Virgin de los Desamparados, Valencia
Nossa Senhora da Fátima
A statue of the Mary exposing her Immaculate Heart in Molfetta in Puglia, Italy.
The replica statue of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, a famous Mexican miraculous Virgen, venerated in the basilica of San Juan del Valle, Texas.
The Lady altar of the London oratory decorated for the feast of the Assumption.
Hail, Queen assumed into Heaven!
Assumpta est Maria!
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for the repose of the soul of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Jesus and Mary, or emporer Nero as a child with his mother Julia Agrippina? That’s what the faithful wondered when this statue of the Madonna was revealed in Rome’s church of Sant'Agostino in 1516.
For centuries the statue was pretty much neglected by the faithful, who preferred to pray to Mary before effigies with a sweeter appearance. The fate of the statue changed however in the 19th century, when this particular Madonna was believed to have assisted a woman during a difficult childbirth. This news spread in Rome, and up to this day expecting parents come to pray to the Madonna for a safe delivery. She is now known as the Madonna del Parto, or Our Lady of Childbirth.
In 1822 Pope Pius VII granted an indulgence to anyone who devoutly kissed the Madonna’s left foot. This became such a popular devotion that the marble foot soon had to be replaced by a silver one.
Dulcis Matris // The chapel of miraculous statue of the Sweet Mother of Den Bosch, the Netherlands.
O Mother of Mercy have pity on me. I hear thee called by all the refuge and hope of sinners; be therefore my refuge and my hope.
- From a traditional prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Zerbitsa in Lakonia, Greece.
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A engraving by Klauber of Mary pointing to her Immaculate Heart.