Conception Mary advises to never fear suffering or sacrifice On December 7, 1920, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at dawn to Sister Josefa Menéndez (1) and said to her: "My daughter, never fear suffering or sacrifice [...] yourself abandoned, surrounded by temptations, when your soul is cold and without strength to fight, never abandon prayer. Pray with humility and trust, and come at once to open your heart to me, the Mother

September 23 - Our Lady of Valvenere (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio (d.1968) We Will Never Let You Go Again O blessed Rosary of Mary, Gentle chain linking us to God, Bond of love connecting us with the angels [...] Tower of Salvation against the attacks of the hell, Sure haven in the common shipwreck; We will never let you go again.

23 – Saint Pio de Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) – Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) As a good Mother, Mary never wants to abandon her children There can be a no more difficult experience for a mother than to witness [...] felt through a statue, a holy card or a medal. Under the sign of the Rosary, we know that we are never alone, that she always accompanies us. Why? Because Mary simply wants to be in the midst of her people [...] children, with her family. She followed Jesus always, from within the crowd. As a good mother, she never wants to abandon her children, rather, she always shows up whenever one of her children is in need

1917) – Attempted assassination of Pope Saint John Paul II (1981) Never stray from the Mother Never stray from the Mother and never abandon the Rosary : these were the exhortations given by Pope Francis [...] and to the Church during those days." "Never be afraid," the Pope added, "God is better than all our misery and he loves us very much. Keep moving forward, never stray from the Mother: like a child who [...] our sure protection." The Pope then reached in his pockets and took out a rosary, recommending: "Never abandon the Rosary. Recite the Rosary, as she asked." Taken from: Infocatho

November 3 – Our Lady of the Suffrage (Italy) I never thought that the Rosary had such power! Few years before the Genocide in Rwanda, Our Lady of Kibeho told the young visionaries that if those who prayed [...] please get me into the school he wanted. I exactly got all my father asked for in his prayers. I never thought that you can actually pray for a personal intention, and that we had such power in the Rosary [...] I’ve developed a special love for the prayer of the Rosary, and I know with that prayer, I will never lose hope or be desperate. Adapted from a letter by Immaculée , August 2019 (Immaculée Ilibagiza is

October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) Why Mary has never left us alone “One wonders: why so many shrines in the world, why so much affection and devotion to Mary? In truth, from the moment Mary lost [...] the Apostles, Mary is there, finds a home and family where to live. This also explains why Mary has never left us alone. Her apparitions, such as Fatima, Lourdes, and many others, her shrines such as Częstochowa

July 17 – Our Lady of Humility (Italy, 1490) Invoking the Virgin never implies shunning God or reason It is time that we rediscover the solid theological and spiritual basis for the veneration we ought [...] Virgin in the plan of salvation, and the reasons for this decision. Therefore invoking the Virgin never implies shunning God or reason. What the Triune God did in, by, and for Mary, was for our redemption

July 9 – Our Lady of Prodigies (France) This surgeon never failed to pray to Mary before operating on a patient The Saint Lukas is one of five government-funded medical trains that travel to remote towns [...] beatified in the year 2000 by the Orthodox Church. He had a strong devotion to the Virgin Mary and never failed to pray to her before operating on a patient. Adapted from Newsweek and Aleteia

June 10 – Our Lady of Saint Luke (Italy, 1857) I have never seen the Virgin, but I hear her It is reasonable to think that John Paul II possessed the gift of an extraordinary perception of the supernatural [...] his entourage asked him if he had ever seen the Virgin. The pope's answer was frank: "No, I have never seen the Virgin, but I hear her. " As the Cardinal Deskur (a Polish prelate) told us, Karol Wojtyla

– Our Lady of Graces (Avellino, Italy) – Saint Louis de Montfort – Saint Gianna Beretta Molla God never resists his dear Mother’s prayers Since grace enhances our human nature and glory adds a still greater [...] prayers and requests are so powerful with him that he accepts them as commands in the sense that he never resists his dear mother's prayer because it is always humble and conformed to his will. Moses by the