evokes the Virgin Mary. A non-conformist writer that did not scoff at priests, devotions, or pious images, Frossard admired the Virgin Mary's dazzling purity. He wrote: "The 'Hail Mary' is sometimes derided [...] excessive nature of Marian devotions and its supposed mollifying effects, and against Mary's apparitions, as if this century were prone to mystical aberrations and as if it were a sign of intelligence to [...] which would seem short. I did not tire of repeating these 'Hail Marys' which are wonderfully exploratory when one lets them go to their destination instead of holding them back, using our rosary as a
care of myself and in no time I was reborn, thanks to Mary. I began thanking God for creating me! In 2013, the Year of Faith, I signed up for a retreat at a Foyer de Charité. As I had asked Mary to go [...] and today by the grace of God I help people to experience God's love. I give glory to God and I thank Mother Mary who leads us to her beloved Son. L. C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on December 27 [...] September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary "Mary led me to her Son" "I was born in 1954, a Marian year. My father died unexpectedly when I was 14, and from that time I rejected life. I endured it painfully,
Virgin Mary, Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and of the Church". There is thus no ambiguity as to the eminent place accorded by Vatican II to Marian devotion as part of the general economy of Salvation [...] exaggerated. Pope Paul VI himself made a point of stressing the importance of this uniquely Catholic veneration, by having the unanimous assembly acclaim "Mary, Mother of the Church". Despite this proclamation [...] in Mariology, not only because of his deep spiritual convictions, but also because of his desire to strengthen popular piety, i.e the faith of the humble, who see Mary as their advocate and protectress
the end of the war.” Sister Lucia dos Santos, the eldest Fatima seer whom the church just declared “venerable,” emphasized the message of Mary, who introduced herself to the children as “Our Lady of the Rosary [...] life. We also know the great value of the rosary because it has manifested its power time and time again in the lives of men and women of faith throughout history. This, of course, isn’t because the rosary [...] the late Cardinal Francis E. George, archbishop of Chicago, said at the conclusion of the Year of the Rosary in 2003: The rosary “brings us to the heart of the Gospel.” Gretchen R. Crowe, June 30, 2023 www
invoking the help of Mary. The church of Our Lady of Health was built in Velankanni to fulfill the vow made by the sailors. Our Lady of the Conception became the patron saint of the kingdom of Portugal in 1640 [...] missionaries and explorers of the 13th century in the heart of Asia: China and India. In the middle of the 15th century, the Franciscans established their province of the Mother of God with their provincial [...] statues of the Virgin Mary. They promoted devotion to Our Lady as they were all fervent devotees of different Marian cults: the Franciscans and Jesuits of the Immaculate Conception, the Dominicans of the Virgin
shrines in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The faithful are visiting sites that survived the Communist era. The greatest number of feasts of icons of the Virgin Mary are found in Moscow (23) [...] the arrival on the throne of Peter of a man from the East, the Polish pope Karol Wojtyla, who had lived under Communism and took on the name of John Paul II, led to the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union [...] July 22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia Russia's great thirst for a return to Jesus and Mary In Russia, a country evangelized since the 10th century, the 20th century was marked by
December 1 - Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) - Blessed Charles de Foucauld Like Mary at the Visitation "What I would like for myself, I must do for others: "Do what you want to be done unto you", and [...] sheep (...) I do not believe that I can do them any greater good than that of bringing them Jesus, the Good of all goods, as Mary did in John's house at the Visitation (...). At the same time, while remaining [...] especially by universal charity, what our religion is, what the Christian spirit is, what the Heart of Jesus is." Charles de Foucauld Excerpt from a letter to Father Jérôme , Notre-Dame des Neiges, July
Savior and Mary our Mother known and loved! I am reminded of a saying of Saint Louis de Montfort: "Jesus is not known enough, because Mary is not known enough"! Theo Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth [...] September 27 - St. Vincent de Paul, priest (d. 1660) - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as its patron saint (1666) "I owe Mary all the graces I have received" After a reckless youth, [...] months that followed, after my consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I had many interior and exterior struggles, but all of them prepared me for that key moment when, during a pilgrimage to Saint
risk. In desperation we turned to the Virgin Mary through the novena to Mary Undoer of Knots. We decided to pray it together each day at 4 am. On the 4th day of the novena we went to the hospital for the [...] Novena to Mary Undoer of Knots. In 2012, my wife and I decided to have another child. We entrusted this plan to God, and by his grace and in a miraculous way, my wife became pregnant at the beginning of the [...] was born in perfect health. We can only give glory to God through Mary who undid those loops for us! Oscar M. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on May 31, 2022
July 19 – 1st Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France,1830) A dialogue between the Virgin Mary and Saint Marie Rivier Marie Rivier, a French nun who founded 141 schools [...] to pray in front of the Pietà - a statue of Mary holding and weeping for her son Jesus after the descent from the cross. There, the Virgin began talking with the young Marie. Later, Marie Rivier said that [...] that during this period she had visions during her long hours of prayer. Sister Catherine of the Congregation of the Presentation of Mary remembers: "She was in bed and saw herself surrounded by school children
