Good Friday: Our glory is the Cross of Christ

On Good Friday the Church invites us to look at Christ, who was crucified and died for our Salvation. Now more than ever, adoring the wood of the cross calls us to a profound reflection. With the original sin, evil, suffering and death entered the world. Man, wounded by Original Sin, became a victim of […]

15 Minutes of Prayer – Supplication to the Virgin of Revelation

Introduction to the 15 minutes of prayer  To commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Virgin of Revelation today we remember the day in which our Blessed Mother placed her feet in the grotto of the Three Fountains, Rome.   Let us ask Mary the grace to intercede for us with the Father to obtain peace in […]

The Temptations of Christ

The Temptations of Christ (1480-1482) Botticelli, Sistine Chapel St Luke’s account of the temptation of Jesus in the desert is the Gospel reading on the first Sunday of Lent and it also signals the start of the penitential itinerary that will lead us to Easter Sunday. The representation of the devil as a tempter is […]

God’s code of love

God’s Code of Love At a time when thousands of Catholics in Western Europe were deserting the Catholic Church with the spread of Protestantism, an apparition of the Virgin Mary to an Indian, Juan Diego, in Mexico was to compensate for the losses on the European continent with the conversion of the Americas. The story […]

Prayer for the Solemnity of the Assumption

15th August -Prayer for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven   “My body could not decay and did not decay I was taken to heaven by My Son and His Angels” This message was given by the Virgin of Revelation on the 12th April 1947.  It was just 3 […]

The Rosary lifts us up to God

The Rosary is the favourite prayer of Popes and saints alike. It is therefore not surprising that we find a very powerful image that symbolises the power of the Rosary in Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel, which is the Main Chapel of the Popes. Looking closely at the detail we can see two […]

The Colours of the Virgin of Revelation

“The celestial woman had black hair that protruded from a green mantle that flowed down her body from head to foot. Below the mantle she wore a white robe tied around the waist with a rose coloured sash ….”I am who I am in the Divine Trinity. I am the Virgin of Revelation.” With these […]

Nine Days with Mary, Virgin of Revelation

Novena This novena is dedicated to the Virgin of Revelation.  To make the novena, the meditation for the day is read followed by the prayer of supplication to the Virgin of Revelation. Day 1 “Never stop saying the Holy Rosary, I am always with you to help you.” Day 2 “All those who place themselves […]