October 10 - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (1666) As long as the Pope hasn’t said his Rosary All the Popes since the time of Saint Dominic have talked about the Rosary. [...] ignorance that blinds it, from the impurity that stifles it, to build up the civilization of love, the love of God and neighbor." Source: Spiritualité chrétienne [...] back to Christ … It is a very powerful weapon for sending away evil spirits, preserving the integrity of life, and acquiring virtue more easily; in a word, to obtain true peace for men." In his 1938 Encyclical
(Italy, 1295) – Founding of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) Massive Rosary event planned in the United States for October Bishop Robert C. Morlino, 71, of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin has [...] all of His blessings,” the bishop said, “for sustaining us in our country, in our culture, where we are taking fire from every direction.” “We are very far right now from looking like the Kingdom of God
times of particular unease, we would pray the novena to Mary Who Unties Knots. Over the course of nine days, the novena calls on supplicants to lay the burdensome knots in their lives at the feet of Our [...] ” the crux of the prayer is its request of the necessary graces to disallow the knot, whatever it may be, from causing separation from Christ. It is a prayer of supplication, yes, but also of recognition [...] aware of what a truly incalculable gift humanity was given in Mother Mary, loving and honoring her — and remaining near her heart, as the Church celebrates on the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
on the day of her confirmation, she added the name of Mary to her baptismal name. On May 25, 1671, Margaret Mary entered the monastery of the Visitation of Mary, in Paray-le-Monial (France). Of fragile health [...] July 22 – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) – Birth of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1647) As a child, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque loved to recite the Rosary As a child, Margaret loved to recite the [...] Thursday of each month, to share the mortal sadness that Jesus had experienced when he was abandoned by his Apostles in his Agony. Since the revelation of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary, the Church
March 5 – Our Lady of the Miracle (Italy, 1440) - Max Jacob (1944), Jewish poet and Catholic convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like [...] like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal love, as well as of God’s wonderful love for men. In the Bull Ineffabilis Deus (December 8, 1854), Pope Pius [...] invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties
each invocation: 1. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady of Aparecida, pray for us, sinners. I am praying in union with all the Brazilian people who invoke their patroness. 2. Mary of Cana, who presents our [...] Jesus. 3. Mother of Sorrows, who gave her unconditional fiat and remained steadfast all the way to the foot of the cross. 4. Star of New Evangelization: she is the Star of our mission of evangelization, [...] same praise. 8. Mary of Nazareth. The "historic" Mary, the very humble girl of Nazareth, called by God to fulfill her unique and sublime mission, according to God’s plan. 9. Virgin of the Poor. This is
asking Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the patron saint of Haiti, to take possession of the country. Cardinal Chibli Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes, President of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti, blessed ten [...] The seven founding saints of the Servants of Mary – Father Maximilian Kolbe is arrested by the Nazis (1941) Haiti places itself under Mary’s protection This year, the feast of the Immaculate Conception [...] coincided with the 75th anniversary of the consecration of Haiti to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Once again, the Church has entrusted the country to God and reiterated its call for change, to fight against
February 2 - Purification of the Virgin Mary and Presentation of Jesus in the Temple When Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son "It was the feast of the Purification of the Virgin. I was in [...] in Foligno, at the church of the Friars Minor. And the voice spoke, saying to me, "This is the hour when Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son.” My soul listened with great love, and, [...] have come to you, and I offer myself to you, so you will offer yourself to me.” Saint Angela of Foligno Book of Visions and Instructions #45
Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) A Marian apparition during Mary's lifetime! The first Marian apparition took place in 40 A.D., only a few years after the death and resurrection of Jesus: [...] Jesus: the Virgin Mary then appeared to one of the apostles, St James the Greater, brother of St John, who at the time was in Zaragoza, Spain. This apparition is known as Our Lady of the Pillar. In the early [...] praying on the banks of the Ebro river, he was suddenly enveloped in a great light and had a vision: he saw the Virgin Mary, standing on a column of jasper. The Virgin spoke words of encouragement, assuring
January 13 – The Council of Trent declares that Mary is free of all sin by a special grace (1547) – Saint Hilarius Free from all sin by a gift from God Obviously it was not Mary who exempted herself from [...] "The Almighty has done wonderful things for me," Mary sang in the hymn of the Magnificat (Luke 1:49). Why would it be impossible for God to do for Mary what he had done for Eve? Before original sin happened [...] cannot do! The Scriptures talk about this exceptional gift of God to the Virgin Mary in several places. First, the Archangel Gabriel addresses Mary with these words: "Rejoice, Thou" (or "I greet you," because
