honor of Our Lady of Luxembourg, Maria Mater Jesu, Consolatrix Afflictorum, Patrona Civitatis et Patriae Luxemburgensis —translated as "Mary, Mother Jesus, Consoler of the Afflicted, Patroness of the City [...] when on December 8th, the day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, students of the local Jesuit school carried the Madonna to an open space outside of the fortress of Luxembourg and placed it under [...] April 30 - Virgin Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Luxembourg) - Our Lady of Africa (Algiers, Algeria, 1876) A national Marian celebration in Luxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg holds an annual 2-week
May 4 – Pius XII establishes the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) Catholic skater Yuna Kim and the Rosary Catholic Olympic gold-medalist Yuna Kim lit the torch at the Opening Ceremony for the [...] Catholic – who was treating her for knee injuries. At her baptism, Kim took the name “Stella” after Mary, Star of the Sea. Courtney Grogan with Addie Mena Seoul, South Korea, February 9, 2018 Catholic News Agency [...] The Korean skating sensation has long expressed a desire to use her public role to share the light of Christ by witnessing to her Catholic faith in international competitions and performances. Kim was
January 20 – Apparition of the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal to Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne (1842) – Fourth apparition in Banneux (Belgium) She didn’t speak to me, but I understood everything “She didn’t [...] supernatural experience he had in Rome, in the church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, on January 20, 1842. Today is the anniversary of his meeting with the Virgin Mary that profoundly changed his life. This is what [...] baptized in the church of the Gesu, and he, who before hated the Church, became a priest, like his elder brother Theodore. With Theodore, he founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Zion. His resting place
February 9 - Octave of the Purification of Mary Prayer for Women after Childbirth Almighty and merciful God, Who didst lay upon our mother Eve the fit punishment for her disobedience that she should bear [...] children in sorrow, I offer to Thee all the pains of my child-bearing in propitiation for my sins; and I thank Thee that, through Thy help, the fruit of my womb has been safely brought forth into the world [...] world, and reborn in Baptism. According to the example of the Mother of Thy only-begotten Son, I also offer to Thee my child for Thy holy service, and will earnestly strive to bring it up to Thy honor.
Consecration of 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 [...] 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 divinity [...] 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
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 [...] his "May Magnificat": Ask of her, that 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 [...] magnifying of each its kind With delight calls to mind How she did in her stored Magnify the Lord. Well but there was more than this: Spring's universal bliss Much, had much to say To offering Mary May.
March 19 - Feast of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Blessings on Saint Joseph! Blessings on you, loving heart of Mary, for all the affection that you have for great Saint Joseph! Blessings on [...] Joseph, for all the love that it held and will hold eternally for Jesus and Mary, for all the care that it provided for the needs of the Son and the Mother and for all the pains and anguish that it suffered [...] treatment, which it saw them receiving on behalf of ungrateful people! Great Saint Joseph, we offer our hearts to you; bind them to yours, and to Jesus’ and Mary’s. Beg them to make this union inviolable and
eternal happiness of the mother of our children, and I am grateful to Mary for this strong sign that she sent me beyond the pain of separation! Adapted from a testimonial by Gerard K., a reader of A Moment with [...] September 17 - Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatness of Mary (La Flèche, France) Mary welcomed my dying wife with open arms I am a 76-year-old Frenchman. I have had a trusting relationship towards the [...] discreet life as a stay-at-home mother. The last nine or ten years of our life together were not what we had dreamed of when I retired at the end of March 2004, as my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. During
September 22 - Saint Thomas of Villanova (d. 1555) - Holy Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) Mary is an amazing matchmaker! Five years ago, I went on a pilgrimage to Medjurgorje (in Bosnia Herzegovina) [...] to "Our Lady of Medjugorje"—the Queen of Peace—that I met John, who is my husband today! We are the happy parents of a little boy called Karol (named after Saint John Paul II). I believe Mary visits Medjugorje [...] wrote a short letter to the Virgin Mary. In it I told her that I really wanted to get married, and that I would like "Our Lady of Medjugorje," who calls herself "the Queen of Peace," to find me a husband. A
August 22 – Feast of the Queenship of Mary For centuries the litanies to Mary have praised her as "Queen" The memorial feast of the "Queenship of Mary" was instituted in the wake of the Assumption, Pope [...] have sung the praises of Mary, "Queen of Angels, ... Queen of Patriarchs, ... Queen of Apostles." "The recognition of the royalty of the Blessed Virgin is a necessary consequence of the mission to which [...] one mystery. The feast of the Queenship of Mary is in fact celebrated on August 22nd by the Latin Catholic Church, eight days after the feast of the Assumption. The Queenship of Mary is inscribed in the
