September 5 – Our Lady of Smolensk (Russia) – French poet Charles Péguy (d. 1914) Actor Jim Caviezel dedicated his life and career to Mary in Medjugorje The star of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ recently [...] the Blessed Virgin Mary, crediting her intercession for his success as an actor. Jim Caviezel, 50, gave his talk at the “Eucharistic Holy Hour for World Peace Through the Mother of All Peoples” on June [...] The Passion of the Chris t , Caviezel traveled to Medjugorje, a place where some believe there have been Marian apparitions, and consecrated his life and career to the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Filming The
through God. I am thinking of women like St Helen, St. Lucy, St Monica, St Catherine of Siena, St Joan of Arc. All of these remarkable women had very different vocations. None of these women could be referred [...] June 18 – Our Lady of Prada (Italy, 1747) Mary as a role model Dr. Carrie Gress, a young American philosopher, is the author of a new book called The Anti-Mary Exposed (TAN Books 2019). In an interview [...] this question: Following Vatican II, there seemed to be a lessening of Mary’s role in the devotional lives of many Catholics. We, of course, also saw this among our Protestant brothers and sisters over
July 23 - Saint Bridget of Sweden, Co-Patroness of Europe (d. 1373) The Virgin Mary is closely associated with the Redeemer St. Bridget of Sweden heard from the mouth of the Mother of God: "I say with some [...] imagine how I felt at the moment of my Son's death and then it will not seem heavy to you to abandon the world.” St. Bridget also heard from the mouth of the Son of God: "Therefore, I can affirm that [...] pain and with the love of her Heart." (Revelationses extravagantes, ed. C. Durante, Romae 1606, c 3, p. 804) Mary also told St. Bridget this: "Consider, my daughter, the Passion of my Son. His limbs were
infinite greatness, or because of our lowliness, or because of our sins, let us boldly implore the help and intercession of Mary our Mother: she is good and she is tender. There is nothing in her that [...] June 3 - Our Lady of the Letter (Italy) - Saints Charles Lwanga and his companions, Martyrs of Uganda (d. 1886) Mary, the privileged way to Christ Our Lady is the privileged way to Christ. As Pope Saint [...] Virgin Mary, § 85). Mary is a creature like us, so we can entrust ourselves without fear to her intercession in order to reach the Son: "If we fear to go directly to Jesus Christ, either because of His infinite
paradise; and you should continue to preach the infinite mercy of God! St Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary, 584 [...] Having heard his crimes, the confessor sent him to an altar of the Sorrowful Mother to pray that she might obtain for him compunction and pardon of his sins. The sinner obeyed, and began to pray, when behold [...] white dove appeared in the church and let fall a card at the feet of the priest. He took it up, and found these words written on it: The soul of the deceased, when it left his body, immediatel y went to paradise;
diocese of Kribi. The Brotherhood of St Mary, better known as "Ekoan Maria," of the parish of St Theresa of the Child Jesus in the district of Newtown (city of Kribi), has this mission: to live and encourage [...] resurrection of Christ into their own resurrection. The Christians of Kribi, who died with Christ because of their sins, must come out of Lent and Easter, freed from their sins , says the bishop of the diocese [...] 1607) To live and encourage others to live Mary’s virtues In Kribi, a small town in southern Cameroon, during the Easter vigil at the parish of St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana
January 7 - Epiphany of the Lord - Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) - Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) The name of the Magi's star was "Messiah" (I) In these excerpts [...] was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ. She lived much of her life bedridden in Viareggio in Tuscany [...] as is quite obvious from their very rich attire. One of them, of a very dark complexion, who dismounts from a camel, wraps himself in a sciamma* of pure bright silk, held tight to his waist by a precious
Our Lady of Life (France) – Birth of Cardinal Charles Journet (1891) Sparks of love in the world We must consider the Virgin in the light, or rather in the shadow, of the mystery of the descent of the Word [...] meet mankind. The tenderness of God who comes to meet the damaged world is not only for the Child Jesus, it indeed radiates all around him. This great tenderness of the descent of the Word coming to meet mankind [...] not be extinguished, because they are in our hearts. Mgr Charles Journet Dans Entretiens sur Marie (About Mary)
front of Notre Dame marks the center of the city and the geographical point from which all distances are calculated in France. Notre Dame represents the heart of the capital. It is the symbol of France [...] France, of her Christian roots and of her love for Mary. It is also a witness of her national history for the past nine centuries, as well as cultural and civilizing influence in Europe and the world. But on [...] is the "eldest daughter of the Church," we cannot fail to see, in the terrible image of the Cathedral devastated on the first day of Holy Week, a sign pointing to the state of spiritual decomposition in
pass it on. Even today, the Rosary is for me an extraordinary source of peace in my mission. Father Guillaume Marie, Abbot of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont-des-Cats Abbey, Godewaersvelde, France, testimonial given [...] April 15 – Our Lady of Kiev (Ukraine) Mary gave me the strength I didn’t have alone I had just spent three years studying in Rome. In the car taking me back to my monastery in France, Father Abbot expressed [...] the community: How would I experience this return to a very simple routine, stripped of the multiple activities of student life? I listened to him attentively, but I didn’t know the answer. When I returned
