Marian 
Stories or teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Lady of Guadalupe ‘completely beyond’ scientific explanation
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 7, 2009 / 04:10 pm (CNA).- Researcher and physicist Dr. Aldofo Orozco told participants at the International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe that there is no scientific explanation for the 478 years of high quality-preservation of the Tilma or for the miracles that have occurred to ensure its preservation. Dr…. Read More ›
A Celebration for All People
What, then, does the Immaculate Conception mean for all of us? The Solemnity’s second reading from Ephesians is a profound revelation as to how God elected Mary—and us, too!—from all eternity. The Solemnity’s responsorial psalm, whereby the gathered faithful chant the words from Psalm 97, “Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has… Read More ›
New Movie about Our Lady of Fatima
San Francisco, Calif., Oct 1, 2009 / 06:39 am (CNA).- A new film about the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, based on the memoirs of visionary Sister Lucia and the accounts of thousands of eyewitnesses, will be holding pre-release screenings in at least seven major U.S. cities. “The 13th Day” is the first major… Read More ›
Prayer to Our Lady of the Rosary
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, in these time or such brazen impiety, manifest your power with the signs of your ancient victories. And from your throne, where you dispense pardon and graces, mercifully regard the Church of your Son, His Vicar on earth, and every order of clergy and laity, who are sore oppressed… Read More ›
All Things are Made New
The old has passed away, all things are made new The fulfillment of the law is Christ himself, who does not so much lead us away from the letter as lift us up to its spirit. For the law’s consummation was this, that the very lawgiver accomplished his work and changed letter into spirit, summing… Read More ›
Queenship of Mary
48. Let all, therefore, try to approach with greater trust the throne of grace and mercy of our Queen and Mother, and beg for strength in adversity, light in darkness, consolation in sorrow; above all let them strive to free themselves from the slavery of sin and offer an unceasing homage, filled with filial loyalty,… Read More ›
Reviving Our Faith in Our Own Resurrection
For Mary, much more than for St. Paul, to live was Christ, but to die was gain (Phil. 1:21). When death overtook her, her thoughts were on Christ, as they always were. She owed no debt to death, for she had been conceived without sin. She had been exempted from bearing the guilt of Adam,… Read More ›
Rosary to be simultaneously prayed on all five continents
Paris, France, Aug 10, 2009 / 01:24 pm (CNA).- As part of the International Marian Festival that will take place in Paray le Monial, France, August 14-19, the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary will be prayed on the world’s five continents beginning at 5 p.m. (Paris time) on Sunday, August 16. According to a press… Read More ›