Cardiotissa means “having a heart” or showing sympathy and mercy and compassion ... their names and Mary is designated by her chief title to glory: Mother of God. Our Lady’s face is of ...

(State your intention) O Brilliant star of purity, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, glorious in your assumption, triumphant in your coronation, show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God ...

Later that year, in June, the shrine was granted spiritual affinity with the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. In ...