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Medjugorje and Conyers
Our Lady of Medjugorje Also known as the Queen of Peace and Mother of the Redeemer, is the title given to a series of reported Marian apparitions beginning on June 24, 1981, in the village of Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where six local children claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary. The apparitions, said to continue to this day,… Continue reading
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Amsterdam Akita and More
Our Lady of All Nations is a Marian title associated with a series of alleged apparitions reported by Ida Peerdeman, a Dutch secretary, in Amsterdam between 1945 and 1959. According to Peerdeman, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to her 56 times, identifying herself as the “Lady of All Nations” and delivering messages emphasizing the importance of the Eucharist, the… Continue reading
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The Voice of the Good Shepherd
We know that Jesus died for us on the Cross and won the victory of eternal life for all who follow him. We celebrate that victory for 50 days during the Easter Season. We take this Sunday in Easter to proclaim Jesus as the Good Shepherd, as we do every year during the Easter season.… Continue reading
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Our Lady in Belgium
Our Lady of Beauraing Our Lady of Beauraing, also known as the Virgin of the Golden Heart, appeared to Fernande Voisin (15), Andree Degeimbre (14), Gilberte Voisin (13) Albert Voisin (11) and Gilberte Degeimbre (9) between Nov. 29, 1932, and Jan. 3, 1933. The children were from two different families — three from a railway… Continue reading
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The Church at the Cross
Near the cross of Jesus there stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother there with the disciple whom he loved, Jesus said to his mother: “Woman, there is your son.” In turn he said to the disciple: “There is your mother.” From that hour onward,… Continue reading
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Divine Mercy
Divine Mercy Sunday is the Second Sunday of Easter, established as a universal feast in the Catholic Church by Pope St. John Paul II on April 30, 2000, during the canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska. The feast was instituted in response to revelations St. Faustina received from Jesus, who asked her to promote a devotion to His Divine Mercy. The central promise of the day is… Continue reading
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Our Lady of Fatima
On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children—Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto—in the field of Cova da Iria, near Fátima, Portugal. The children described her as a Lady more brilliant than the Sun, wearing a white mantle and holding a rosary. She told them to return on the 13th of each month for six months, promising to… Continue reading
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Compline
Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man… Continue reading
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Holy Week
Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week, and it is the only Sunday in the church year when we read two Gospels. The first gospel we read at the very beginning of Mass, which covers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and the second gospel was the very long reading of the passion, the suffering… Continue reading
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Even More Marian Apparitions
Our Lady Help of Christians, Czech Republic 1866 Our Lady of Help of Christians appeared to Magdalena Kade, a 31-year-old woman bedridden with severe illnesses, in Filippsdorf (now Filipov), Czech Republic, on the morning of January 13, 1866. She was reportedly near death, suffering from pneumonia, meningitis, and widespread ulcers, and had been given the Anointing of the Sick.… Continue reading
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