Mother of the Church, Queen of Heaven, Queen of Purgatory… The Virgin Mary has many titles including that of Queen of Angels. But how is this possible when by her human nature, she is inferior to them? Do you know that Aleteia lives only thanks to the generosity of its readers? I GIVE Aleteia really … Read more
– Mary belongs totally to God – To be part of a divine family – Loyalty in what is big and in what is small AN ANCIENT tradition says that the Virgin’s parents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, took her to the temple in Jerusalem. She stayed there for some time in the company of … Read more
On October 12, Spain celebrates Our Lady of Pilar, patroness of Hispanicity, closely linked in the hearts of Spaniards to the Apostle James. Without the miraculous intervention of the Virgin Mary on a mysterious pillar still visible, “Santiago” indeed, would perhaps not have remained and… returned to Spain. It is perhaps the oldest of the … Read more
Born in Damascus around 675, priest before 726 in Jerusalem, preacher attached to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, he died around 749. He is the great defender of images representing Christ and the saints, but this defense is secondary in a synthesis admirably vast. The power of this theologian gives a singular scope to … Read more
On the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, celebrated on September 15, discover the rosary dedicated to the seven greatest sufferings endured by the Virgin Mary. She is called the “Mother of Sorrows”. The life of the Virgin Mary was a “painful journey” from the moment Simeon said to her in the … Read more