January 1 - Mary, Mother of God Ave Maria Stella Hail, O Star of the ocean, God's own Mother blest, ever sinless Virgin, gate of heav'nly rest. Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace confirm
Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of Mary (Coptic Church) Mary and the reconstruction of Lebanon Sister Marie-Raymonde Alam, founder of the movement À toi Marie (For you, Mary) and former director of Hospitality [...] remains open to God's grace, by praying for Mary’s intercession. There is a unity of the Lebanese around the figure of Mary, as this story told by Sister Marie-Raymonde proves: "I have this Lebanese Muslim [...] give you a car so that you could go to Mass every day.’ He gave me a Fiat, like Mary's ‘Fiat,’ with blue car keys (Mary’s color)! Amen! Thank you Lord, glory be to God!" the nun exclaimed with gratitude
- Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours (d. 397) – Saint Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) The heart of the Church is Mary’s unique place By decision of Pope Francis, the Roman Rite Catholic [...] every year, the memory of the "Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church" on the Monday after Pentecost. In 1964, Saint Pope Paul VI gave the Virgin Mary the venerable title of "Mother of the Church" in [...] every man. It follows naturally that the Blessed Virgin Mary became the Mother of humanity. Moreover, according to the Council of Ephesus in 431, Mary is Theotokos , that is to say the Mother of God. "Therefore
November 14 – Our Lady of Pasenika, or Mary’s Victory (Constantinople) A second city in Ivory Coast consecrated to Mary The town of Grand-Bassam, in the southeastern part of Ivory Coast, was consecrated [...] at the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "What we are doing today is not a fashionable thing. We are not just meeting to consecrate Bassam to the Virgin Mary in a superficial way. We must live in truth [...] elections. For Father Bonzo Kouassi, this consecration to Mary "calls for a deeper personal commitment to Christ" and will allow, thanks to Mary, "the birth of a new dynamism in the heart of each one of
November 5 – Mary, Seat of Wisdom, "Sedes Sapientiae" (Cologne, Germany, 1280) In the midst of the Belarusian crisis, Archbishop of Minsk exhorts the faithful to imitate Mary "The country will not change [...] Mogilev, called for prayer and the "transformation of hearts" following the example of the Virgin Mary, during the Mass at the Marian shrine in Braslaw on August 22, 2020. Despite the absence of organized [...] themselves spiritually and ask God, through the intercession of His saints, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary, for things that seems impossible without His help. What is impossible for men is possible for God
could God save Mary if she was already sinless? This would be like asking, how could a doctor save you from disease if he already vaccinated you? Thus, it can be reasonably believed that Mary would have had [...] October 31 – Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) The Immaculate Conception compared to a vaccine It is worth mentioning that dogma is defined when it is disputed, not [...] had to been cleansed (or spared) from Original Sin in order to bear the Son of God in her womb. Mary’s sinlessness would not have been by her own doing, but by God’s saving grace alone . To produce a sinless
October 25 – Consecration of the Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) Become Eucharistic men and women through Mary To resemble Mary in our bodies and to love her in glory signifies that we are becoming [...] the red Dragon and its evil manifestations in history. The men and women who bear the features of Mary raised in glory do not retreat or capitulate. They know how to transform the arid and inhospitable [...] of people's consciences and bodies, "thieves" of the future and of hope! Dear brothers and sisters, Mary glorified, totally filled with the "vision of God," is given today by the Holy Trinity to the Church
October 16 - Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (d. 1690) - Election of Pope Saint John Paul II (October 16, 1978) The great Pope of Totus Tuus was prophesied to the Polish nation When on October 16, 1978, Karol [...] in history and the great Marian Pope who chose the motto "Totus Tuus" ("I’m all yours") alluding to Mary, the Polish bishops immediately thought of a prophetic poem written in 1848 by the Polish poet Julius [...] Polish poet, whose resting place is in a cemetery near Wojtyla’s childhood home in Wawel Krakow. The Marie de Nazareth editorial team
October 10 - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (1666) Carried by a thousand angels, Mary saved Saint James Saint James the Greater was Saint John’s brother. Tradition says that [...] that he had a great devotion for the Virgin Mary, who in turn favored him with her special protection. Mary of Agreda, a 17 th -century Spanish nun and mystic, recounts two interventions of the Virgin [...] was still on earth at the time) to assist the apostle. The angels immediately took Mary to Spain. Seeing the Virgin Mary, the apostle prostrated himself as best he could with his bonds. She said to him:
September 27 - Saint Vincent de Paul, priest (d. 1660) – Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) – Mary becomes the official patroness of Luxembourg (1666) The Philippines: 21 days of prayer for “national [...] July 16th, feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, to August 5th, the dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. In a letter to the priests of the archdiocese, Archbishop Villegas stressed the sense of “ [...] doing anything, of understanding how to be disciples of the Lord.” Hence, the invocation to the Virgin Mary — because “if we cling to her,” underlined the archbishop, “we will never remain defenseless. ”Archbishop
