Download or read book Encountering Mary written by Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past two centuries hundreds of apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported, drawing crowds to the seers and the sites and constituting events of great religious significance for millions of people worldwide. Here Sandra Zimdars-Swartz provides a detective-like investigation of the experiences and interpretations of six major apparitions, including those at La Salette and Lourdes in France during the mid-nineteenth century; at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917; and the more recent ones at San Damiano, Italy; Garabandal, Spain; and Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, where the apparitions continue. Adopting a phenomenological approach to these "encounters with Mary"--one that is neither apologetic nor antagonistic--the author explores the tension between the personal meaning of the events for their subjects and the public appropriation of this meaning by a larger religious community. Along the way she examines the backgrounds of the seers, their willingness or reluctance to talk about the apparitions and their messages, the amount of emotional support they received from family and community as news of the apparitions spread, the reports of miracles at apparition sites, the reactions of local authorities, and the steps taken by the Roman Catholic Church in officially recognizing or rejecting the apparitions as worthy of belief. The author concludes with a survey of religious worldviews based on Marian apparitions, focusing especially on the now-popular transcultural apocalyptic nature of these messages to the modern world. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Download or read book France written by Fr Joseph Roesch MIC and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this richly illustrated spiritual pilgrimage, explore the beauties and blessings of the Marian shrines and holy places of France with the Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, as your spiritual director and guide. You've accompanied Fr. Joe to Fatima and Rome. Now come along on the journey of a lifetime to the "eldest daughter of the Church": France! This latest A Pilgrimage with Mary immerses you in some of the many shrines, apparition sites, and gorgeous landscapes of France. From Lourdes to Laus, from Rue du Bac to Prouille, journey in spirit across the length and breadth of a land Our Lady has visited many times, discovering a spiritual landscape full of indescribable riches and extraordinary devotions. With the Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, as your spiritual director and guide, become immersed in the history of powerful Marian devotions given to us through some of the many French saints, visionaries, and mystics. Rich in beauty and blessings, this book will inspire you to ope

Download or read book A Pilgrimage to La Salette Or A Critical Examination of All the Facts Connected with the Alleged Apparition of the Blessed Virgin to Two Children on the Mountain of La Salette on Sep 19 1846 written by James Spencer Northcote and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Our Lady of La Salette written by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1846, the people of the small town of Corps, located in the French Alps, had largely forgotten God. That was soon about to change. Our Lady of La Salette appeared to two peasant children, sharing a warning message of the importance of Sunday observance and respecting the name of the Lord. She told the young children to share that message with the world. It is a message even more needed in our world today.Our Lady of La Salette: A Mother Weeps for her Children shares the story of the apparition, the seers, the message, and the secrets revealed on a rural mountain in France over 170 years ago. It also reflects on the importance of that message for our own time.

Download or read book Visions of Mary written by Barbara Calamari and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virgin Mary inspires intense religious devotion throughout the Roman Catholic world. This book explains the multi-faceted Mary, as represented through her appearances to humankind throughout the world.

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Download or read book Melanie and the Story of Our Lady of La Salette written by Mary Alice Dennis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in France in 1846 and an extraordinary message. Addresses the whole subject from the viewpoint of the life of Melanie Calvat, the young seer, showing her to have been extraordinarily graced all her life. An unloved, abused child who early on took refuge in conversation with her "Little Brother," Jesus, who appeared as a young boy. Covers her adolescence, the Apparition and its aftermath, and her lonely wanderings. 136 pgs 20 Illus, PB

Download or read book The Cur D Ars written by Francis Trochu and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Holy Mountain of La Salette written by William Bernard Ullathorne (abp. of Cabasa.) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Grace Called La Salette written by Jean Jaouen and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Grace Called La Salette: a story for the world, contains outstanding pages-probably the best ever written-on the spirituality of La Salette and the religious meaning of the apparition. Father Jaouen ably demonstrates the coherence of the various elements of the discourse and of the vision reported by the witnesses, as well as their agreement with the Gospel taught by the Church.He had been trained for this task at the theological school of the Saulchoir, an institution directed by French Dominicans. Thanks to that training he gave an accurate and balanced interpretation of the warnings voiced by the Lady of the apparition, warnings which have deeply scandalized so many people. According to them, the apparition reflects an unbiblical understanding of God and Christ in presenting the image of a vengeful Christ while reserving for Mary the exercise of mercy.Such objections reflect a radical misunderstanding of the message of La Salette. La Salette does not place the origin of Mary's mercy in herself but in the God who mandated her to pray for us without ceasing. More so, other objections raised against the Christology of the message do not stem solely from a superficial reading of that mes-sage reported by Maximin and Melanie. Their roots go deeper. They arise from a view of Christ's work which reduces his role to that of prophet of the philosophers. According to the New Testament, Jesus is in reality the Messiah of Israel who accomplishes the mission his Father has given Him not simply by teaching, exhorting, protesting against abuses, but also by offering Himself for people and incorporating them into His body. This process necessarily demands from us a response which in the final analysis consists in taking this word of Jesus seriously: "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me" (Matt 16:24). The mercy of Jesus must be read in the light of the cross which, un-fortunately, we too easily dismiss.The message of La Salette can only be grasped in this light. As Father Jaouen points out, the tears shed by the "beautiful Lady" of the apparition place before us the tragic situation of a people who, forgetting Christ and his cross, loses its identity, wastes away and becomes prey to the powers of darkness, not by virtue of an arbitrary decree, but by the nature of things. When oneness with Christ is lost, the baptized person is delivered up to the forces of evil. "If my Son is not to cast you off, I am obliged to entreat Him without ceasing."The present edition, from the foreword to chapter twelve inclusively, reproduces the text of the third edition, the last to appear in Father Jaouen's lifetime and, consequently, the last for which he bears responsibility. We hope that a direct contact with an author who was a master theologian, who had acquired an excellent knowledge of documentary sources, and who was a priest quickened with a deep piety toward Our Lady of La Salette whom he loved to invoke as the Lady of Compassion will help the reader to know better the grace bestowed upon the world on September 19, 1846.Fr. Jean Stern, M.S. Archivist, Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Rome, 1981

Download or read book Secrets of La Salette written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catholic Almanac s Guide to the Church written by Matthew Bunson and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2001-10-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Concise Guide to All Things Catholic No matter what you want to know about the Catholic Church, you'll find the answer in this one-volume guide. From the composition of the Curia to contemporary saints, from major doctrines to the Third Secret of Fatima, if it's part of the Catholic world, it's here.

Download or read book Lourdes written by Ruth Harris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the ‘visions’ of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country’s development.

Download or read book Some account of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin at La Salette in the Diocese of Grenoble France written by Churches and Institutions (MARY, the Blessed Virgin). La Salette. Notre Dame de la Salette and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marian Apparitions the Bible and the Modern World written by Donal Anthony Foley and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book looks at the major approved Marian apparitions of the last five centuries and relates them to important historical moments: the Reformation, the French and Russian Revolutions, the rise of Nazism. These Marian apparitions, and particularly Fatima, are not historically unimportant events, but rather follow a preordained plan: they have a crucial role in helping us to see how the modern world, with all its problems, has developed. Donal Foley makes clear the fascinating and intriguing connections between Marian apparitions and the Scriptural types of Mary found in the Bible, a crucial element in the theology and exegesis of the early Church Fathers. By understanding these biblical types and their symbolism we see that each of the apparitions has a much greater significance for both the Church and the modern world than has generally been recognised. Here is a convincing demonstration that the future of the Church, and the papacy, is intimately bound up with a proper understanding of the role of Mary: there will only be true peace in the world when her message is accepted and lived. If you thought you really understood how the modern world developed, and the role and meaning of Marian apparitions, then this book will make you think again. 'Donal Foley has written a book with an extraordinary message.' Aidan Nichols, O.P.

Download or read book The Missionaries of La Salette written by Donald Paradis M S and published by Missionaries of La Salette Corporation. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Salette is an obscure village buried in the Alps of southeastern France. There on September 19th, 1846, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to two young cowherds, Maximin Giraud, age 11, and Melanie Mathieu (Calvat), age 14. In the center of a great circle of light the two children saw a beautiful woman seated upon a stone, her face buried in her hands. She was weeping. Then the Beautiful Lady rose and spoke: "Come near, my children; do not be afraid. I am here to tell you great news." Mary's message to the two children at La Salette was the warning of a mother concerned over her wayward children. She complained: "If my people refuse to submit, I will be forced to let go the arm of my Son" and more specifically: "Those who drive the carts cannot swear without using my Son's name" ... they labor all day Sunday ... "there are none who go to Mass. . .when they do not know what to do, they go to Mass just to make fun of religion ..." She warned: "If the harvest is ruined, it is only on account of yourselves ... If you have wheat, you must now sow it. Anything you sow the vermin will eat ... A great famine is coming ..." She promised: "If [my people] are converted, rocks and stones will turn into heaps of wheat, and potatoes will be self-sown in the fields ..." She pleaded: "Well, my children, make this known to all my people ..." Mary's apparition at La Salette is a modern-day reminder of an ancient truth: that Mary constantly intercedes for us before God; that she is the Reconciler of Sinners, calling us back to the message and way of her Son, Jesus.The La Salette Missionaries are founded upon the reconciling message and mission of this Apparition of Mary. Their congregation of brothers and priests numbers about 1,000 and the congregation of sisters numbers about 400, serving in over twenty countries around the world. This book is a brief history of the transition of the brothers and priests from France to North America.

Download or read book Divine Presence in Spain and Western Europe 1500 1960 written by William A. Christian Jr. and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study addresses the relation of people to divine beings in contemporary and historical communities, as exemplified in three strands. One is a long tradition of visions of mysterious wayfarers in rural Spain who bring otherworldly news and help, including recent examples. Another treats the seeming vivification of religious images—statues, paintings, engravings, and photographs apparently exuding blood, sweat and tears in Spanish homes and churches in the early modern period and the revival of the phenomenon throughout Europe in the twentieth century. Of special interest is the third strand of the book: the transposition of medieval and early modern representations of the relations between humans and the divine into the modern art of photography. Christian presents a pictorial examination of the phenomenon with a large number of religious images, commercial postcards and family photographs from the first half of past century Europe.