January 7 - Epiphany of the Lord - Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) - Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) The name of the Magi's star was "Messiah" (I) In these excerpts [...] touching the ground with their foreheads, to kiss the soil. They are three powerful individuals as is quite obvious from their very rich attire. One of them, of a very dark complexion, who dismounts from [...] camel, wraps himself in a sciamma* of pure bright silk, held tight to his waist by a precious girdle, from which a dagger or sword hangs with a jewel-studded hilt. Of the other two, who dismount from two
Baptism of the Lord - Our Lady of Prompt Succour (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1809) The name of the Magi's star was "Messiah" (II) In these excerpts from Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as Revealed to Me (1) [...] the star that led them to Bethlehem: § 221- The oldest of the Magi speaks on behalf of them all. He explains to Mary that one night the previous December, they saw a new star of an unusual brightness appear [...] The maps of the sky had never shown or mentioned such a star. Its name was unknown because it had no name. Born out of the bosom of God, it had flourished to tell men a blessed truth, a secret of God. But
First apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) I am the Mother of Ipalnemohuani (I) In 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared four times to a poor but respectful Indian of Mexico, Juan Diego [...] something resembling the songs of many precious birds coming from the top of the little hill of Tepeyac. Then he heard someone calling him and a lady of incomparable majesty said to him, "Understand and know [...] and look after their ailments, their sorrows, their heartaches." Then she asked him to go to the palace of the bishop and bring her message to him with insistence.
midst of a time of incomprehensible ruthlessness. To utter the words of the angel Gabriel and St. Elizabeth to Mary, Hail, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, to pray [...] November 8 - Our Lady of the Pond (France, 1531) - Blessed John Duns Scotus The Rosary kept this prisoner of war from going insane I heard this story as a teenager — long before I became a Catholic: A [...] week gave rise to week, the steady brutality came without sense, without mercy and without end. And yet, though collapsed under the weight of excruciating pain and feverish delirium, moments of lucidity found
walked out of the chapel that day that I was going to be cured,” she said. Other miracles that have occurred in the past few years have been posted on the official website of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help [...] September 22 – Holy Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) Mary’s many miracles at this Marian Shrine in Wisconsin The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help has been the site of miraculous cures that have astonished [...] Peshtigo Firestorm. As far as the eye could see was total devastation. Yet, in the middle of it all, the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help and the fenced property surrounding it were untouched. The property had
He presents his merits to the Father on our behalf, and unceasingly communicates to our souls, in order to sanctify them, the fruit of all his mysteries: "He lives forever to make intercession for them" [...] before God on our behalf. " (Heb 9:24). Christ stands constantly before the Face of his Father, not only because he is the Son of God, equal to the Father, but also to exercise this right on our behalf. Indeed [...] October 19 - The Archbishop of Ottawa crowns a pilgrim statue of Fatima set to accomplish a 50-day visit to 7 dioceses (Canada, 1947) Ask Mary to strengthen your hope Today is Wednesday, the day in which
October 10 - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (1666) Did you know this existed? This is amazing! Believe it or not, there is music in Our Lady of Guadalupe’s mantle! How is [...] Based on previous studies made to the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, I reasoned the following: if the stars of the mantle are the constellations of the sky at the time of its impregnation, the dress [...] considered that each star, according to its position, and each flower center, according to its position, was a certain musical note”. He placed the image inside the drawing of a golden rectangle. A music expert
January 29 – Our Lady of Nasturtiums (Italy, 1630) "Come, recite your Rosary and keep your peace of mind" "Recite your Rosary," says God, "and don't worry about what superficial people say to you: that it's [...] it's an old-fashioned devotion, that you ought to give it up ." "This prayer," I tell you, "is a bright ray emanating from the Gospel: I would not change it for the world." "What I love about the Rosary [...] As was my Son. As was His Mother." "Recite your Rosary: you will find at your side the whole company of the Gospel: the poor, uneducated widow; the repentant moneylender who has forgotten his catechism;
December 2 – Founding of the Fraternity of the Heart of Mary at the Church of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) Saint John Paul II, Missionary of Mary From the Marian devotion of his childhood, the [...] Wojtyla went on to a true understanding of Mary’s role in the mystery of Salvation, after reading the Treatise on the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This led him to offer himself to Christ, through [...] in the life of the Church: "I would like to summarize in two words the sublime lesson of the Gospel of Mary: the Virgin is a Mother, the Virgin is our Model." Bishop Guy de Kerimel, Bishop of Grenoble-Vienne
April 23 – Our Lady of Penha (Brazil) The Virgin Mary knew the hour of the Resurrection No doubt the encounter between Mary and Jesus, in the early morning of the Sunday following the burial, was too intimate [...] intimate to report to us, but we could meditate on it with the words of Saint Vincent Ferrer, who traced a maybe simplified description of Mary's attitude—an unwavering confidence in the words of her Son [...] Son, and the understanding of the mystery of Jesus in the light of Scripture: The Virgin was absolutely certain of the Resurrection of her Son since he had openly predicted it; but she did not know the time
