14 - Our Lady Help of Christians ( Italy, 1723) The Walk to Mary pilgrimage in Wisconsin is celebrating its 10th anniversary The Walk to Mary has become a pilgrimage like no other in the world. We start [...] Ever since its inception in 2013, the Walk to Mary has been changing the lives of its pilgrims by guiding them to Our Lord through His Blessed Mother, Mary. No matter what the intention, big or small, and [...] start with St. Joseph (at the National Shrine of St. Joseph) and walk to Mary (at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help) to get to Jesus. This annual pilgrimage has impacted lives and filled hearts
the whole of southern Latin America. The devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots was based on the ancient invocation of Maria Auxilium Christianorum (Mary Help of Christians) already present in the Litany of [...] Lyons: "The knot of Eve's disobedience found its solution in Mary's obedience. What the virgin Eve had tied by her unbelief, the Virgin Mary untied by her faith". This idea is very dear to Pope Francis [...] Immaculate Mother of Jesus, to Sebastian Fausto de Faria (Natividade, Brazil, 1968, approved) Prayers to Mary, Undoer of Knots, started in the 17th century The tradition of sacred statuary in papier-mâché dates
faithful servants and true children of Mary, whom he finds much more difficult to defeat than the others.” However, in the midst of tribulation, “the humble Mary will always triumph over that proud man [...] July 20 - Canonization of Saint Louis de Montfort (1947) St. Louis de Montfort: Mary will help Christians at the end of time St. Louis de Montfort relates that towards the end of time, “the devil, knowing [...] vanquish his diabolical plans and will defend her servants from those deadly claws until the end.” “Mary’s power over all the demons,” describes St. Louis Grignion de Montfort “will shine, however, in a
Germany) - Marpingen apparitions (July 3, 1876 - September 3, 1877 - investigation ongoing) In 1187, Mary reconciled the English and the French In the spring of 1187, the Duchy of Berry (Central France) was [...] front of the portal of the abbey church, whose doors were closed. Their prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose painted sculpture is above the portal, provoked the mockery of some English soldiers. A rock
be alive at a time when the Virgin Mary is still appearing on earth. But for how long? We cannot miss this grace freely granted by Jesus to the world. The Virgin Mary comes for us, she has invited us to [...] pilgrimage since the Virgin Mary began to appear to several visionaries there in 1981, on the "hill of apparitions". Even today, some of the visionaries continue to be visited by Mary at certain times of the [...] apparitions to Sister Agnes Sasagawa Katsuko (Japan, 1973-1981, approved by Bishop Ito in 1984) When Mary comes to visit us, let us not disappoint her... The Marian shrine of Medjugorje(1) is located in
we sang the Hail Mary. When we passed out the sheets with the evening prayer, the eldest son said shyly, "We're Jewish". The missionary worker invited them to join us in singing to “Mary, a daughter of Israel" [...] Lady of Itati (Argentina) - Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Colombia) When a Jewish father sings the Hail Mary (I) Back in 1981, our Peruvian "Eau-Vive" ("Living Water") restaurant had been open only 5 months [...] morning, the eldest son arrived with a bouquet of white lilies: "These flowers are for the Virgin Mary, to thank her. My parents were so happy about last night's celebration that all they could talk about
good teacher, Mary does not act in our place, but she teaches us to do what we must do, how, and when we must do it. Then our life becomes ordered, and is deeply pacified. “By asking Mary to pray for us [...] July 4 - Our Lady Refuge of Sinners Mary Immaculate is the refuge of sinners The Immaculate is the refuge of sinners, the place where even the worst of sinners, who are mired in their sin, those who feel [...] feel rotten to the core, can taste absolute purity and find their way back to it. Mary is our Mother: this is not an honorary title, but a reality as concrete as the maternity of all earthly mothers. The
Consolation, patron saint of Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) Former atheist and occultist converted by Mary (I) Former atheist and occultist William Toro is a Catholic apologist who spends most of his life
June 24 - The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mary reconciles the English and the French on the verge of war On June 24, 1187, while Philip Augustus, King of France, and the King of England were fighting [...] of Déols, frightened by the fierce battle that was about to begin, went to pray before the image of Mary and begged her to prevent the shedding of blood. While they were praying, the two armies were facing [...] peak and the battle was about to be fought. The same feeling of awe gathers them around the image of Mary to bless her. The enmity between the French and the English was gone; they were all one family of
June 23 - Madonna del Ardesio (Italy, 1607) “To be with Christ, let us turn to his Mother, Mary” As the Fathers of the Church teach us, the temptations are part of Jesus’ “descent” into our human condition [...] is to fight it with him, with Christ, the Conqueror. And to be with him let us turn to his Mother, Mary; let us call on her with filial trust in the hour of trial and she will make us feel the powerful
