The visit to this Basilica allows us to consider a number of themes: the Lord’s Passion, the promise of eternal life, the real presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharistic miracle in 1605). In St Prassede the column upon which Jesus was scourged is preserved whilst the mosaics that decorate the Basilica represent […]
St Paul was beheaded in a place called Acquas Salvias outside the Aurline wall. This place is now called Tre Fontane (Three Fountains) as Paul’s head bounced three times on the ground and three miraculous fountains sprung up from the earth. In the same place, Captain Zeone with his 10,203 Christian troops, were martyred during […]
On the 12th April 1947 in a grotto at Tre Fontane the Mother of God appeared to a Protestant with the title of Virgin of Revelation and converted him. The sanctuary today is a place of great devotion, conversion, miracles and prayer……… To book a group visit please complete the electronic booking form by clicking […]
Have you crossed over the threshold of another new year and started to live it like you were enjoying the first year of your life? This simple consideration, highlights the fact that everyone’s life’s journey is an energetic, but silent, flow of time towards something. This “something” is often difficult to comprehend and so it […]
Dear friends, Each year we celebrate the feast of Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven and so it is fitting that we, like the Apostles who all gathered around her during her lifetime, come together around our celestial Mother to celebrate this great feast. Eventually, the time came also for Mary to pass from this world […]
The month of September opened with an appeal by Pope Francis for peace in Syria, the Middle East and the entire world: “War never again! Never again war! Peace is a precious gift, which must be promoted and protected… Never has the use of violence brought peace in its wake. War begets war, violence begets […]
On the weekend of the 4-7 July, Rome witnessed some truly amazing scenes of hope for the Universal Church. Christ’s “army of hope” – the seminarians, novices and those on a vocational journey, descended upon the capital of Christianity to make a pilgrimage, celebrating the Year of Faith, with Pope Francis. Young people, representing every […]
The Holy Scriptures provides us with a splendid definition of faith in the Letter to the Hebrews (Heb 11:1): “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” Our father in the faith is considered to be Abraham who always based his actions on god’s promises because he was […]
We have just started the much anticipated Year of Faith through which, Pope Benedict XVI, invites us to rediscover the treasure of our faith, becoming more grounded in it and therefore more authentic witnesses to Christ. During this special year, the Missionaries of Divine Revelation have initiated a number of special projects along the same […]
On the 31 October 2012, the Missionaries of Divine Revelation had the great privilege of participating in Vespers in the Sistine Chapel presided over by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the inauguration of the ceiling. We have had the opportunity to enter the Sistine Chapel many times, accompanying […]