(Venice, Italy) The Power of the Rosary (I) The following story shows the great power of the Rosary Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort planed to visit the island of Yeu, 17 kilometers from the coast of France [...] The desperate sailors shouted: "We're goners!" Montfort's companions started to sob. As for the saint, he kept his good spirits and began to sing hymns. He called on the other passengers to follow suit

July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) The Christian name of each soul is "Mary" Saint Augustine (354-430) said that Mary first conceived the Word in her heart through faith, before she conceived Him in her [...] birth of Jesus in the souls of those who believe in Him as the messenger of the Father. This is why Saint Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) gave the faithful the name of Mary at their baptism. He knew that Jesus

Church: Feast of the Visitation of Mary Thanks to Mary, he recognized his vocation at the age of 16 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568 - June 20, 1591) belonged to a noble Spanish family. For this reason he was [...] and in a very clear manner, since he heard a heavenly voice tell him to enter the Society of Jesus. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga wore the Jesuit habit for only six years, but in this short time he raised the virtues

Jacinta of Fatima Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal, recalled that Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three young shepherds who saw the Virgin Mary 1916 and 1917 [...] had been hospitalized since the beginning of that month. Cardinal Marto prayed that the two young saints would intercede for "so many sick people who, nowadays and in a profound way, experience the loneliness

the prophecy of Simeon and in the narrative of the Lord’s Passion. "This child is here," said the saintly old man of the child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction; and you"—he is now speaking to Mary—"a sword [...] far from being so for Mary’s heart. May it be far from being so for her little servants. Sermon of Saint Bernard

strength of her soul, she is the Queen of Martyrs. By her justice and love, she is the Queen of all saints and predestined souls. Filled from the first moment with the radiant and vivifying light of the Word [...] therefore the most magnificently filled with divine favors. Next to her, all the angels and all the saints together represent almost nothing—so to speak- for her sovereign presence fills the heavens and the

and more. At the end of the minor seminary, I consecrated my life to her according to the method of Saint Louis de Montfort, for which I carefully prepared myself with the Treatise on True Devotion to Mary [...] death. Amen. " + Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan Superior of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney and titular Bishop of Cedamusa (Brazil) Exclusive interview with Thàcio Siqueira

peace with those around us. In “Rosarium Virginis Mariae,” Saint Pope John Paul II wrote about how praying the Rosary can bring us peace. The saint wrote “The Rosary is by its nature a prayer for peace, since

little distilled droplets from this precious hair. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Jane Frances Frémyot, baroness of Chantal (1572 -1641) was a French saint from Burgundy, who founded the Order of the Visitation

Mystic Marthe Robin saw the Virgin Mary "By her justice and her love, she is the Queen of all the saints. By her immaculate purity, she is the Queen chosen by God himself, the Queen loved by the Angels [...] fortitude, she is the Queen of martyrs. By her justice and her love, she is the Queen of all the saints and of all the elect. Filled from the first moment with the radiant and vivifying clarity of the