November 19 - Our Lady of Good News (Venice, Italy) The Power of the Rosary (I) The following story shows the great power of the Rosary Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort planed to visit the island of Yeu, 17 [...] kilometers from the coast of France, to preach a mission. It was at the time of the War of Spanish Succession. English pirates patrolled the sea and the coast making it dangerous. Because of this insecurity, the [...] "We're goners!" Montfort's companions started to sob. As for the saint, he kept his good spirits and began to sing hymns. He called on the other passengers to follow suit. But they remained silent as fish
July 11 - Consecration of Our Lady of the Puy-en-Velay, Queen of France The Black Virgin of the Puy-en-Velay According to the Canon Fayard, an historian, it was on July 11, in the third century A.D., that [...] at the end of 5th century. Soon this sanctuary became very popular, as proved by a text of Gregory of Tours in 591. The Emperor Charlemagne and many kings of France went there to pray to the Black Virgin [...] the Virgin appeared to a widow suffering from a high fever, on a dolmen in the Puy-en-Velay. The Mother of God asked the woman to go to Mount Anis, also called Corneille Rock, and to lie down on a megalithic
November 19 - Our Lady of Good News (Venice, Italy) The Power of the Rosary (I) The following story shows the great power of the Rosary Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort planed to visit the island of Yeu, 17 [...] kilometers from the coast of France, to preach a mission. It was at the time of the War of Spanish Succession. English pirates patrolled the sea and the coast making it dangerous. Because of this insecurity, the [...] "We're goners!" Montfort's companions started to sob. As for the saint, he kept his good spirits and began to sing hymns. He called on the other passengers to follow suit. But they remained silent as fish
His path to holiness rested on an inspiration heard in the depths of his heart: “Whoever spreads the Rosary is saved!” As a result, he felt called to build a Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [...] October 3 - Our Lady of the Place (Rome, 1250) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (II) It would be impossible to name all the many saints who discovered in the Rosary a genuine path to growth in holiness. We [...] de Montfort, the author of an excellent work on the Rosary, and, closer to ourselves, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, whom I recently had the joy of canonizing. As a true apostle of the Rosary, Blessed Bartolo
teaches: "The house of Nazareth is the school where we begin to understand the life of Jesus, that is, the school of the Gospel. There, one learns to observe, to listen, to meditate, and to penetrate the profound [...] 21 – Our Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The house of Mary and Joseph, the school where everything began The simple life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph was so much like ours. Mary was a mother like our own mothers [...] therefore given to God, she must have raised her son according to the true meaning of life, which was to fulfill the mission that the Father had given him in sending Jesus among us. The house of Nazareth was
His path to holiness rested on an inspiration heard in the depths of his heart: "Whoever spreads the Rosary is saved!" As a result, he felt called to build a Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [...] October 3 - Our Lady of the Place (Rome, 1250) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (II) It would be impossible to name all the many saints who discovered in the Rosary a genuine path to growth in holiness. We [...] de Montfort, the author of an excellent work on the Rosary, and, closer to ourselves, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, whom I recently had the joy of canonizing. As a true apostle of the Rosary, Blessed Bartolo
20 – Our Lady of Graces (Cuneo, Italy, 1537) Mary’s Meals feed millions of kids Mary’s Meals is a Scottish charity that sets up school food programs in some of the world’s poorest communities to ensure [...] who began spontaneously to support and fundraise for our mission. That outpouring of support led me to give up my job as a salmon farmer, and I began driving truckloads of aid to the former Yugoslavia. [...] the way, though: Our first pilgrimage to Medjugorje when I was only 15 years old led my parents to convert our home into Craig Lodge House of Prayer. It was 10 years later that my brother and I launched an
September 21 – Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) The revival of a Marian shrine in Provence The village of Bargemon (France) is one of two places of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Provence. [...] the spirit of militant secularism forced it to close. But today the shrine is regaining its past popularity, since a new priest came to Bargemon six years ago, giving a place of honor back to the Virgin [...] seemed to know about it! I prayed to the Virgin Mary, and little by little I felt that she wanted the shrine to be revived. During the time that the shrine was brought back to life, a remark of Pope Francis
tiles showing their gratitude to Our Lady still surround the throne of the miraculous statue of Our Lady of Health of the main altar of the Basilica. The feast of Our Lady of Health is celebrated on August [...] ship was safely pushed to the shore of Vailankanni, on September 8, the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady. The crew who had survived the storm soon transformed the thatch chapel of Nagapattinam into a beautiful [...] vision of Our Lady in his sleep the previous night. With the willing cooperation of the locals a chapel was built on Mount Central, where the Basilica can be seen standing today. The Lady is called Our Lady
14 - 4th Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of Saint Theodore (Russia) - Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (d. 968), patron saint of large families Saint Joseph reflected the light of Jesus Joseph exercised [...] light of Jesus to us. To this day, Joseph's faith speaks to us of God's great humility and of His infinite fatherhood. Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, France Homily given at the Shrine of Bessillon [...] continues to "manifest" Himself through them. Something of Him becomes visible to others, since a spark of His love beats in the hearts of His disciples. Therefore Joseph, who was so close to his Son, reflected
