May 7 - Feast of Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (I) Saints have said wonderful things about Mary, the Holy City of God. As they themselves have admitted, they were never
place. The time is indicated as follows, “It was the sixth month from the conception of Saint John the Baptist by Saint Elizabeth.” Now, a six-month-old is not complete. John the Baptist represents the Old
the Two Hearts Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was already important in the 12th century, to saints like Anthony of Padua, Bonaventure, and Clare of Assisi, and in the 17th century, to Berulle and [...] Lucia, culminating in this prophecy from Our Lady: "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph." Saint Jacinta of Fatima was aware of the union of those two Hearts, and famously said: "If only I could
was exhumed, found incorrupt and transferred to the church, in front of the altar of the Virgin. Saint Romeo of Llivia is depicted holding a crown of roses in the middle of which shines the monogram of [...] Bernard Gui, several miracles are attributed to his intercession, which made him a popular and admired saint. He was venerated as a blessed from the moment of his death. His feast day is on November 21, the
in 1735. Even today, the abbey is the home to a dynamic monastic community following the Rule of Saint Benedict. The monks teach at the Abbey School numbering about 350 students, serve in several parishes [...] to a legendary event in the year 934, according to which Christ, in the company of many angels and saints, consecrated the chapel at the site of St. Meinrad's hermitage. "Engelweihe" is celebrated every
Marian fervor of Pope Saint John Paul II. In 1984, I founded with some friends the first Catholic rock band in France that we called Totus Tuus , JP2's motto borrowed from Saint Louis de Montfort: All
celebrates on the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. “Stay very close to Our Lady,” advised Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Every season of life comes with its particular trials and tribulations, as well [...] ribbon of my life,” as the prayer to Mary Who Unties Knots, says. Speaking in Rome in 1979, Pope Saint John Paul II said: “Beloved young people! Continue to live in the truth and for the truth! May the
456, the Shrine of Our Lady of Grau near Montpellier (southern France), established by the hermit Saint Sever (originally from Syria) was threatened by fierce rains that caused the Herault River to burst [...] became an important site of pilgrimage, believed to have served as a pilgrim’s stage on the way to Saint James of Compostela. The imprints of the knees of the Virgin Mary are still visible today in the chapel
Lombardy to this day. The bishop of Cremona quickly agreed to build a shrine, visited in 1992 by Pope Saint John Paul II. René Laurentin, Patrick Sbalchiero
inspiration of the Holy Spirit," said Marthe Robin (d. 1981). This French mystic had high esteem for Saint Louis de Montfort, as reported by Father John Hemery in his book on the Virgin Mary (La Mère de Jésus