There have been 321 cases of authentic stigmatization recorded. A stigmatist is one who by his close relation to the Crucified Jesus partakes visibly or invisibly of His Sacred Wounds. St. Francis of Assisi was the first stigmatist (though some theologians think St. Paul the Apostle bore Christ’s wounds). Padre Pio, who died in 1968, was the first priest to have the stigmata. No Protestant has ever received this mark of Christ’s love.
The Stigmata
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.St John Eudes on ’The Admirable Heart of Mary’:
“The Admirable Heart of Mary is the perfect image of the most Divine Heart of Jesus.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.A longer reflection on St John Eudes ‘The Wonderous Childhood of the Most Holy Mother of God’
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“He was the first great promoter of devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He dedicated himself by vow to the Blessed Virgin when he was a young boy of fourteen.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“It was Saint Helena who discovered the True Cross in Jerusalem in 326, four years before she died. She built churches on Mount Calvary, at Bethlehem and in the little town of Fostat in Egypt where the Holy Family went in flight when Jesus was a Child.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.These Three Hearts - https://t.co/vwqq47I2DL https://t.co/gyZDjv9VAr1 day ago 0 1