But all these false views of the Holy Grail cannot diminish the true mystery of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the holy Eucharist. We have found the Holy Grail; Jesus Christ gave it to the Church the night before He died and told the apostles to “do this in memory of me” (L...
August 2022 Pilgrimage to Shrines in Mexico Have you ever wanted to witness a living miracle? The miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is in Mexico City and is one of the most-visited holy sites in the world. This is an opportunity to visit with others from the Diocese of Austin an...
Mary’s, we parked, entered the gates and walked down the forested path edged by a series of shrines and statues: corners for prayer and meditation inspired by Jesus, Mary and many of the saints. Our Lady of Guadalupe welcomes pilgrims at the gate The Assumption of Mary The Crucifixion of...
(monstrosities like that of Chartres, for instance, taking their places); shrines, screens, and tombs, all wonderfully wrought and glorious in color and gold, shattered and cast into the rubbish heap—they can give but an inadequate idea at best of the nature of that Christian art which in...
“I am surprised that so many major shrines and churches have selected his style to portray the truths of the Church. There are many highly skilled sacred artists working today that could have been selected to edify their visitors and pilgrims. Examples of well-known contemporary religious artists...
Grief at the great schism then afflicting the Church reduced him to the point of death at the age of forty, but Our Lord Himself whom he saw in glory, healed him and bade him go forth to convert sinners, for My judgment is near. In the language of Scripture, ajudgmentis a time of...
Thousands of votive models of healed wounds and straightened limbs are unearthed in these shrines; and at Dodona, leaden tablets inquire after a vanished blanket, whether it be lost or stolen; or by prayer to what god or hero faction-rent Corcyra may find peace. Other especially famous ...
Several Catholic chapels and shrines had been rededicated to the republican cults of youth, womanhood, prosperity and old age. The republican calendar had abolished Sundays and the ten-day week seemed to take France away from Catholic rhythms of life. The archbishop felt as if he had entered ...
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them out to the Holy Places, they insist on the universality of the custom of these pilgrimages to Palestine: “Whosoever is noblest in Gaul comes hither. And Britain though divided from us yet has-tens from her land of sunset to these shrines known to her only through the Scriptures.” ...