July 17 – Feast of Mary’s Humility Thank you Mary for your boldness! I can't help sharing these photos of my painting of Mary Undoer of Knots. When I was looking for a new office for our law firm, I prayed [...] about it because my associate is not a believer, nor are most of our clients. A friend suggested that I create a stylized picture of Mary Undoer of Knots and call it Advocata Nostra (our advocate): my associate [...] fervently to Mary to help us in our search. Thanks to her intercession, we found exactly the space we wanted! To thank her, I said to myself that I would put a small, discreet picture of Mary in the new
people. It is famous for the Shrine of Our Lady of Deliverance, a major Catholic pilgrimage in the country. In 1974, the rector of the seminary of Saint Theresa of Issia, Father Paul Pageaud, wrote to [...] flourish when the Virgin Mary will have a special place in it." So, after a year of preparation, on February 11, 1981, the parish was consecrated to the Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary. And in 1984, while [...] the Lord gave him the desire to install a statue of the Virgin Mary in Issia. He recalls: "Each time I was on vacation, I would meet with Sister Mary of the Cross, who gave me prophecies about this shrine
July 7 - Pius XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mary, a mediatrix to the Mediator God has seen our unworthiness and inability to approach Him, for our heart is so corrupted that in [...] one, the closest and the one most suited to our capacity, is Mary, our Mediatrix of intercession; the second one is Jesus Christ, our Mediator of Redemption; and the third one is God the Father. But why is [...] change come from? Was it for lack of grace? No, but for lack of humility, for believing ourselves to be stronger and more self-sufficient than we really are; or capable of guarding our treasure alone, relying
November 1 – All Saints Day – Mary, Queen of All Angels – First apparition in Heede, Germany (1937 - 1940) When we suffer, we really need a mother by our side Mary’s beautiful mission is to bring to Jesus [...] Jesus all who approach her. Become tiny in the arms of our beloved mother! Stay close to her and she’ll tell us that our only obligation as a Christian is to be like Jesus. There is—and there has always [...] always been—only one way to be like Jesus: we need to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him. Mary also tells us what she knows from experience: that with Jesus, to renounce our self, take up our cross
and we were afraid of being shot. There was a lot of tension in the house. My aunt offered me some coffee. On the mantelpiece, she had a candle and a small statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes with Bernadette [...] April 22 – The 1842 discovery of St Louis de Montfort’s “Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary” inside a chest, as he had prophesied How Mary showed her protection to a family fleeing the [...] Lourdes to deposit this statue at the grotto. Mary protected us during that journey. We know that she will always be with us. L.M. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth in February 2022
face of uncertainty, he chose the solution that was most respectful of Mary. This is the mark of a good man with a big heart. He had too much respect for Mary to condemn her to the reprobation of the whole [...] understood Mary's silence; he grasped with the intuition of faith what God expected of her and of him. Once again, God brought them together to place them both at the heart of the history of salvation. [...] March 19– Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity) Joseph understood Mary's silence A shadow crept into Joseph's happiness. Mary was now lost to him: he would be alone, and she too would
Annunciation of the Lord – Annunciation to Mary Today, Ukraine and Russia are being consecrated to Mary! Today, Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during the [...] the midst of the tragedy of the bloody war in Ukraine". The Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč thanked the Pope for deciding to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: “Let us entrust [...] led the Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow for the past 14 years and was granted Russian citizenship in 2011. “Celebrating an act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means expressing that
December 30 – Holy Mary of Saint Celsus (Italy, 1485) How Our Lady saved Padre Pio from a violent demonic attack St. Padre Pio was widely known for his holiness and his ability to reconcile sinners to [...] because he is a source of faith. I would have done more, only the White Lady stopped me.” It was said that the cushion found under Padre Pio’s head was put there by the Virgin Mary. Eventually the woman [...] to God through the sacrament of confession. His effectiveness drew many crowds, but also many enemies. It was the spiritual enemies that caused him the most pain. Late in his life a demonically possessed
adequately express the mission of the glorious Mother of God is that of Mediatrix of all graces, Mediatrix of intercession, and moreover, Mediatrix of the dispensation and distribution of all graces. It is indeed [...] confirmation of a truth which flows from the divine maternity of Mary and from the divine plan of salvation. This feast derives from the whole doctrine of the Church and from the teaching of the Doctors [...] December 15 – Our Lady of Lepanto – Mary Mediatrix God wanted us to receive everything through Mary That the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mediatrix of all graces is not a new doctrine, and the Office and
priest (d. 1660) - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as patroness (1666) Jesus wants us to love Mary as he loves her Jesus wants us to love Mary as he loves her, because she [...] through Mary's intercession, everything - good and bad - is transformed, for the glory of the Father: "God works in all things for the good of those who love him." Through our consecration, Mary takes our [...] Eucharistic Heart of Jesus so that he sees and loves in us what he sees and loves in his Mother. This is the joy of the Consecration. Father Florian Racine, Founder of the Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist
