before Our Lady with humility admits that he is “ sinful and sorrowful,” and, trusting in her mercy, begs her to grant him favors. It is a good idea when saying the Memorare to have a particular petition [...] Bernard, a French priest, made this prayer famous in the seventeenth century. His devotion to the Virgin Mary under the title "Comforter of the Afflicted" moved him to promote the recourse to Mary’s intercession [...] the care and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Father Bernard used the Memorare extensively in his work of evangelization, with great effect. Many a criminal was reconciled to God through his efforts

of Mary, I found God Saint Bernard said that we can never talk too much about Mary. I have learned to love Our Lady since my childhood, through the recitation of the Holy Rosary every evening as a family [...] decided to leave the religious and priestly life, Our Lady intervened, putting me in the right direction. Today I am happy that the Blessed Virgin Mary has led me with her maternal hand to the Heart of [...] school of Mary, I found God, and I love him and serve him joyfully. Bishop Vitório Pavanello S.D.B, archbishop emeritus of Campo Grande, Brazil Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary

warnings" In 1961, in Garabandal, a village of 300 inhabitants in the Spanish Pyrenees, at a place called La Calleja, four young girls, Conchita, Jacinta, Mari Loli and Mari Cruz reported seeing an angel, [...] Cardinals, bishops and priests are walking in great numbers on the road to perdition and are dragging souls along with them. The Eucharist is given less and less importance. You have to make efforts to avoid [...] the eyes" and then the Virgin Mary - who came under her title of Our Lady of Carmel. From July 2, 1961 to November 13, 1965, the girls reported more than 2,000 encounters with the Virgin. Message of June

Chalons, wishes to make of l’Epine a welcoming place of prayer and worship for his diocese. We will be five Benedictine sisters from Montmartre, working with a rector-priest from the Community of Saint Martin [...] (3) is located on one of the roads to Santiago de Compostela. We have a guesthouse for visitors. It is a beautiful, secluded setting for a spiritual retreat, but not too out of the way! We will be open for [...] the Annunciation in 1400, the Virgin Mary appeared to some shepherds in a thorn bush shining bright in the middle of the night. We read in the Office of the Virgin Mary: "In the bush that burned without leaving

to offer a special Mass. The goal was to present to God their country with its many struggles. As in 1882, the bishops, in communion with the priests, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, implored [...] the Servants of Mary – Father Maximilian Kolbe is arrested by the Nazis (1941) Haiti places itself under Mary’s protection This year, the feast of the Immaculate Conception coincided with the 75th anniversary [...] Haiti. According to the Catholic Church, the country is in a deeper crisis than in 1882, when a smallpox epidemic decimated Haitian families. In a packed stadium, the ten bishops brought before God the country’s

of She Shan Pilgrimage has published a guide for the smooth running of such pilgrimages, well aware that Chinese Catholics have a deep Marian devotion and a special affection for Our Lady of She Shan. Fides [...] Catherine Labouré by Pius XII, attended by 10,000 Children of Mary dressed in white (1947) The Marian devotion of Chinese Catholics It is with a solemn mass that the Shrine of She Shan, the most famous Chinese [...] high, "presenting Him to the world with His arms wide open as a gesture of love," and asking Catholics "to always be credible witnesses of this love, by staying united with the rock on which the Church is

stop Marie's apostolic ardor. Priests asked her to speak to their parishioners, to assemble the women and girls of their parish, and to rekindle fervor. Marie spoke with a clarity, an energy, and a gentleness [...] Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) – Blessed Marie Rivier, foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) Marie Rivier was cured by Mary’s intercession Marie Rivier was born December 19, 1768 in [...] For Marie Rivier and her daughters, Christian education of youth was and remained a priority. However, religious education extended to adults as well. The poor also held a special place in Marie's heart

Annunciation (1470) Mary does not give in to frustration or helplessness In political life, too, past conflicts between peoples can painfully come to the fore. Mary shows herself to be a woman open to forgiveness [...] not dwell on what might have been had her Son’s friends, or the priests of his people and their rulers, acted differently. She does not give in to frustration or helplessness. Mary trusts Jesus and receives [...] for the relationships that heal us and free us are those that open us to encounter and fraternity with others, in whom we find God himself. Bishop Sloskans (1), who rests here, after being arrested and

apparitions of Mary at Le Laus (France, 1664) The Veil of Mary still visible in France today The Veil of Mary ( Sancta Camisa ) is an oblong piece of silk that Mary is reported to have worn during the [...] also burnt and therefore that Mary’s protection of the city was lost, but on the third day… a procession appeared with the relic safe, having apparently been taken by priests into the Carolingian crypt beneath [...] immediate help and intercession of the Blessed Virgin. The Veil of Mary was placed with other relics in a reliquary around the year 1,000. This was a sealed wooden trunk that was gold plated. It was usually on

May 24 – Mary Auxiliatrix, Help of Christians (1815) – Mary, Mother of the Church Mary and Simon of Cyrene Mary suffered to see her Son abandoned by his friends on the way to his Passion. It is a cruel [...] communities, I have known that the Virgin Mary watches over us. Mary is with us through thick and thin, day after day, in the homes we share, both able-bodied and disabled people (who have had head injuries [...] solitude in the midst of a trial! I believe that the Virgin Mary has a special place of gratitude in her heart for Simon of Cyrene. This man was forced to help Jesus because he was there when He collapsed