first coming—with Mary and through Mary—in the company of Angels like in Bethlehem. In these future times, the visible representatives of the invisible Angels will be what Saint Louis-Marie called the great [...] January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) Those times are not too far off Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort and Marthe Robin have both stressed the increasingly important role that the [...] in 1957: "The Most Holy Virgin, in these last times we live, gave a new power to the recitation of the Rosary." Brother Bernard-Marie, o.f.s. Excerpt from the bulletin L'Œuvre des Campagnes #205 – Jan-Feb-Mar
the Church of Virgin Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople. This miraculous event dates back to the year 395, when the son of Theodosios the Great, Arcadius, was Emperor. Along with the event of the deposition [...] August 31 - Transfer or “Deposition” of the Holy Belt of the Theotokos to the Church of Holy Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople (Orthodox feast) Healed by touching the Blessed Virgin’s Holy Belt This is [...] the Holy Zoni (Belt) was placed on the ailing queen. The Holy Belt, which had been captured during a Bulgarian invasion, was dedicated in 1101 by the King of Serbs Lazaro to the Vatopedi Monastery, where
in a spirit of reparation, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls." On the subject of devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sister [...] - Pius XII establishes the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) "If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved" In 1917, Mary said to the children of Fatima (Portugal): "You have seen hell [...] Sister Lucia (one of the three visionaries of Fatima) wrote: "The holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary love and desire this devotion, because They use it to draw souls to themselves, and that is all their desire:
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 young Karol Wojtyla went on to a true un [...] 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 Mary’s hands. "Thanks [...] 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 (France) In Jean-Paul II et Marie , March 23, 2011
Christ the King – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Mary is the great, unique mold of God We must do everything with Mary: in all our actions we must look upon Mary, although a simple human being [...] other virtues. Remember what I told you before, that Mary is the great, unique mold of God, designed to make living images of God at little expense and in a short time. Anyone who finds this mold and casts [...] our Lord because it is the true likeness of him. Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary § 260.2
Heart of Mary (1954) What is the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary? Germany was consecrated to Mary in Fulda in the Marian Year 1950 by Cardinal Frings. To consecrate means to dedicate to a sacred [...] consecrated France to Mary in 1638, a move which has since been emulated by bishops and popes for specific countries and places, and even for the whole world. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a specific Catholic [...] transubstantiation of the bread and wine). Out of devotion, a person can also consecrate herself (votive consecration) to Christ through Mary. This personal consecration was extended to cities in the Middle
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo No saint ever practiced silence as Mary did Tradition says that the three inhabitants of the Holy House at Nazareth, Jesus, Mary and Joseph [...] Joseph hardly ever spoke… A deeper silence than that of a Carthusian house where the Alpine winds moan in the corridors and shake the casements reigned there, and all else is silent as the tomb. The words of [...] reason Mary laid them up in her heart, because, like treasures, they were rare as well as precious. When we reflect we shall see it could hardly be otherwise. God is very silent. So far as Mary is concerned
and speaking in his name ... Like a good superior, he made use of his authority only to fulfill the role of a servant, of a subject and an instrument. Mary, as it befits a wife, remained modestly submitted [...] - Saint Mary of Saint Celse (Milan, Italy, 1485) Families and the example of the Christian home in Nazareth The Holy Family refers to the family formed by Jesus of Nazareth and his parents, Mary and Joseph [...] Joseph and is always given as a model to Catholic families. Dom Guéranger (a French Benedictine monk and priest, d. 1875, who served for nearly 40 years as the Abbot of the restored Solesmes Abbey) explained
"I see Advent as a budding life, hidden like a baby growing in the womb. It is a 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 [...] 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 monk in charge [...] THE light of the world, hidden in the Virgin Mary’s womb. In Mary, God is thus already present in our midst. It is up to us to discover him, to be aware of the mystery that is taking place. It's about opening
around it, with daily Mass and the hours of the Divine Office which flow from it, and the daily schedule of sisters assigned to keep guard before the Lord as adorers. The physical centrality reflects a deeper [...] others the fruits of contemplation.” As a cloistered nun, I do not share the fruits of my contemplation by preaching the way my brothers, the friars, do — rather, in a mysterious way, the Word contemplated [...] d in my heart bears fruit through the Word preached by others. Sister Lucia Marie of the Visitation, a cloistered Dominican nun of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit, New Jersey. https://www
