23 – Declaration of the Virgin Mary’s Miracles (Soissons, France) - Estelle Faguette of Pellevoisin (d. 1929) "Madame Saint Mary is holding me up by my feet ..." There once was a thief of great skill and [...] fruitful operation, a poor man or an unfortunate woman, for the sake of Our Lady, he hastened to help them by despoiling himself of a portion of his newly-acquired riches. Eventually, he was caught in the act [...] were, and could not believe their eyes: At the end of the rope, our thief was alive and well, and he greeted them with these words: " Madame Saint Mary is holding me up by my feet and she has her hand on
performed a miracle on behalf of the sinner that I am. He had touched me—now I am a soldier of the Church and have become a son of his Mother." Recueil Marial (Collection of Marian Stories) 1977 [...] July 22 – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) – Birth of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Without a doctor or medicine, death seemed inevitable In 1944, Solzhenitsyn's fellow prisoner in an archipelago camp, called [...] But at the time of which I speak, I had no idea what meditation was. I managed to practice it throughout my fight against the illness. On the fortieth day, I woke up with a feeling of "being" that I had
15 – Our Lady of Lepanto (Italy) - Melanie Calvat, seer of La Salette (d. 1904) – Mary Mediatrix The Cumaean Sibyl: "Here comes the Virgin" In the time of the Virgin Mary, the expectation of the Romans might [...] the 4th Eclogue of his "Bucolics": "Here is the last period marked by the oracle of the Sibyl of Cumae: the long series of centuries begins again. Here comes the Virgin, and the reign of Saturn. Here is [...] under the reign of Emperor Augustus will eliminate the iron race and create a generation of gold everywhere." The Virgin Mary, in whom the Son of God descended, probably had not heard of that oracle, but
23 – Apparition of Mary Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938), approved devotion Dear Mother in heaven … Antonie Rädler was a young resident of Wigratzbad, Germany [...] science is powerless in this case. I can’t save the girl…" One evening Antonie turned to Mary in prayer: "Dear Mother of Heaven, I rejoice to be able to see you soon. But if you still want to use me as your [...] night the Mother of Heaven suddenly appeared before Antonie; she lovingly put her hands on Antonie’s head and said: "Only seek your refuge in me. Come and serve me.” An amazing bolt of power spread through
December 18 - Feast of Mary's Expectation (Council of Toledo, 656) Our Lady's Expectation The origin of this feast goes back to the bishops of the 10th Council of Toledo, in 656. These prelates believed [...] concerned with the sorrows of the Passion of Christ. They decreed that from that moment onwards, the Church of Spain would celebrate a solemn feast, with octave, in memory of the Annunciation, in anticipation [...] forever sacred day, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Incarnation of the Son of God. However, popular devotion was still so strong for the feast on December 18th that a vestige was retained
September 15 - Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary The Virgin's Martyrdom The Virgin's martyrdom is revealed in the prophecy of Simeon as well as in the narrative of Our Lord's passion. "This child is here [...] that Mary is a martyr in spirit. Whoever marvels at that forgets (and he has heard it before) that Paul ranges lack of affection among the greatest crimes of the heathen, which was far from Mary's case [...] here to be a sign of contradiction," the holy old man said of Jesus; "and you," he now speaks to Mary, "a sword will pierce your soul." Blessed Mother, a sword has indeed pierced your soul. But this was
August 4 - Our Lady of Dordrecht (Holland) - Saint John Mary Vianney, Cure of Ars So that the Homage Might Be as Agreeable as Possible When we wish to give something special to somebody very important [...] with our prayers, when they are presented by the Blessed Virgin; they take on special merit, because Mary is the only creature who has never offended God.
appreciating the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the singing of the Regina Caeli let us entrust to the Blessed Virgin all the needs of the Church and of humanity. [...] May 1st - Month of Mary - Our Lady Queen of the May Regina Caeli Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia, quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia, Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. [...] address my thoughts to Mary: the month of May is especially dedicated to her. Pope John Paul II taught us, with his words and even more, with his example, to contemplate Christ with Mary's eyes, especially
Consecration of Germany to the 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 [...] dignity of her election, she is so great that 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 [...] 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
May 31 - Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary The May Magnificat (IV) Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb was expressed poetically [...] his "May Magnificat": Ask of her, that mighty mother: ... What is Spring? - Growth in every thing - All things rising, all things sizing Mary sees, sympathizing With that world of good, Nature's motherhood [...] magnifying of each its kind With delight calls to mind How she did in her stored Magnify the Lord. Well but there was more than this: Spring's universal bliss Much, had much to say To offering Mary May.
