the Slap (Italy, 1200) – Feast of St Anselm One day, Saint Anselm was rapt in ecstasy In the book “Preparation for Total Consecration According to Saint Louis de Montfort” (1), who recommended taking 30 days [...] consecration and 9 to say "Goodbye to the world," we find this passage on Saint Anselm that sheds light on what "the world" is: "One day, Saint Anselm was rapt in ecstasy. He saw a great river with a fast current [...] whole universe. Nothing was more hideous than these foul and muddy waters. But what astonished the saint most was to see multitudes of men, women, and children who continually threw themselves into it and

March 20 – Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary (Italy) Saint Joseph’s door and Mary’s door In chapter 32 of her Autobiography , Saint Teresa of Avila recounts the "vision of hell," which the Lord let [...] that Jesus had described to her one day after Communion: "He wanted it to be dedicated to Saint Joseph. This saint would guard one of its doors, Our Lady the other, and Jesus himself would stand in the middle [...] presented in this same chapter 32, which is the exact opposite of hell: the first reformed Carmel of Saint Joseph of Avila. This Carmel was like another Holy Family on earth, a little convent after the heart

March 12 – Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) Saint Luke puts it so perfectly Fighting against something doesn’t achieve anything; it is fighting for a cause that is worthwhile. A doctor fights for life [...] cannot be measured in terms of how much the victim weighs. The most illustrious physician of all time (Saint Luke) has given us an idea of this marvel that is early childhood, in just a few words. Go back to [...] prophet who leapt inside Elizabeth at the approach of Mary carrying Our Lord? He was 6 months old. Saint Luke noted the detail. And how old was Jesus? The Gospel simply says that after the Annunciation,

4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) - Saint Casimir – 15th apparition in Lourdes The presence of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary In this month of Saint Joseph, which began on March 1st, we should [...] the silent apparitions Knock, Ireland, showed the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John, the altar and Christ the Lamb. In October 1917, Saint Joseph was present in one of the apparitions of Fatima. From [...] a few important dates: Saint Joseph appeared in Cotignac, France in 1660. He revealed the location of a spring hidden under a rock to a shepherd. In Kalisz, Poland (1670), Saint Joseph healed a man after

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 repute. He venerated [...] 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 my throat." He was promptly detached, and

– Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) – St Jane Frances de Chantal Saint Clare’s love for Mary The new life of Saint Clare, from her conversion to her entrance in heaven, was marked by a special [...] process of canonization, “she hurried towards Saint Mary of Portiuncula… the church of the Virgin Mary.” “This is that place – narrates the author of Saint Clare’s life – in which the new legion of the [...] clearly evident that it was the Mother of Mercies to give birth to both Orders in her own home.” Saint Clare’s love for Mary began with little thoughtful acts of love. Because it was possible to receive

womb of Saint Anne. The Latin Church adopted it gradually during the 10 th century, but St Bernard, St Bonaventure, and St Thomas Aquinas still refused to admit this "immaculate conception." Saint John Duns [...] December 8 – The Immaculate Conception What is Saint John Duns Scotus’ title of glory? The Eastern Churches have always celebrated the original purity of Mary in a feast of the "Conception of the Holy

June 16 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) - Canonization of Padre Pio in 2002 Saints are made in Spanish prisons In the prison of Vitoria, Spain, a priest came to visit a prisoner and found him shivering [...] receive communion. He gave up tobacco, coffee, and dessert, and wore a hair-shirt. One night he saw Saint Therese of Lisieux in a dream: she promised to intercede for him. At the beginning of 1953, he obtained [...] Mass and received communion. The hour arrived, Juan-José was perfectly calm. A witness later said, "Saints are made in Spanish prisons!" In Le Sourire de Marie ("The Smile of Mary"), n. 27, March 1975

February 1 – Our Lady of Copacabana (Bolivia) Saint Therese’s “naïve” prayer to the Blessed Virgin ”Speaking of that Blessed Mother, I must tell you of one of my simple ways. Sometimes I find myself saying [...] creature – am not your handmaid but your child! You are the Mother of Jesus, and you are also mine !” Saint Therese of Lisieux Excerpt from her letter to her sister Céline dated October 10, 1 892

October 18 - Our Lady of Peace (Italy, 1482) - Saint Luke The Icons of Saint Luke According to tradition, St Luke was the first person to complete three pictures of the holy Mother of God carrying the [...] bestowed upon the Church this pious and holy tradition of venerating the icons of Christ and his Saints." St Luke came from the city of Antioch the Great. Of noble birth, he particularly excelled in the [...] Constantius, son of the great Constantine, ordered St Artemios, Duke of Egypt, to take the relics of the Saint to Constantinople, and had them laid to rest under the Altar of the Church of the Holy Apostles, beside