Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (solemnity) My sweet spouse who did not disappoint me In Maria Valtorta's 1944 Notebook (1), January 11 entry, the visionary wrote what the Virgin Mary told her about [...] perfuming more intensely out of charity for God and one's companion, but never joining their flowering mouths in a kiss which would sully with pollen the angelic silk of their robes of purity.” Maria Valtorta [...] left him with the clear gaze of a child, for Evil had risen up around him as he lived in the world, but had been unable to penetrate into his heart, filled with the love of God. With what trust I placed
Balkans. My head was full of the arguments from several books I had read before the trip about the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary. I was of two minds on the topic of this Bosnian “Lourdes.” With [...] November 25 – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Now I know that Mary is there! In July 2010, I went to Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) at the spur of the moment, while vacationing in the Balkans [...] seemed to be pretty much the same. People pray the Rosary, climb the hill of apparitions, hold adoration and praise services, etc. And of course, conversions happen! Although I was already a practicing Catholic
November 17 – Mary, Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) - Saint Gregory the Wonder- Worker (213-270) He heard Mary conversing with the apostle John At night Gregory beheld the foundation of the faith. Various thoughts [...] through which the people might repulse any evil of heresy. Apparition of Mary and John the Evangelist to Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, As told by Saint Gregory of Nyssa (d. 394) [...] with regard to true knowledge of faith but recognized the names of each man who appeared when they called each other by their respective names. It is claimed that this vision of a female form told Gregory
– Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Mary is like a mother who waits for her children to come back home Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those [...] to God and his greatness, Pope Francis said in his homily on August 15, 2019. With the assumption of Mary, body and soul, into heaven, she is "like a mother who waits for her children to come back home." [...] us be attracted by true beauty, let us not be swallowed up by the petty things of life, but let us choose the greatness of heaven," the Pope said. Cruxnow
October 2 – Mary Queen of Angels What made the angel say “Hail Mary”? The classic opposition of angels and men was an important matter in the past. It was always seen as a point of honor to revere the [...] the Scriptures praised the actions of Abraham, who gave hospitality to angels and bowed down to them. But that an angel would bow before a human being was unheard of, until the angel Gabriel greeted the [...] like a stranger, exiled from God because of sin. Psalm 54 says: "Fleeing, I went away." 3. Thirdly, angels are superior to man by being vested in the full splendor of divine grace. This is why angels always
September 10 – Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) The Rosary—the lifeline that Mary tosses to us The Rosary often has the reputation of being an archaic devotion for the elderly or religious. However, many [...] how-to-pray-it booklet that describes the scene of each mystery, gives the fruit of that mystery to meditate on, and resolutions to take so that the prayer, instead of being a passive activity, may drive us to [...] us to pray it. Recently, Pope Francis recommended the novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, along with the recitation of the Rosary. These repeated invitations are a good thing and are beneficial for our
universe of souls and worlds. By her title of "Mother of God," she is the Queen of Doctors. By the strength of her soul, she is the Queen of Martyrs. By her justice and love, she is the Queen of all saints [...] August 22 – Queenship of Mary The Queen chosen by God Himself She is, by her immaculate purity, the Queen chosen by God himself, the beloved Queen of Angels, who, from the heights of Heaven, reigns over [...] vivifying light of the Word, awakened by her ardent faith, her loving and pure virgin soul entered into a vision—infinitely deeper and more divine than that of the Cherubim and Seraphim—of the unfathomable
for instance the importance of observing Sunday as a day of rest, the sanctification of the Lord’s day and of holy feast days. On several occasions Mary came to remind us of this obligation, reproaching [...] pray. This is the meaning of the apparitions of Our Lady of the Wicker Tree (Notre Dame de l'Osier) in 1649, La Salette in 1846 (Isère department), and even more explicitly of Saint Bauzille de la Sylve [...] lack of piety in the people and the laxity of the priests. Then in 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times to St Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes. It was just two years after the proclamation of the dogma
on, from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against the life of man from its very beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us. From [...] truth of God, deliver us. From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us, deliver us.” (1) May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of Hope [...] asked, on March 25, 1984 ": (Lucia, Letter of November 8, 1989). Pope Saint John Paul II At the consecration of Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, March 25, 1984 EWTN
Virgin Mary’s apparitions in Fatima, and the canonization of two of the three small shepherds who saw her. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in anticipation of the importance of the visit, granted an exceptional [...] Pilgrimage of Aachen: Mary’s robe on display every seven years (Germany) The Portuguese prime minister offers to babysit On May 12 and 13, 2017, Portugal celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the Virgin [...] responsibilities who have to work no matter what. Take the case of journalist João Miguel Tavares, of the Publico newspaper, who challenged the head of government in an editorial entitled "Dear Antonio, will you
