Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) - Saint Gregory I “the Great” Mount Ephraim Mount Ephraim can designate Mary, the blessed and always virgin, Mother of God. Mary is a high mountain peak, and by the dignity of [...] prophesy of Mary’s special dignity when he said, “It will happen in the final days that the mountain of Yahweh’s house will rise higher than the mountains and tower above the heights” (Is 2:2). Yes, Mary is a [...] she exceeds any elected creature. Has Mary not been raised to the heights, like a high mountain, above all the choirs of Angels, to the throne of the divinity and thus managing to conceive the Eternal
February 10 – King Louis XIII consecrates France to Mary (1638) An icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave Suspended at almost 4,000 feet of elevation on top of an impressive cliff, the Sümela monastery in Turkey [...] Turkey was founded in the year 386 by two Greek monks, Barnabas and Sophronios, in honor of a rare icon of the Blessed Virgin. After Barnabas and Sophronios discovered the icon on the wall of a cave in the [...] the steep slopes of the mountain, they decided to stay there and build a monastery. Currently closed to visitors on account of important consolidation works to prevent landslides, the monastery is due to
Entrustment to Mary by Pope John Paul II We Entrust to You the New Millennium Today we wish to entrust to you the future that awaits us, and we ask you to be with us on our way. We are the men and women of an [...] being. Today as never before in the past, humanity stands at a crossroads. And once again, O Virgin Most Holy, salvation lies fully and uniquely in Jesus, your Son.
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 the annual Lenten Retreat for Lent for the Pope and his closest [...] of the Madonna statue of Czestochowa. Mary is traveling around the country, going from diocese to diocese, from parish to parish, on the initiative of priests and the faithful carrying other images of [...] an authentic spiritual life, after hours of interior preparation, and many all-night vigils. Prayer brings parishioners, families and neighbors closer together." "In this manner, the people of Poland are
through the town by Chaldean and Syriac Catholics, before being blessed and sent to their parishes. Œuvre d’Orient say the processions will be a testament to Jeremiah 31:17: "And here is hope for thy last [...] September 27 – Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as patroness (1666) Two Muslims drove the truck from Lourdes to Irak The group Œuvre d’Orient , a French association dedicated [...] dedicated to helping persecuted Christians, has sent 15 statues of the Virgin Mary from Lourdes to Ankawa, a suburb of the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, which has a majority Catholic population. Once they
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 the annual Lenten Retreat for Lent for the Pope and his closest [...] of the Madonna statue of Czestochowa. Mary is traveling around the country, going from diocese to diocese, from parish to parish, on the initiative of priests and the faithful carrying other images of [...] an authentic spiritual life, after hours of interior preparation, and many all-night vigils. Prayer brings parishioners, families and neighbors closer together." "In this manner, the people of Poland are
of our times, someone like many of us, has been conquered by Christ and has become a radiant light for those who want to know him and follow his example.” While few were allowed into the shrine, many others [...] Carlo grew up, attending local schools and then a Jesuit high school. Devoted to Our Lady from a young age, Carlo made the effort to recite the Rosary daily and, after his first Communion at age seven [...] December 17 – The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Carlo Acutis, the first Millennial to be declared blessed! Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who died of leukaemia, used his passion
December 19 – Holy Mary of Remedies (Portugal) The Primate of All Ireland launched a Rosary Crusade Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, called for a Family Rosary [...] us realize how important is the vocation of parents to be the primary teachers and leaders of their children in faith and prayer." "That is why I am calling for a ‘Family Rosary Crusade against Covid-19’ [...] even a decade of the Rosary, each day during the month of October. Pray for your own family and loved ones and for all those whose health or livelihood is being seriously impacted by the coronavirus crisis
Mamma Rosa to turn her garden into a place of worship and to invite crowds of people to come and pray the Rosary there. Now each month French trains and buses leave Paris carrying pilgrims on their way to [...] at that time by technicians from Leiz, France, and they certified that it is authentic. Robert Hossein asked to be "re-baptized” after this experience and he has assured the public on many occasions that [...] April 22 - Discovery of the Treatise on The True Devotion of Mary in 1842, found “in a trunk” according to a prophesy (Saint Louis Grignion de Monfort) The Conversion of Robert Hossein As unlikely as it
footsteps of Mary the Virgin Mother who bore and gave the world the Savior. This popular prophecy was like a political reflection or an echo of the famous comparison between Eve and Mary. Saint Joan of [...] that simple woman who was herself both a wife and mother, this remark is very enlightening. Joan's mission was a true kind of motherhood, of a spiritual and virginal nature. Joan, who already carried in [...] had a great love for the Blessed Virgin. Father François-Marie Léthel, ocd, Adapted from Zenit Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Theology and Professor at the Tereasianum Pontifical Faculty of Theology
