September 18 – Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra) When Mary speaks to those who refuse miracles A wonderful and irrefutable fact, witnessed by thousands of people who can still testify of it today [editor's
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Mary was martyred in her soul The martyrdom of the Virgin is hinted at both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the narrative of the Lord’s Passion. "This child is here [...] the saintly old man of the child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction; and you"—he is now speaking to Mary—"a sword will pierce your own soul." Blessed Mother, it is very true that a sword pierced your soul [...] longer there, but yours could not pull away from his. Do not be surprised, brothers, if we say that Mary was martyred in her soul. He who is surprised by this forgets—since he has already heard it—that Paul
September 3 – Our Lady of the Capuchins (Italy, 1574) Singer Rona Hartner praises Jesus and Mary Since her conversion 26 years ago, Franco-Romanian singer and songwriter Rona Hartner has been sharing the [...] single vision: promoting love and unity. "My songs proclaim the fact that God and the Blessed Virgin Mary make us a people of brothers and sisters," says Rona. We are not brothers and sisters without a father
Bahia. Her life changed when Mary looked at her as a person. She was sure then of being loved. The only true exit door that exists is God’s gaze, through Mary," says Aymeric. "Mary appeared in Lourdes in a [...] three invocation of the Salve Regina “O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria!” added by Saint Bernard Mary looked at him as a person, and his life was changed! The Bernadette Fraternity (Saint Bernadette of
Caviezel dedicated his life and career to Mary in Medjugorje The star of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ recently paid tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary, crediting her intercession for his success [...] day for a new rosary and that she was Mallick’s wife. Caviezel believes the encounter was due to Mary’s intercession and led to his role in Mallick’s Academy Award-winning The Thin Red Line . … Most d [...] believe there have been Marian apparitions, and consecrated his life and career to the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Filming The Passion of the Christ brought me even closer to Our Lady,” he told his audience in Amsterdam
statue of Mary on September 8, 1875. The current church dates from 1705. The statue of the Madonna and Child venerated as "Queen of Peace, Consoler of the Afflicted" represents the Virgin Mary holding an [...] August 24 – Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of “Benoîte-Vaux” (France, 1138) A statue of Mary found next to an uprooted oak “Benoîte-Vaux” (literally "Benedicta's Valley) has been a Marian place of [...] woodcutters were attracted by celestial songs. They followed the music and found a statue of the Virgin Mary at the base of an uprooted oak. Surprised, they decided to build a small oratory for it. A hermit
September 7 – Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil, 1717) Mary did not understand everything all at once Through her spiritual journey of faith, Mary, an intelligent and free woman, asked questions. At the A [...] evangelist St Luke underlines the fact that Mary and Joseph did not understand Jesus’ reply, "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Lk 2:49). Mary did not understand everything all at once [...] like Father Lagrange often evoke the obscure side of the Scriptures. ... Following the example of Mary, the theologian asks questions and seeks answers by using the light of reason enlightened by the grace
Kevin Matthews, who rescued Mary from the garbage in 2010. But really, Matthews told CNA, the procession was all Mary’s idea. Matthews first spotted what is now known as ‘Broken Mary’ outside of a dumpster [...] witnessed many people come back to their faith through ‘Broken Mary.’ “It’s just a concrete statue, but where that statue is, Mary is, and where Mary is there’s Christ, and where there’s Christ, there’s God [...] sang Ave Maria. Instead of a politician or city official, they were led by ‘Broken Mary,’ a statue of the Virgin Mary rescued from a dumpster, who still bears the scars of her past—a crack in the middle
of Mary On June 9, 2019, the feast of Pentecost, Patriarch Ria, the head of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, an [...] mention some positive developments in the Middle East, which he perceives as being the benefits of Mary's providential maternal protection: the fact that Iraq did not break out into three states, that Mosul [...] and that Syria escaped dismemberment. He encourages the people of the region to turn to the Virgin Mary to defeat "the world conflicts that aim to disperse them, destroy their identity, change their history
August 16 – Our Lady of the Fence (Lille, France, 1566) Mary is the visible throne of Divine Wisdom The Assumption does not just tell us that Mary has gone up to heaven, but also that she does not remain [...] the Kingdom is promised (Matt 18:1-5) as well as to those who feel that in Mary, Divine Wisdom finds a visible throne. In Mary, indeed, even scientists and other short-sighted people who see themselves [...] finding happiness with God, but to bring our neighbor to receive Him. Truly, devotion to the Virgin Mary is not a “cute” practice or a marginal tradition. It is not one possibility among others, but the
