16, 1858. Can you imagine being greeted by Our Mother not once, not twice, not even three times!
Read MorePontmain is a small village in the northwest of France, which found itself in the path of Prussian soldiers in 1871, as they were preparing to advance into the nearest city.
Read MoreAs I introduce you to this next study, I can’t help but feel slightly mystified by Our Lady.
Read MoreHappy Sunday:) Please prayerfully consider living out the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima by honoring her first Saturday request
Read MoreSt. John Paul II said in his Letter to Artists:
“None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands.
Read MoreMost all of us know the background of Fatima and we are blessed immensely on this special 100th anniversary, in that two of the sweet little visionaries, Jacinta and Francisco are to be canonized!
Read MoreThe Third Secret of Fatima occurred on May 13, 1917. When you read it, the words can look like a strange apocalyptic prophecy.
Read More"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
Read MoreThe first secret given to the three Fatima children during the third Apparition on 13th July, 1917 was a vision of Hell.
Read MoreWhen I first heard about Our Lady of Fatima I actually wasn’t that interested in what She had to say. In my mind, Our Lady of Fatima was just another appearance of Mary to those on earth.
Read MoreHave a blessed and beautiful Mother's Day!
Read MoreDo you live in the country? Live on a farm? Wish you lived one of those lifestyles? Do you have a great devotion to St. Isidore the farmer? Is stewardship over creation an important virtue to you? Are you looking for ways to further enhance your living of the liturgical year? Than this is the prayer book for you!
Read MoreMy mom always says, “The Lord works in mysterious ways.” This statement would usually be made after I had come to her with one of those moments where I exhibited pure foolishness, or when He just threw a complete curveball in my life.
Read MoreI am the first to admit that I love putting my life on autopilot and just cruising along. It’s easy to go to church and attend Bible study while things are going well and life is just easy.
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