Apparition to Sister Lucia of Fatima in the Convent of Tuy (Spain, 1930) Our Lady wants us to wear the brown scapular Two components of the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary are quite easy to perform [...] The request to wear the scapular isn’t part of the verbal requests of Our Lady of Fatima, but it is actually part of the sixth apparition on October 13th. At the end of that apparition, Our Lady appeared [...] perform. Because of that, all Catholics should try to put them into practice. These two points are: the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the wearing of the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
ruin of the other party. On their way to Grenoble, the men stopped for the night in the small town of Bargemon, in Haute-Provence. Having heard of the reputation of Our Lady of Bargemon, they went to visit [...] August 14 – Vigil of the feast of the Assumption - Saint Maximilian Kolbe Before Our Lady, two men decide to peacefully reconcile In 1637, two prominent men of Marseilles, France, were locked in a long [...] sooner had they genuflected before the statue of Our Lady than they were filled with a common desire to end their dispute amicably and to return home without going to Grenoble! Since Mary does not do things
July 14 – Our Lady Help of Christians (Italy, 1723) - Saint Bonaventure (d. 1274), Doctor of the Church A massive prayer gathering to do Our Lady’s bidding Rosary Coast to Coast aims to unite Catholics [...] Coast to Coast, Bree A. Dail, told LifeSiteNews that the object of the mass prayer gathering is “simple.” “[It’s] to do Our Lady’s bidding! Yes, it’s as simple as that,” she said. That bidding is to be obedient [...] obedient to Christ and to pray the Rosary. “Our Lady has said, time and again, Do whatever He tells you ,” Dail explained. “She has warned us—at Quito, La Salette, Fatima, Akita—to do penance, amend our lives
August 28 – Our Lady of Tears (Syracuse, Italy, 1953) - Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church (d. 430) Twins consecrated to Our Lady as infants Twins Monica and Cristian Moya, who were born in January [...] severe case of pneumonia and were in critical condition at the hospital. As a devotee of the Nuestra Señora Purísima of Lo Vasquez (Our Lady Most Pure), the twins' mother offered her baby's lives to the Virgin [...] Monica took her final vow and officially became a part of the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence in Chile. She revealed to the Catholic News Agency that it is no coincidence that
invoke Our Lady of Mercy, OL of All Help, and OL of Prompt Succor. Elsewhere the pilgrim seeks refuge near Our Lady of Watchfulness, OL of Pity, or OL of Consolation. Pilgrims’ prayers also rise to Our Lady [...] Lady of Light, OL of Peace, OL of Joy, or OL of Hope. Pilgrims implore the intercession of Our Lady of Virtues, OL of Miracle, and OL of Victories. All of this is a wonderful litany of unceasing invocations [...] April 19 – Our Lady of the Country (Italy, 1559) France gives homage to Our Lady Every Christian land is a Marian land; there is not a nation redeemed in the blood of Christ that does not glory in proclaiming
property belonging to one of her uncles, when the atmospheric changes that preceded the apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria began to occur: a sudden cooling of the temperature and a waning of the sun. Feeling [...] who arrived in time to see Our Lady appear. On that day Our Lady said: “Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifice for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to sacrifice and pray for [...] them… I want you to continue to go to Cova da Iria on the thirteenth of each month and to continue to pray the Rosary every day. On the last month, I will perform the miracle for all to believe…” Becoming
is to imagine Our Lady sitting next to us, and explaining to us the mysteries of the Redemption contemplated in this rich prayer, both vocal and mental. Let us love this sweet Heavenly Mother, our protectress [...] May 21 – Our Lady of Ergot Sufferers (Arras, France, 1105) We should imagine Our Lady sitting next to us My experience with Mary began in childhood, on my mother's lap, where I learned the Hail Mary. When [...] seminary, I dedicated my vocation to her and learned to love her more and more. At the end of the minor seminary, I consecrated my life to her according to the method of Saint Louis de Montfort, for which
February 28 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) – 11th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Let us learn from Our Lady to get up and help After receiving the annunciation of the angel, the Virgin does not [...] called her to be close and to help. A long road, kilometer after kilometer, and there was no bus to go there: she went on foot. She went out to help.(...) Let us learn from Our Lady this way of reacting: [...] Complaining leads you to always look for someone to blame. On her way to Elizabeth’s house, Mary proceeds with the quick step of one whose heart and life are full of God, full of his joy. So, let us ask
apparition of the Virgin to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France, 1830) The “Miraculous” Medal was made according to Our Lady’s design Saint Catherine Labouré (1806 - 1876), a Daughter of Charity residing [...] generous she was to those who prayed to her; how many graces she granted to those who asked her, and what joy she experienced in granting them. A few moments later, the painting seemed to rotate, showing [...] at the Motherhouse of the Congregation, 120 Rue du Bac in Paris, received apparitions of the Virgin Mary in July, November and December 1830, during her novitiate, in the chapel of her convent. These
anniversary of the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, I led the preparation of a gathering of the members of the Congregation and the Children of Mary for the whole northern part of Paraná [...] Paraná (one of the 26 states of Brazil). In memory of this event, we installed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin not far from the future Cathedral of Londrina. At the spiritual retreat of our Marian Congregation [...] March 30 – Good Friday - Our Lady of Miracles (Lucca, Italy, 1588) My devotion to Our Lady I think I must have inherited this devotion from my family because I loved Mary from an early age. I made my first
