arrival of other apostolic men. One of these, returning to Spain, took the child with him. The child was fortunate enough to find his parents, who had also escaped the shipwreck. He told them of Mary's kindness [...] November 5 - Mary Throne of Wisdom (“Sedes Sapientiae”, Cologne, Germany, 1280) Saved from shipwreck, a child evangelized pagans with the Rosary In the early 19th century, a priest entered the islands of Fernando-Po [...] day, the missionary led the recitation of the Rosary, attended by several families. He even went from family to family, and soon, under the protection of the Queen of the Rosary, a fervent Christian community
the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism , aspects of which include the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul [...] Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) How Mary restored hope in a soul Let's go back to the year 1586 when the question of predestination was the hot topic of theological [...] contained the words of the Memorare (3). He fervently read: "I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate
Our Lady of Roses (Pellevoisin, France, 1876) – 2nd apparition in Lourdes The Virgin Mary said to her: "Your parents need you." In 1876, a French domestic servant named Estelle Faguette, dying of tuberculosis [...] tuberculosis at age 33, in Pellevoisin (France), wrote a letter to the Virgin Mary and placed it near one of her statues: O my good Mother, here I am again prostrate at your feet. You cannot refuse to hear me [...] daughter and that I love you. Grant me therefore from your divine Son, the health of my poor body for His glory. See the pain of my parents… you know that they have only me to provide for them. In response
in gratitude to the Shrine of Our Lady in Manila. The Blessed Mother was given the name of La Naval and from then on was known as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval of Manila. Aleteia [...] celebration held every year on the second Sunday of October, to honor Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila. The first celebration of this feast occurred 373 years ago, on October 8, 1646 [...] carved the statue out of hardwood. It was four feet, eight inches tall. He crafted the face and hands of the Blessed Virgin and the entire Child Jesus from solid ivory. The features of Our Lady’s face and
under the dictation of the Holy Spirit." Long before she received The Secret of Mary , Marthe was already living in deep communion with Mary, her Mother. The reading of The Secret of Mary was probably for [...] Charité, wrote this about St Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort's book The Secret of Mary : "The Blessed Virgin Mary said that this little book should really be the central book of all our Foyer de Charité homes [...] the members of the Foyer on January 9, 1984). Marthe also wrote to the Superior General of the Montfort missionaries, who had sent her the introduction to the Treaty of True Devotion to Mary translated
(Italy, 1483) - Saint Habib of Edessa, martyr (4th century) Turn to Mary with confidence On the wood of the Cross, at the hour of his death, Jesus entrusted His disciple John to Mary: "Woman, behold your son [...] invitation as He gives us Mary as our mother. Let us take the Virgin Mary into our homes, let us consecrate ourselves to her Immaculate Heart, and may the reign of the Heart of Jesus and Mary finally come to pass [...] mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. In receiving the disciple, Mary became the Mother of all men. Her Heart is open to all needs, her hands are stretched out to all requests, her
Fatima: the Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) On October 13, 1917, in Fatima, Mary kept her promise (I) In July 1917, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, the three visionary children of Fatima, Portugal, announced [...] round: "Look at the sun!" At that moment thousands of individuals witnessed a miraculous vision. According to a local newspaper, “Before the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood [...] Rosary every day. The war will be over soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes… I am the Lady of the Rosary. People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend our Lord
14 - Our Lady of the Fountain (Italy, 1320) On October 13, 1917, in Fatima, Mary kept her promise (II) In the days following the "Miracle of the Sun" of October 13, 1917, the diocese of Leira (Portugal) [...] sense of hope too, in this time when WWI was still raging. This one was to be the last of 6 monthly apparitions, and by Lucia’s account: "After our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament [...] photos and testimonies came from 25 miles away from the site of the apparitions. The secular daily O Seculo dedicated its front page to the Miracle of the Sun, with a report and photos that were completely in
ahead of him… And as his mother had taught him, when he heard the church clock chime, he would take off his hat and pray a Hail Mary . He kept this habit when he was the village priest of Ars. Mary accompanied [...] control" in his life. Since Mary had plenty of work left to accomplish with him, he relied on her help. In other words, John didn’t have a just a private, optional devotion to Mary. His Marian devotion was [...] essential component of his collaboration in the work of Salvation. He didn’t oppose feelings to faith and reason either; instead, he chose everything: "My oldest affection is for Mary. I loved her before
speaking to an assembly of priests, explaining how Mary is at the heart of his Eucharistic and priestly spirituality, and always recalling his experience in prison: When I ask myself what Mary meant in my radical [...] and exclusively for Jesus. In the hardest period of confinement he wrote this prayer of consecration, of total self-giving to Jesus through Mary: O Mother, I consecrate myself to You, wholly to You, now [...] June 15 - Feast of all the Churches of the Holy Land Mary is the Mother whom Jesus gave me Monsignor Francis-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân (1), who died in 2002 and is now venerable, left a splendid Eucharistic
