the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary", Queen of Heaven and Earth, and that Saint Joseph is the patron saint of the Holy Family, of good death, of workers, and also the patron saint of the universal [...] Bastide. Contributor, Mary of Nazareth Excerpt from an article published in 2016 in the magazine Ave Maria: “A look at the trials of Mary and Joseph during the first 24 months of their life together” (1) [...] Domini (Italy, 1650) Mary and Joseph: a married couple to imitate in difficult times Discovering the Holy Family, and especially getting to know and love the future mother and father of Jesus, is a precious
Fatima: the Miracle of the Sun (1917) John Paul II: “If victory comes it will be brought by Mary” In the approved apparitions at Fatima, Our Lady had shown the three seers a vision of Hell. She then said: [...] will be brought by Mary. Christ will conquer through her because He wants the Church’s victories now and in the future to be linked to her… – Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 221 Mark [...] said: You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and
been granted to many throughout the centuries. The many ex-votos covering one of the walls of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieha for prayers answered —everything from handwritten notes to tiny baby [...] Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Since Saint Paul, the Maltese have had a constant devotion to Mary Saint Luke is not only credited with the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles : [...] almost every day, for a whole year: a whooping 359 in total. (…) Most of these churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and some of them are known for being places where countless special, miraculous graces
June 18 – Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal from 1961-1965 (decision pending) In Garabandal, Mary speaks to us like a Mother In his book A Message of Hope, José Luis Saavedra tells us [...] especially on the Gospel: "Think of the Passion of Jesus." - The seriousness of sin and the need for repentance: "Ask us sincerely and we will give it to you." - The importance of prayer: "Ask, with constant [...] "The Church lives by the Eucharist" (words of Saint John Paul II). Many other points contained in the message of Garabandal are aligned with the recent doctrine of the Church. Along with the Eucharist, the
Lady of the Disabled (Italy, 1630) I learned to do small things with Mary When Marie Claire and I got married, our wedding prayer was the "Hail Mary." Then, at a Conference of the Fraternity of Mary Immaculate [...] things, but with Mary I learned to do small things properly. What Mary asks of us is to do these small things with love. In return, she takes care of the big things. Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus understood [...] understood this well. Mary is the teacher of giving, of patience, of perseverance. I am the very opposite! And yet her maternal gentleness only wants to envelop us in her cloak of tenderness that our world
January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France, 1856) I came to the king from the Blessed Virgin Mary French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) led a war of liberation to free her country from the [...] January 6, 1412, the inhabitants of Domrémy, the small village of eastern France where Saint Joan of Arc grew up, were returning home after attending Mass for the beautiful feast of the Epiphany. Suddenly and [...] Blessed Virgin Mary," she told her judges. To this day the place of the delights of her childhood is a rustic local shrine called Our Lady of Bermont, near Domrémy. Marquis de la Franquerie Adapted from Our
January 6 - The Adoration of the Kings — Feast of the Epiphany What Mary prophesied in her Magnificat "Entering the house, they saw the Child with Mary his mother, and, falling on their knees, prostrated [...] has sent away empty." Adapted from: The Mystery of Joseph (Editions Saint-Paul, Paris, 1997) by Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe, founder of the Community of Saint John [...] myrrh" (Mt 2:11). Joseph witnessed the attitude of the Kings towards the Child. Wasn’t it an amazing confirmation of what the angel had announced to him, and of what the shepherds had told him? The Wise Men
January 2 – Memorial of the Virgin Panagia Portaitissa (Holy Keeper of the Gate) This hardened sinner had always preserved in devotion to Mary’s sorrows There was once a lord as noble by birth as he was [...] doubt: if you repent of them, in the name of God, I promise you pardon." Then beginning to gain confidence, he said to the confessor: "Father, I believed myself lost, and despaired of salvation; but now [...] the sick man told him that he had no need of a confessor, for that he had often made his confession. The confessor visited him a second time, and that poor slave of hell persevered in his obstinate determination
September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Founding of the Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of Hermits in Einsiedeln (Switzerland, 948) One never prays Mary in vain In 1749, a great and desperate sinner [...] kingdom of Valencia, in order to escape justice, had resolved to become a Turk, and was actually going to embark, when by chance he passed a church, in which Father Jerome Lopez, of the Company of Jesus [...] Jesus, was preaching, and preaching of the divine mercy. By that preaching he was converted, and confessed to the father, who inquired of him if he had practiced any devotion, for which God had shown towards
August 6 - Transfiguration of the Lord – Our Lady of Mercy (Italy) The Virgin Mary protected the seminarian Karol Wojtyla August 6th, the liturgical feast of the Transfiguration, was “Black Sunday” in [...] in Kraków as the Gestapo swept the city, rounding up young men to forestall a reprise of the Warsaw Uprising. Archbishop Sapieha immediately called in his underground seminarians, intending to hide them [...] had been a close call. During the sweep the day before, the Gestapo had searched the first two floors of the house at Tyniecka, Karol had remained behind a closed door in his basement apartment, praying for
