In one of his videos, Henry Lincoln pointed to the inscription at the bottom of the Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rennes-le-Château and wondered what the interlaced “A” and “M” meant.

Quoting a baffled Henry Lincoln: “Here's another little oddity – Ô MARIE CONÇUE SANS PÉCHÉ, PRIEZ POUR NOUS – O Mary Conceived Without Sin Pray For Us (Note: this is part of the reference to the Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal). Why are the M and the A overlaid? Did the stonemason just make a spelling mistake and correct it? Unlikely. But just remember whatever explanation you come up with is going to be pure speculation. We just don't know.”

We REALLY don't know?
Another INEXPLICABLE mystery?

AVE MARIA MONOGRAM





Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de graces, le Seigneur est avec vous; vous etes benie entre toutes les femmes, et Jesus le fruit de vos entrailles, est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant, et r l'heure de notre mort. Amen.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.