- Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church Why didn't Mary ask for the first miracle earlier? In his commentary on the dialogue between Mary and Jesus at the Wedding at Cana, St. John Chrysostom offers [...] given Mary the highest impression of the child of whom she was the mother. Saint Luke confirms this explanation when he says: 'And his mother kept all these things in her heart.' Why, then, did Mary not
suddenly I saw the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me! They didn't say anything, I only saw their heads and their sweet smiles for a few moments and then they left. Thank you Mary, thank you Jesus for stopping [...] September 14 - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross "Suddenly, I saw the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me!" "My name is Sylvie, I am 61 and disabled, but as long as I can, I will pray to Our Lady [...] stopping by to visit me!" Sylvie Ch. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on June 9, 2022
"mostly the Gospel" to discover Mary "in her real life". In June 1897, she continued writing the story of her life, known as Manuscript C, dedicated to Mother Prioress Marie de Gonzague. In it, she shows [...] October 1 - Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) "Why I love you, O Mary" From Easter 1896 until her death a year and a half later, Therese lived through a night of faith in which she felt alienated from [...] certainty of Heaven, the heavenly Fatherland, as if by "a wall as tall as the skies". But she saw in Mary, who herself was "plunged into an anguish of the heart", the model of the soul that seeks the Lord
priests, nor devotions, nor pious images, Frossard contemplates the Virgin Mary in her dazzling purity. He writes: "The 'Hail Mary' is sometimes challenged even by preachers who would sooner believe in little [...] September 30 - Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d. 420) "I never got tired of repeating those 'Hail Marys'" In 1976, the great French writer and communist convert André Frossard published a book entitled [...] army), I would say my rosary, and it seemed so short to me. I didn't tire of repeating those 'Hail Marys' - which become wonderfully exploratory when you let them go to their destination, instead of holding
los Arroyos: "Souls will come to me through the means of Mary’s Immaculate Heart." (II) Gladys has shared about 1,800 messages from the Virgin Mary. Many focus on topics like peace, repentance, returning [...] messages in an apocalyptic theme, predicting great turmoil for humanity ahead.(...) At one point, Mary said, "Many hearts do not accept my invitation to prayer and to conversion. That is why the work of [...] said that mankind is "in the process of falling into a progressive self-destruction" and the Virgin Mary represents hope. "It is up to you to set your eyes and your heart on God," she said. "I want to cure
September 9 - Our Lady of Cavadonga and Aranzazu (Spain) - Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1475) Mary came to the help of France during WWI and told visionary Marcelle Lanchon: "See how I cherish your beloved [...] (2) September 8, 1914, turned out to be a highly significant day: at the same time that the Virgin Mary was appearing to Marcelle Lanchon, 100 km from Versailles, Bishop Emmanuel Marbeau of Meaux promised [...] town would be spared from the Battle of the Marne raging nearby. It was only later discovered that Mary appeared several times between September 5 and 8, 1914, at Barcy near Meaux (Ile-de-France region)
September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary is recorded both in Simeon's prophecy and in the story of the Lord's Passion. "This child is here", [...] old man of the Child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction, and you yourself - he is now speaking to Mary - a sword will pierce your soul." Blessed Mother, it is true that a sword pierced your soul. And it [...] was indeed gone, but yours could not tear itself away. Do not be surprised, brothers, to hear that Mary is a martyr in her soul. Those who are surprised may forget - as they have heard - that Paul counts
September 6 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) Mary urges a young Hindu to become a Christian One day, in India, a young man who was a follower of the god Shiva, came to ask Father Collin, an Oblate missionary [...] faithful Christian. André Dorval, OM https://www.omiworld.org/fr/anecdote/un-aveugle-deux-fois-gueri-par-marie/
September 1 - Pope Leo XIII dedicates October to the Rosary (1883) Saturday is Mary's day (I) The dedication of Saturday to Mary in the liturgy began in Carolingian times, with the English monk Alcuin of York [...] other days. God blessed the seventh day (cf Gn 2:3), and Mary is "blessed among women" (Lk 1:42). 2 - Saturday is the day sanctified by God, and Mary is "full of grace" (Lk 1:28); it is therefore right to [...] the work of nature, and in Mary, God completed the work of grace. 3 - Saturday is the day when God, after the work of creation, rested (cf. Gen 2:2), but God's true "rest" is Mary, to whom the liturgy applies
Saturday to the Virgin Mary: 5 - Just as Saturday is the day between Friday, the day of sorrow, and Sunday, the day of joy, without which we cannot pass from sorrow to glory, so Mary is situated between us [...] September 2 - Our Lady of Nettles (Germany, 1441) Saturday is Mary's day (II) (Continued from September 1) Humbert of Romans, a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order [...] who live in the land of exile, and Christ, already glorious in heaven. There is thus an awareness of Mary's mediating function. 6 - On Saturday, Christ was languishing in the tomb, and the apostles, disbelieving
