am all yours, O Mary. All that I am and all that I have belong to you." All my life, I will rely on the protection and blessing of Our Lady. I can testify that the Mother of the Church and beloved Mother [...] December 26 – Mary mourns for Saint Stephen (Jerusalem) - Synaxes of the Mother of God (Byzantine Church) "Mary has been the daily companion of my life" Our Lady, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, has [...] layman, as Catholic Action activist, then as a priest, a bishop and now a bishop emeritus. May the true devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, reign in all hearts! Angélico Sândalo Bernardino

consecrated to you and to Jesus." The next night the Mother of Heaven suddenly appeared before Antonie; she lovingly put her hands on Antonie’s head and said: "Only seek your refuge in me. Come and serve me.” [...] days she struggled between life and death, until the doctor declared: "Medical science is powerless in this case. I can’t save the girl…" One evening Antonie turned to Mary in prayer: "Dear Mother of Heaven [...] An amazing bolt of power spread through the tortured body and made it well again. In the morning, Antonie stood up, asked for her clothes, and declared: "I am so hungry I could eat a horse.” She resumed

light that rises and that we can only see through hope and the certainty of faith. But it is more than a light: it is THE light of the world, hidden in the Virgin Mary’s womb. In Mary, God is thus already [...] December 1 – First Sunday of Advent – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) – Blessed Charles de Foucauld Advent is THE light of the world, hidden in the Virgin Mary’s womb For Brother Francis Huot, a Benedictine [...] century—maybe even earlier—pilgrims have been going there to entrust their joys and sorrows to Our Lady of Compassion and to St Anthony of Padua. When asked, “How do you experience the spiritual dimension

d morally and physically in the Passion of Christ, and received revelations about the suffering of Christ. Her (imaginary) visions of the Virgin are varied and rich on both a theological and symbolic level: [...] Seven Joys of Mary (Annunciation, Visitation, Christmas, Adoration of the Magi, Recovery in the Temple, Resurrection, Ascension) "From the womb of the Virgin Mary flowed two fountains" St. Mary Magdalene of [...] jets of water gushed out, spreading water all over the world, and sending out streams of grace." From The Forty Days , #64-65 and 139. And Dictionnaire des apparitions by Father Laurentin - Fayard 2007

Italian and their sick adult daughter. The mom willingly took my paper and began to write. This is a good start, I thought. What surprised me was that she quickly filled out the first sheet, and continued [...] as parents, the constant prayers they had made to God and their confidence that the Virgin Mary would not let them leave Lourdes without healing and peace of heart. The Italian priest had to interrupt himself [...] July 7 – Pius XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Before Mary, we are family As a young seminarian on a summer internship at the Shrine of Lourdes, I helped with the preparation of the

every night, flirted, drank, and I went out with someone just for fun. Everyone did it as a recipe for happiness, so it must be true. No matter how hard I tried, I felt emptier and emptier. The student parties [...] exist, and why would the Catholic Church be the only one to hold it? [...] I was in this state of mind when I heard a person who did not believe in God say that she was sure of his existence and that she [...] to go. I had nothing to lose and I certainly didn't have peace: why not try? I can't describe what I experienced there either, but I found the answers to all my questions and even more. I will never doubt

Congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary (Serviteurs de Jésus et de Marie) founded by Father Lamy at Ourscamps in the Oise. All he needed now was the statue! Edmond imagined a statue like the one at [...] support of a religious congregation and - this is very important - the Blessed Virgin will have to show her Child." The bishop was found in the Diocese of Pontoise and Edmond secured the help of the Congregation [...] anniversary of the vow of King Louis the 13th. It is exactly 7 meters high, and the Virgin carries the Child in her arms and wears a crown of 12 stars! The French newspaper La Croix of November 2, 1938

in a letter. The hospitals were overwhelmed, military doctors and nurses were sent from Paris, and the local population fled the scene and spread the disease to neighboring towns. Nothing could stop the [...] General Pélissier, in charge of the medical emergency response, admitted his powerlessness, and decided to turn to God and the Blessed Virgin. The man was no altar boy, as we can see in the way he instructed [...] of rain came pouring down on Oran, washing the streets, roofs and walls. The rush of water forced the putrid matter out of the sewers and pushed to the sea the foul liquid that had accumulated. The town

Christ; he made it to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ and of his Mystical Body, so that with her and through her, with Christ, it could be carried and offered for the salvation of humanity. Thus [...] promise were granted: religious liberation from near and far, with the emancipation of the countries of the East, and the resurrection of the Greek-Catholic and other Churches, which were suppressed or buried [...] July 7 - Pius XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1952) The first fruits of the consecration of Russia to the Heart of Mary The "Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart" is a votive

French Army, then an explorer and geographer, and finally a Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg in the Sahara in Algeria. He was assassinated in 1916 and is considered by the Church to [...] Perpetual Help, and I placed myself in her care, like her child, like her property. I begged her, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, to carry me, as she carried Jesus when he was a child, and to make me become [...] July 27 – Canonization of Catherine Labouré by Pius XII attended by 10.000 Children of Mary dressed in white (1947) "In a time of great sorrow, I remembered the heart of the Mother of Perpetual Help" In