July 16 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mary, Mother of Men and of Unity More than 5,000 Christians took part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, popularly called Taalat al-Adra [...] Virgin' on April 29, 2019. Along the route which runs from the Latin parish of Haifa to the Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery, located on Mount Carmel, the faithful from all the different rites marched reciting [...] well as African and Asian immigrant workers took part in the public act of devotion to the Virgin Mary, along with pilgrims from Europe, while many Jews and Muslims also gathered near the procession.
August 3 – Our Lady of the Stairs to Heaven (Italy, 1498) When Mary's husband comes to the rescue The staircase of Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico is well known for being surrounded by at least
true figure of Mary A sinner who goes to Mary must never be afraid of being rejected. ''Mary is the new ark. As brute animals were saved in the ark, so great sinners will gain salvation in Mary.'' (Saint Bernard) [...] Gertrude saw Mary with all kinds of wild animals under her mantle. These represented sinners whom Mary welcomed the moment they turned to her. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary [...] Bernard) Saint Gertrude saw a vision of Mary welcoming lions, bears and tigers. She realized that these were abandoned sinners who went to Mary and were saved from eternal death by her. Let us enter the
with the inscription of ‘Mary has answered our prayer.’ If you let this poor sinner go to eternity without the last sacraments, I will set up a plaque with the inscription ‘Mary did not answer me’!" Then [...] July 23 – Our Lady of the Pillar (Italy, 1684) – Saint Bridget of Sweden Mary always responds The following story happened in Vienna, Austria, in the year 1920. A priest named Father Peter, offered to [...] passing away. In gratitude, Father Peter placed an ex-voto in his church with this inscription: ‘Mary always responds.’ Karl Maria Harrer (1926-2013) German priest and writer From Die schönsten Marie
towns are named after the different titles accorded the Virgin Mary. And girls are named after Mary, too. Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary lists 55 countries consecrated to the Blessed Mother, as reported [...] consecrated to Mary The Philippines is a Marian country. The image of the Blessed Mother is enthroned in a special place in every Catholic Church. Many of the faithful have entrusted themselves to Mary by the
1881) - Saint Charbel Makhlouf (Lebanon, 1828-1898) An idea sprang up, inspired by the Virgin Mary Marie-Hélène Mathieu, founder of the Christian Foundation for Disabled People ( Office Chrétien des personnes [...] deeply wounded them. Their story shocked us. We both had the same idea, no doubt inspired by the Virgin Mary... Hadn’t she chosen little Bernadette, the most despised girl in Lourdes, to announce her message
(Italy, 1491) True devotion to Mary is not adoration "Is it really necessary to ‘go through Mary’ to reach the Lord? I’m asking this because the way people are praying to Mary around me looks like a kind [...] in the Christian faith to the Virgin Mary. So what’s Mary’s proper place? First you have to learn from God Himself. It isn’t the Church who gives that place to Mary, but the Church recognizes the place [...] of Mary's role in bringing us to Jesus. Really, when we pray to Mary, we ask her to present our prayers to Jesus; we go through her because she knows her Son (who else knows her Son as well as Mary?) and
July 27 – Canonization of Catherine Labouré by Pius XII (1947) "Do not be afraid, I am Anne, Mary’s mother" (II) Historical records say that Yves Nicolazic fell asleep without worrying about his mission [...] Keranna to avoid notoriety and to leave the shrine to Saint Anne and her countless pilgrims. The Marie de Nazareth team
July 11 – Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Puy, Queen of France She saw the Virgin Mary appear on top of a dolmen Our Lady of the Puy-en-Velay Shrine (southern France) is the oldest site of [...] the fourth century, a paralyzed Christian woman begged God to heal her. Suddenly, she saw the Virgin Mary on the dolmen. An angel told her: "The Queen of Heaven has chosen this place to make it her domain [...] apparition and the day we still celebrate its dedication. Inside the oratory is a statue of the Virgin. Mary became the "mistress of the place" instead of the local pagan deity previously honored there. (1)
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 [...] and was 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
