September 10 - Saint Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) I Have Chosen You to Fight Under the Flag of Jesus Christ! (II) This is how Blessed Alain de la Roche described the apparition that sent him out into the

Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) - Saint Gregory I “the Great” Mount Ephraim Mount Ephraim can designate Mary, the blessed and always virgin, Mother of God. Mary is a high mountain peak, and by [...] prophesy of Mary’s special dignity when he said, “It will happen in the final days that the mountain of Yahweh’s house will rise higher than the mountains and tower above the heights” (Is 2:2). Yes, Mary is a [...] by the dignity of her election, she is so great that she exceeds any elected creature. Has Mary not been raised to the heights, like a high mountain, above all the choirs of Angels, to the throne of the

September 7 - Foundation of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) The Legion of Mary Irishman Frank Duff founded the Legion of Mary, a lay apostolic organization at the service of the Roman Catholic [...] members and advancing the reign of Christ through Mary. “Yours is an eminently Marian spirituality, not only because the Legion glories in carrying Mary’s name as its unfurled banner, but above all because [...] spirituality and apostolate on the dynamic principle of union with Mary, on the truth of the intimate participation of the Virgin Mary in the plan of salvation. In other words you intend to render your

August 11 - Mary Refuge of Sinners - Saint Claire (d. 1253) - John Henry Cardinal Newman (d. 1890) Prayer to the Blessed Virgin It is the time for your Visitation. Arise Mary, and go forth in your strength

Lady of Safe Hiding (Overloon, Holland) - Birth of Saint Marguerite Mary Alacoque (1647) I Spoke to Her Like a Child I always ran to Mary in all my needs. I had the habit of giving the small crown of the [...] kneeling on the floor on my bare knees, genuflecting or kissing the floor as many times as I said a ‘Hail Mary.’ She has always been a mother to me and has never refused to help me. I ran to her with so much trust [...] trust that it seemed like I had nothing to fear under her maternal protection. I consecrated myself to Mary as her slave forever, begging her not to refuse my vow. I spoke to her like a child, with simplicity

the Seven Joys of Mary (Annunciation / Visitation / Nativity/ Adoration of the Magi / Finding of Jesus in the Temple / Resurrection / Ascension) An Immense Fountain of Grace Saint Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi [...] Jesus was the Blessed Virgin’s purity. Mary looked so beautiful that my words cannot explain her to you.” (...) “I saw two fountains spouting forth from the Virgin Mary’s womb, one of milk and the other of [...] sprays of water, spreading them everywhere in the world and sending forth torrents of grace.” Saint Mary Magdalene is depicted in art as a Carmelite with the Instruments of the Passion kneeling before the

June 12 - Mary Queen of China (Shanghai, 1924) Let Us Make Reparation (II) Pope John Paul II's also spoke of offering reparation or consoling the Divine Heart at the beatification of Blessed Jacinta and

May 31 - Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary The May Magnificat (IV) Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb was expressed poetically [...] mighty mother: ... What is Spring? - Growth in every thing - All things rising, all things sizing Mary sees, sympathizing With that world of good, Nature's motherhood. Their magnifying of each its kind [...] Lord. Well but there was more than this: Spring's universal bliss Much, had much to say To offering Mary May.

May 4 - Pius XII established the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) The Millennium Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland (II) In 1976, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was invited by Pope Paul VI to preach [...] Mother of God is “going from house to house” in the replica of the Madonna statue of Czestochowa. Mary is traveling around the country, going from diocese to diocese, from parish to parish, on the initiative [...] this manner, the people of Poland are reenacting the Visitation at Aïn-Karim when Elizabeth greeted Mary, “Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” She added, “Why should

April 22 - Discovery of the Treatise on The True Devotion of Mary in 1842, found “in a trunk” according to a prophesy (Saint Louis Grignion de Monfort) The Conversion of Robert Hossein As unlikely as it