August 5 – Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Rome, Italy, c. 435) – Leo XIII writes the liturgical texts for the feast of the Most Holy Rosary The Rosary is more powerful than any weapon [...] of the later Manicheans, and who filled the South of France and other portions of the Latin world with their pernicious errors, and carrying everywhere the terror of their arms, strove far and wide to [...] rule by massacre and ruin. Our merciful God, as you know, raised up against these most dire enemies a most holy man, the illustrious parent and founder of the Dominican Order. Great in the integrity of
was stupid to be a good person. I preferred my night life to my day life: I went to clubs almost every night, flirted, drank, and I went out with someone just for fun. Everyone did it as a recipe for happiness [...] it? [...] I was in this state of mind when I heard a person who did not believe in God say that she was sure of his existence and that she had been on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje (1). She finished her story [...] much peace as I did in that place. Life is beautiful and it has a meaning! Corinne, summer 2017 Source: www.clubmedl.com (1) Medjugorje is a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the Balkans, where Our Lady
XII established the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) Something Mary had asked in Fatima in 1917 The feast day of the Immaculate Heart of Mary falls on the day after the feast of the Sacred Heart [...] prophesied that a sword of sorrow would pierce her heart (Lk 2:35). Of course, Mary was faithful to Jesus to the end, and the image of her sorrowfully beholding her Son on the cross has always struck a deep chord [...] focused on the love of Jesus and Mary, symbolized in their sacred hearts. He began a feast day for parishes in France to encourage people to honor the heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus; these
August 3 – Act of Consecration to Mary composed by St. Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) Mary is the “Virgo Potens,” the Powerful Virgin This great universe, which we [...] any substantial injury or loss. One portion of it may conflict with another, and there may be changes in it internally; but, viewed as a whole, it is adapted to stand for ever. Hence the Psalmist says [...] nor craft of man, nor popular violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short, but Mary reigns above, a Queen forever. Saint John Henry Newman Meditations and Devotions, see www.newmanreader.org
the Algerian town of Oran. A terrible cholera epidemic broke out in September 1849. In a little more than a month, it took nearly 2,000 victims out of a population estimated at less than 30,000 inhabitants [...] Aidour, a buttress of Mount Murdjajo on which the Spaniards, who had long been present in the region, had built the fort of Santa Cruz in the 16th century. They brought a statue of Our Lady with them. The [...] that the French in Algeria developed a special affection for Our Lady of Santa Cruz. They built her a chapel two years later, which was eventually transformed into a magnificent shrine overlooking the bay
the church and a celebration was taking place. I don't know why, but I cried and cried from love, because I suddenly realized that God mattered! A few years went by… I forgot all about Mary, and Christ didn't [...] me much anymore. Until one day, in an airport, during a time in my life when I was only interested in having a good tim—wasting my life away—I met a religious brother who looked me straight in the eye and [...] Virgin Mary was waiting for me there! She reminded me that "the Lord has done great things for me." It is thanks to her love that I am a practicing Catholic today. Sometimes when I am "on strike" with Christ
Maria’ (People in love with Mary) and that we belong to you absolutely, totally, always and forever. We are all yours and all that we have is yours, O most loving Jesus through Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace [...] that the alleged apparition of the Virgin Mary in Lipa City, Batangas, in 1948 had warned against “China’s dream of invading the whole world.” Cardinal Vidal, in a 2014 letter to the Catholic Bishops’ of [...] beloved Philippines will be spared the scourge of war and the domination of a communist giant.” Cardinal Vidal, on June 19, 2014, issued a prayer asking for the Blessed Virgin’s intercession to protect the P
declaring her “Venerable”: “It is certain that the Servant of God, Edel Mary Quinn, a secular virgin of the Legion of Mary practiced to a heroic degree the Theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity towards [...] Edel was working as a secretary proving to be most efficient and conscientious. At this time the spiritual side of her life was becoming more dominant. She joined the Legion of Mary in Dublin. Edel’s destiny [...] Clare Convent in Belfast, a contemplative order, it was discovered she had advanced tuberculosis of the lungs. This would eventually end her life. An eighteen-month stay in a sanatorium followed. Towards
and Assumption of Mary into heaven (2 Kings 2: 11; Tradition; LG 59): the grace of a happy death; 5th Mystery : the Coronation of Mary in heaven (Rev 12: 1; Tradition; LG 59 and 68): a greater devotion [...] devotion to the Virgin Mary. Thus the contemplation and meditation of the mysteries of Jesus' life, through the prayer of the Rosary, constitute a path of conversion for the mind and the heart. Let us head Father [...] October 11 - The Divine Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary The fruits of the Rosary (II) Each mystery has its own spiritual fruit, which Pope John Paul II calls "the fruit of holiness". We will continue
side by side: the Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns and the Heart of Mary pierced according to the prophecy of Simeon in Luke 2:35. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is also central to the apparitions of Our [...] his chest opened by the lance. From 1673 to 1675, the apparitions of Christ to St Margaret Mary Alacoque brought a deeper focus to the pierced Heart of Christ and the depth of his love. St John Eudes (1601-1680) [...] June 17 - Message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St Margaret Mary (1689) The very deep union of the Two Hearts Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was already important in the 12th century, to saints
