May 14 – Madonna di Domenica Targa (Italy, 1729) - St Michael Garicoïts (d. 1863) Since Mary is the Immaculate Conception itself In Lourdes, the Immaculate Virgin answered Bernadette, who was asking who
missionaries of Mary? This does not mean that one who has discovered Mary through a genuine devotion is exempt from crosses and sufferings. Far from it! One is tried even more than others, because Mary, as Mother [...] graces to us. That means was a complete dependence on Mary his Mother, which is true devotion to her. Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716), The Secret of Mary [...] through her. God, as the absolute Master, can give directly what he ordinarily dispenses only through Mary, and it would be rash to deny that he sometimes does so. However, St Thomas assures us that, following
May 12 – Our Lady of Mercy (Rimini, Italy, 1850) An apparition of Mary in China in 1995 Every year in May since 1996, thousands of soldiers are sent to the small village of Donglu, a few hours’ drive from [...] and prevent any "illegal gathering." The reason for this goes back to the year 1900, when the Virgin Mary appeared under the title of Our Lady of China, during a revolt against colonialism and Christianity [...] built there and in the 1930s was consecrated and recognized as a place of pilgrimage by Pope Pius XI. Mary appeared again in 1995, during the annual Marian May Day celebrations, before 30,000 witnesses. Obviously
order to see clearly, we need to look through Mary’s spectacles. The words "He suffered for us" can only take on their full meaning if we imagine what Mary felt in her mind and heart during the Passion [...] May 9 – Our Lady of the Woods (Italy, 1607) We need to look through Mary’s spectacles The Rosary has always been an important element of Marian apparitions. In some of them, the Virgin was seen moving [...] see the mysteries of the life of Jesus, and through them to see the mystery of the Triune God, with Mary’s own eyes; so that our contemplation can take its source within her memory of those events. Our vision
proposed to Zita inside the Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary (also known as the Mariazell Shrine) in Austria. They loved the Virgin Mary and made it a point to start their marriage off under her protection [...] Italy) – Our Lady of Peace (Antipolo, the Philippines) Blessed Charles and Zita: Two royals under Mary’s gaze Charles and Zita knew each other during childhood, but it wasn’t until Zita was 19 and Charles [...] to Thy protection, O Holy Mother of God”). It is the beginning of an ancient prayer to the Virgin Mary that expresses a desire to remain under the loving gaze of the Blessed Mother. After the wedding ceremony
his heart into his work because he was enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary, where he drew all his energy. Through Mary's heart, his love went to the heart of the Father in the Holy Spirit. Adapted [...] Saint Joseph the Worker – Our Lady of Laus (France, 1664) He was enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary When Jesus returned to his village at the age of 30, he surprised everyone by his proclamation of [...] challenged the people of Nazareth with his questions; they knew his father Joseph, the carpenter, Mary’s husband, a good craftsman appreciated by all, whose heart was close to God and his brethren through
"I was born by the martyrdom of Mary" The author of the book Cum clamore valido (1) has Jesus say these words about Mary: "To become the Mother of the children of God, Mary had to suffer all the pains of [...] an immense vision of tenderness, I created in Mary a true motherly heart for each member of this family, while I created each soul as a true child of Mary, a child of her co-redemptive pains. So that every [...] every Christian soul can say: I was born by the martyrdom of Mary! And of the voluntary martyrdom of Mary! For, silent as her Fiat of acquiescence was, you cannot doubt its deep, intimate reality, full
May 10 – Madonna of the Holy House of Nazareth (Dalmatia, 1291) Emiliano Sala loved the Virgin Mary Fans of the Nantes Soccer Club (France) are mourning the death of Emiliano Sala, a former Argentinian [...] fervor on his knees before a beautiful statue of the Virgin, Our Lady the White. He loved the Virgin Mary." Ranked among the top Ligue 1 scorers, Emiliano Sala "was highly esteemed because he played hard
May 5 – Zeitoun apparitions approved by Coptic Patriarch Kyrillos VI (Egypt, 1968) "I really believe Mary is doing something with this prayer" Sometimes, answers to novenas can come in unexpected ways. That’s [...] to him for confession. As a result, he’s seen petitions answered time and again. “I really believe Mary is doing something with this prayer,” he said. (1) The annual novena to Our Lady of Confidence starts
Cornacchiola and his 3 children in Tre Fontane (Rome, Italy, 1947 – approved in 1956) The Icon of Mary Mother of God (I) According to tradition, in the 11 th or 12 th centuries, an icon of the Mother of [...] straight to the shore of Mount Athos near the monastery of Iviron (Greece). It depicted the Virgin Mary holding up the Child Jesus in majesty on one arm and, with the other hand, designating Him as "the
