the prayer addressed to Mary. The first part of the Lord's Prayer is praise to God, the first part of the Hail Mary is the praise of Mary. The second part of the Lord's Prayer is a request addressed to the [...] December 1 – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) Your Mother must be invoked, just like the Father The Hail Mary must not be recited by thinking only of the earth and your flesh, which is dust and will become [...] Father for all your needs as children of God, who are in temporary residence on earth, but destined for Heaven. The second part of Hail Mary is the request addressed to Mary for your needs as mortals and immortals
Heart of Mary since February 11, 2018, in the Cathedral of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in of Trakai (Archdiocese of Vilnius, capital of the country). "May the Blessed Virgin Mary protect [...] Lithuanian bishops in a joint statement, the consecration of Lithuania to the Immaculate Heart of Mary "is an act of faith by which we express our trust in Mary ... we renew the faith expressed by our parents and [...] has long been known as the ‘land of Mary’." They encourage the faithful to often say the prayer of consecration to the Virgin Mary, a prayer that expresses the desire of our people to build a society based
October 25 – Consecration of the Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) Mary is our mother Father Yves Sarrasin, from Orsières, Switzerland, is a member of the Third Order of the Eucharistein Fraternity [...] can one say to a young person who does not understand Mary’s place in the Christian faith?” This is what he said: “Mary was there at each stage of Jesus' life, from his conception to his death on the cross [...] cross, as a mother, when he said, "Woman, here is your son." Since Mary is our mother she walks before us on our life’s journey. “Mary was the first to respond to God’s total love, so she knows how to help
king of England was the head of the Church in the British realms… Just before they tied his hands on the scaffold the saint quickly pulled out his rosary and tossed it to the crowd as a token of farewell [...] October 8 – Mary Mother of Hungary He threw the last thing he possessed to the crowd Saint John Ogilvie (1579-1615) was a Jesuit martyr who was executed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Anglican Protestants on [...] the surrounding faithful anxious to get such a relic … Here is how the event is related, in the words of the Baron: “Religion was the last thing I was then thinking about: it was not in my mind at all; yet
October 31 – Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) In Lourdes, I was smacked by grace! I went on a day-pilgrimage to Lourdes for young people from the Jura (eastern France) [...] crumbled down inside of me. It took a while for my full conversion to take place. I returned to Lourdes the following year, and there the Blessed Virgin rocked me in her arms! As a matter of fact, I have been [...] France), just tagging along with a friend from high school who was afraid of feeling bored on his own. Once there, I was smacked by grace! There was a penitential vigil that caught me by surprise. Why not
October 11 – Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963) Mary can obtain everything from Her Son! This year is a very special anniversary for the Our Lady of Laus Shrine in the [...] anniversary: the 300 th anniversary of the death of the visionary Benedicta (or Benoite) Rencurel (1647-1718), a shepherdess who received the visit of the Virgin Mary on a mountain slope for nearly 54 years; [...] years; the 10th anniversary of the official approval of the apparitions at Laus; and finally, the 10th anniversary of the Marian festival organized for that occasion, and which took place this year from
July 15 - Maronites and Syriacs: Feast of Mary Mediatrix - Saint Bonaventure Never had she looked so beautiful! On July 16, 1858, Bernadette (the seer of Our Lady of Lourdes) felt mysteriously drawn to the [...] closed off. So she stayed on the opposite side of the Gave River, and that is where she saw the Virgin Mary for the last time: “It felt like I was right in front of the cave, just like before. I only saw the [...] Lourdes summons images of healings, miracles, masses and processions. It is a highpoint of Catholic tradition. But we should look back at the founding event, to remember the significance of Lourdes at the time
with them, calling on one of her daughters from time to time to take a photo for a memento, all in between bites of lunch. Unknown to the restaurant’s servers and a few of the guests, the woman who was [...] around the pursuit of money so she could provide a comfortable future for her family. At her prime 25 years ago, Paschner was the publisher of several local magazines. The mother of three migrated to the [...] July 1 – Armenian Church: Transfer of Mary’s veil For Paschner, the c in cancer stands for Christ... A woman hopped from one table to another to embrace friends and exchange pleasantries with guests. She
June 12 – Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Shanghai (China, 1924) China officially consecrated to Mary in 1924 The Shrine of Mary Help of Christians of Zo-se is of national importance in China. Located [...] heart of Catholic China, it rises on a hill a few kilometers from Shanghai. In 1844, a missionary, noticing the ruins of a Buddhist temple, thought of setting up a shrine in honor of the Virgin Mary. His [...] worship, the shrine was entrusted to the priests of the National Church, then separated from Rome and who, in 1990, brought from Turin a statue of Mary Help of Christians. Attilio Galli, Madre della Chiesa
economic capital of Morocco) to Our Lady of Lourdes, with a replica of the actual Lourdes Grotto in the French Pyrenees. This way the mothers of soldiers in combat could entrust their sons to Mary’s protection [...] June 17 - Message of the Sacred Heart to St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1689) A Lourdes Grotto in Morocco At the time of WWI, Morocco was under French protectorate, and the French population was in majority [...] dynamic through the 1950s and 1960s. When the Moroccanization of businesses and land was established in the 1970s, the church lost most of its parishioners, as foreigners began to leave Morocco. The Franciscan
