a vow to never refuse God anything. In the world's most impoverished areas, she tirelessly shared Jesus' compassion with those yearning for love. Her enduring legacy includes homes for people who are dying [...] 10, 1946, as she was leaving for her annual retreat, during the train ride to Darjeeling she heard Jesus say to her: " Will you refuse me? I am thirsty, I am thirsty... I am thirsty ...". " The message was [...] It was an order. I could see very clearly where this call was coming from. I intensely felt that Jesus wanted me to serve him in the poor, in the abandoned, in the slum dwellers, in those who have no refuge
in the world, but he wanted to make his life an offering to God by following in the footsteps of Jesus, Mary and the first apostles . It became clear to him that the Carmelite Order met these conditions [...] in religion remained extremely discreet about his ecstasies, inner locutions and other visions of Jesus and his Mother , at least until he was appointed prior of the convent in 1435 (until 1437). In Florence
known vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , which represents God's love for mankind. Devotion to the Sacred Heart actually goes back to the Gospel, since the heart of Jesus was pierced during His Passion ( [...] chastity. Why this choice? Her decision would make no sense unless she was in fact responding to Jesus' call. Lutgardis's mystical experiences were witnessed by all the nuns in her community and many other [...] subject some 50 years earlier; the strong devotion of the mendicant orders to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the following decades; and above all, the perfect similarity between her experience and that of
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, the Virgin Mary appeared to him, accompanied by the Child Jesus. According to many witnesses, he remained completely motionless for long minutes, during which no [...] Renaissance. His faith led him to show that truth is not a concept - however brilliant - but a person, Jesus Christ . As a scholar, educated at three of the leading universities of the time (Bologna, Padua and [...] consecration, as he raised the chalice, the Virgin Mary appeared to him, accompanied by the Child Jesus . According to many witnesses, Cajetan's body remained completely motionless for several long minutes
the 20th century, Italian mystic Maria Valtorta received almost 700 visions of vivid scenes from Jesus' life . She recorded them in a set of ten volumes, published in English under the title The Gospel [...] s contained in these visions, it has also been possible to reconstitute a day-to-day calendar of Jesus' wherebouts with specific dates for each scene of the Gospel in our current Gregorian calendar calculated [...] Revealed to Me and the precise descriptions they contain gives the extraordinary impression of being at Jesus' side in the most important moments of his life, not unlike what the apostles saw, heard, and felt
himself completely: such self-sacrifice is superhuman. "Always remember that you are going to visit Jesus" : it was the love of Christ that motivated his actions. The extend of Pier Giorgio's charity was [...] Action (FUCI: Federazione Universitaria Cattolica Italiana). He would explain: " In Holy Communion, Jesus comes to visit me every morning. I in turn visit him, in my own poor way, by visiting the poor." With
and attending the sacraments (mass several times a week), fasting, consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, devotion to the holy angels, and recitation of the rosary. All these messages neither detract [...] bishops, a consecration of families to my Immaculate Heart, and through it, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and so of parishes and all the dioceses of the world ." Then, pointing to the olive branch: " Here [...] reconciliation and unity: it is for all men who, reconciled with the Father through the merits of Jesus Christ, will find the peace of God in the bond of Love "; then Mary pointed to her Heart and said:
through the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Their aim was to bring as many souls as possible to Jesus by becoming saints with Mary's help . The conditions of this apostolate were: to battle for souls [...] and radio. He constantly repeated that the work was not a goal in itself, but a means of bringing Jesus and Mary into every home. His work was so successful that the monastery housed more than 700 religious [...] want to take his place because he has a wife and children. " In this way, he fulfilled the words of Jesus, who said: " Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends " ( Jn
announcing the coming of Christ are convincing arguments lending credence to Christianity: " In proof of Jesus Christ we have the prophecies, which are solid and palpable proofs. And these prophecies, being a [...] people were scattered beforehand, in order to spread the messianic prophecy throughout the world. What Jesus did - convert humanity to goodness - no philosopher had managed to do before him. Finally, in Christ [...] salvation, and not finding it " (Pensées 727 ). But above all, the greatest proof for Pascal is that Jesus succeeded in changing the hearts of countless simple, uneducated, oppressed people, whereas no philosopher
Church , who is severely reprimanded by Jesus when he opposes Christ's future death. When Peter says to Jesus, " Lord, this will not happen to you "( Mt 16:22 ), Jesus replies, "Get behind me, Satan. You are [...] doubted ( Mt 28:17 ) and did not always understand what Jesus was saying ( Lk 24:11 ; Mt 16:23 ; Jn 14:9 ), etc. It would make no sense for Jesus' disciples or the evangelists to have invented these em [...] that Jesus repeatedly accuses them of lacking faith ( Mk 9:17-19 ). They panick when caught in a storm on Lake Tiberias ( Mk 4:35-41 ), and are extremely slow to understand the true meaning of Jesus' words