September 21 - Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist - Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) Our hope is in Mary’s Immaculate Heart In a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation – [...] newness of Christ. Mary is fully human but is described by her cousin Elizabeth as being “full of grace” and that is because of the Immaculate Conception which prepared her for the immense task God had
April 25 - St. Mark the Evangelist - Marienfried apparitions of Mary the Great Mediatrix of Graces to Bärbel Ruess (Germany, 1946) "In Lourdes, Mary healed my daughter's heart" Veronika, a Polish woman [...] Carried like the cripple of Capernaum by four friends to Lourdes, she had received from Mary the grace to accept her infirmity. Her heart received the strength to accept this new life and the necessary
April 5 - Wednesday of Holy Week - Our Lady of Graces (Italy,1897) Sprouts of faith in Mongolia under the loving and protective mantle of Mary (II) Over time, the Cardinal grew in his conviction that the
January 13 - The Council of Trent declares Mary to be free of any sin by a special grace (1547) - Saint Hilary of Poitiers In Mary, God "dwelt on earth and made his imprint on it" Michael Psellos (1018-1078 [...] kept the thoughts of her spirit wholly pure, and remained in her body like a sun with intelligible graces, illuminating and ennobling it (...). Unique among all human souls, her soul, very similar to God
October 3 - Our Lady of Graces ( Italy, 1697) Marian apparitions confirm the importance of the Rosary Marian apparitions have continually emphasized the importance of the Rosary: at the Rue du Bac in Paris
October 3 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) Praying the Rosary is no longer a hassle Praying the Rosary had always been a hassle for me. I’d always had misgivings about it, not understanding that praying [...] of all these trials that I entrust to the Lord. I also understand that these trials are a time of grace that God is giving me to learn to pray to Him and to trust Him. Azarias - A personal testimonial May
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle (France, d. 1885) Jesus at San Nicolás de los Arroyos: "Souls will come to me through
August 10 - Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr in Rome (d. 258) - Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) Our Lady of Lebanon, mother of all Lebanese people In Lebanon, on a rocky hill in Harissa o
June 25 - Our Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) The conception and birth of Jesus is a fundamental element of our faith Is what we profess in the Creed true, then? - “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ
June 4 - Feast of the Holy Trinity - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1503); First visit of John Paul II to Poland (Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, 1979) Shortly after the Polish episcopate pronounced the
