Capuchin Poor Clare (Italy, 1630) In preparation for WYD 2023, young people go on pilgrimage with Mary On November 19 and 20, 2022, on the feast of Christ the King, millions of young people worldwide gathered [...] August 1-6, 2023. The goal was to prepare for the international encounter, the theme of which will be "Mary got up and left with haste", and to mobilize the greatest number possible of young people for the [...] Covid-19, was an opportunity for Senegalese Church leaders to revisit with the youth the model of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and to offer her as a model of faith and hope. A large number of young Senegalese

totally given to the Mother of God, affirmed her great hope: "John Paul II is Mary's pope; she chose him. We are in the age of Mary." For more information: Marian Encyclopedia (1) Marthe Robin was born in 1902 [...] February 5 - Our Lady of Chernihiv (Ukraine) "We are living in the age of Mary" "I have chosen you, to experience my Passion the most fully after my Mother. Moreover, no one after you will live it as fully;

January 21 - Our Lady of Altagracia (Higuey, Dominican Republic, 1650) Mary to Sister Josefa Menendez: “The WORK of Jesus must be founded on much pain and love” Josefa Menendez (1890-1923) was a Spanish [...] February 5, 1920, until her death on December 29, 1923. She received many messages from Jesus and Mary, which she faithfully compiled in a book which is published in English under the title of The Way [...] apprehensive about receiving these revelations, expresses to this incomparable Mother all her anxieties, Mary replied tenderly: "My daughter, do not be afraid, the WORK of Jesus must be founded on much pain and

sealed this solemn magisterium. "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you." Finally, the litanies of Loreto (Italy) added the invocation "O Mary conceived without sin...". Father [...] January 28 - Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - St. Thomas Aquinas Mary, the Rose without thorns God, who is "rich in mercy", embellishes the creature with the qualities of grace. He shows himself [...] sin" (Benedict XVI, Audience, July 7, 2010). The Church had always professed the full sanctity of Mary. The liturgy honored her birth without blemish. Christian poetry, from ancient times, admired this

Marriage of the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph Mary was always approachable There has never been a stronger or deeper spousal love than the mutual love of Joseph and Mary. Theirs was a genuine, deep and never imposing [...] The love of Joseph and Mary was an attractive, welcoming love. I think that the three of them knew how to strike a perfect balance between family intimacy and kind hospitality. Mary was always approachable

(Belgium) - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153) Mary dispenses her graces to her children endlessly and abundantly Let no one speak of your tenderness (O Virgin Mary) if a single person who ever invoked it in

Saint Paul, who never met Mary, placed her at the central point of Salvation History Saint Paul did not witness the earthly life of Jesus, and probably never met the Virgin Mary, yet he knew who Jesus was [...] of the law, that he might confer upon us filial adoption." (Gal 4:4) St. Paul probably heard about Mary from the apostles Peter, James and John (Gal 1:18 and Gal 2:9) whom he met early in his ministry,

Charles Journet (1891) Let us not reduce the mystery of the Blessed Virgin Mary We should approach the mystery of the Blessed Virgin Mary only with trembling. It is a very profound, very pure, and very luminous

January 22 - Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) Jesus and Mary, nothing more and nothing less! Sometimes I envy those who are fortunate enough to study theology! But isn't prayer, or divine contemplation

January 10 - Our Lady of Sorrows ( Italy, 1546) - Saint Gregory of Nyssa Mary spoke to me on the hill of apparitions at Medjugorje It all happened in Medjugorje during Holy Week 2010. I am 39 years old [...] "What the heck am I doing here with these crazy people?" Then…I had the enormous surprise to hear Mary speak to me on the hill of apparitions! She told me that she and Jesus loved me as I was, and that