Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) Mary's lesson of "very great importance" My soul is tortured by frightful things suggested to my imagination by Satan. … I went up to the oratory of Our Lady [...] entered the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Poitiers, France. She is the author of the famous book The Way of Divine Love in which she wrote down upon Jesus’ request many messages of Jesus who calls [...] Lady to implore her not to let me fall. She came, at once, very motherly and said: "My daughter, I will give you a lesson of very great importance: the devil is like a mad dog, but he is chained, that is
December 9 – Second Sunday of Advent – First apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) – Saint Juan Diego So that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis Famille Missionnaire [...] invited everyone to pray the Rosary during the month of October for the protection of the Church, in this time of upheaval, so that she may be defended from the attacks of demons. According to Vatican News [...] News, Pope Francis asked all Catholics to pray the Rosary every day, so that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis, and also to pray to Saint Michael the Archangel that he too might
mystery of Redemption, on the contrary, he is closely connected to it, because he suffered for it, consuming himself in sorrow for it, saving your Savior at the cost of his own sacrifice because of his holiness [...] December 24 – Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord Mary and Joseph's painful trial before their marriage (2/2) In Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me (1), the Blessed Virgin recalls how she [...] caught in a great storm, he was in a vortex of conflicting ideas, in a turmoil of reflections, of which one was more piercing and painful than the other. He was, to all appearances, a man betrayed by his wife
appeared at Laus " for the conversion of sinners. " I told my wife that we should go visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Laus, a village where the Virgin appeared to a girl called Benedicta Rencurel, between [...] April 4 – Blessed Francisco of Fatima (d. 1919) Impressed by their courage, I began to think My name is Jean-Pierre, I am married, the father of three, and grandfather of three. I was baptized and confirmed [...] execution of 21 Coptic Christians by Islamists appeared on the Internet. Impressed by their courage, I began to reflect on my relationship with God! ... I felt I had to make a choice: whether to believe
along the yards and the halls. All of a sudden, from beyond the barrier of a large group of people, She hears His voice saying: "These stones will vibrate… " She endeavours to make Her way through the crowd [...] "why" of Him Who knows. "Why" He behaved in a certain way. You do not ask those with a vocation "why" they leave everything to follow the voice of God. I was Wisdom and I knew. I was "called" to a mission [...] Father. His interests are above ours, His affections are superior to everything else. And I tell My Mother. I finish teaching the doctors with the lesson to Mary, the Queen of doctors. And She has never forgotten
centuries. The many ex-votos covering one of the walls of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieha for prayers answered —everything from handwritten notes to tiny baby clothes, and even a motorcycle helmet— [...] Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Since Saint Paul, the Maltese have had a constant devotion to Mary Saint Luke is not only credited with the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles : [...] 359 in total. (…) Most of these churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and some of them are known for being places where countless special, miraculous graces have been granted to many throughout the centuries
because Mary, as Mother of the living, gives to all her children splinters of the tree of life, which is the Cross of Jesus. But while meting out crosses to them she gives the grace to bear them with patience [...] Therefore, if we wish to go to him, seeking union with him, we must use the same means which he used in coming down from heaven to assume our human nature and to impart his graces to us. That means was a [...] from which we must drink to become proven friends of God, the consolation and joy which their Mother sends in the wake of their sorrows creates in them a strong desire to carry even heavier and still more
John Paul II reminded us that the practice of the Rosary teaches us how to pray, how to work for peace, to pray for our families, and to answer the repeated pleas of the Virgin Mary, during the different [...] October 3 - Our Lady of Graces ( Italy, 1697) Marian apparitions confirm the importance of the Rosary Marian apparitions have continually emphasized the importance of the Rosary: at the Rue du Bac in Paris [...] the faithful to recite the Rosary; at La Salette (1846), as well as at Pellevoisin, she appeared wearing three crowns of roses, representing the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of the Rosary; in
11 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Invoking Mary "so that the plague of terrorism may cease” It is striking to note the number of times that Pope John Paul II invoked Mary and asked Catholics to pray [...] prayer read, "For the believers of all religions, so that in the name of God, the merciful and the lover of peace, they may reject firmly every form of violence and be dedicated to resolving conflicts with sincere [...] the civilization of love may grow." And he invited the bishops to entrust themselves to Mary: "May you find wisdom and strength through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, patroness of your country!" He
love Mary and to make her loved." … To love Mary is to put her in our hearts and thus allow the Holy Spirit to find a favorable ground for the life of Jesus to grow in us. This love of Mary is at the source [...] him to the Virgin Mary well before his birth. Pierre was baptized on July 16th, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and he used to celebrate this anniversary every year. His motto was: "To love [...] source of our life with Christ. To make Mary loved is the summit of our life as disciples of Jesus, which in turn means to be missionary, living Christians and not living-room disciples! Often, we would like
