around 2 am, a phone rang: an old woman about to die was asking for a priest. When she was a young girl, she had attended a Catholic school. There, a nun taught her for three years, and she became a Catholic [...] - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, consoler of the Afflicted (1666) I always had Mary’s chain in my hands In 1948, in the "Wooden Bridge," a suburb of Tokyo, Japan, a thousand old men and homeless people [...] the Bread of God," she told me. But then she obeyed the family’s choice of a husband, and married a Buddhist monk who owned a temple, far in the mountains. She moved there and her duties involved maintaining

at Aïn-Karim when Elizabeth greeted Mary, “Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.” She added, “Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my Lord?”" [...] people are living the Visitation in a rather particular way because the Mother of God is “going from house to house” in the replica of the Madonna statue of Czestochowa. Mary is traveling around the country [...] May 4 - Pius XII established the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) The Millennium Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland (II) In 1976, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was invited by Pope Paul VI to preach

first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Rome, Italy) - Saint John of Matha (d. 1213) Only seen once every 794 years Some Babylonian astrologers had calculated with astonishing precision the coming of [...] which is when the Virgin Mary was living in Nazareth! In December 1603, Kepler, one of the fathers of modern astronomy, observed the very luminous conjunction (i.e. the meeting on a straight line) of Jupiter [...] Then he discovered an ancient commentary on Scriptures by Rabbi Abarbanel recalling that, according to a belief of the Jews, the Messiah was to appear precisely when, in the constellation of Pisces, the light

at Aïn-Karim when Elizabeth greeted Mary, "Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb." She added, "Why should I be honored with a visit from the mother of my Lord?"" [...] people are living the Visitation in a rather particular way because the Mother of God is "going from house to house" in the replica of the Madonna statue of Czestochowa. Mary is traveling around the country [...] May 4 - Pius XII established the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) The Millennium Anniversary of the Baptism of Poland (II) In 1976, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was invited by Pope Paul VI to preach

s. Mary is a woman of hope: only because she believes in God's promises and awaits the salvation of Israel, can the angel visit her and call her to the decisive service of these promises. Mary is a woman [...] May 24 – Mary Auxiliatrix, Help of Christians (1815) Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God Outstanding among the saints is Mary, Mother of the Lord and mirror of all holiness [...] holiness. In the Gospel of Luke we find her engaged in a service of charity to her cousin Elizabeth, with whom she remained for “about three months” (Lk 1:56) so as to assist her in the final phase of her

September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary Daily Prayer of Consecration to Our Lady As the Father has chosen you, Mary, to be His immaculate child, the wife of Joseph and the Mother of His beloved Son and of [...] the light of Jesus, respecting each other, and each day, accepting one another in a simpler and more divine love. Mary, grant each of us the grace to accomplish each day the will of the Father in the gift [...] of the whole Church in full communion with the Holy Spirit, we choose you today as Mother and Queen of our whole family and we consecrate to you our souls and our bodies, all our activities and everything

Feast of Mary Mediatrix (Maronite and Syriac liturgical calendar) After the Trinity, Mary is the one whom we should most revere There can be no doubt that the Blessed Mother and Virgin Mary, with a virile

“Today you look with special devotion at the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering that on 22 April 1541, St Ignatius and his first companions made their solemn vows before the image of Mary in the Basilica [...] founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556) – Ethiopian Church: Feast of the "Densata" (Conception of Mary) “May Mary continue to watch over the Society of Jesus” On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the [...] the birth of St. Francis Xavier and Blessed (now Saint) Peter Faber, the Ignatian family celebrated a Jubilee Year in 2006, in which Pope Benedict XVI gave thanks for these extraordinary men of God. The pope

October 16 - The Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - John Paul II becomes Pope (1978) The Rosary Beats the Time of Life The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity [...] and in its depth. In this prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth. The whole Church joins in these words. (...) In fact, against [...] composed altogether of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries, and they put us in living communion with Jesus through - we could say - his Mother's heart. At the same time our heart can enclose in these

September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary Daily Prayer of Consecration to Our Lady As the Father has chosen you, Mary, to be His immaculate child, the wife of Joseph and the Mother of His beloved Son and of [...] the light of Jesus, respecting each other, and each day, accepting one another in a simpler and more divine love. Mary, grant each of us the grace to accomplish each day the will of the Father in the gift [...] of the whole Church in full communion with the Holy Spirit, we choose you today as Mother and Queen of our whole family and we consecrate to you our souls and our bodies, all our activities and everything