children, if you love Mary, seek to acquire this virtue. Yes, if it is in your heart to please her, imitate her modesty. Excerpt from St Bernard’s sermon The twelve stars in Mary's crown [...] August 20 – Saint Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Mary’s humility It would be easy to say of the disciples that they were altogether worldly when, not having not yet received the Holy Spirit (because [...] been glorified after His Ascension), they had a discussion about who was the greatest among them. Mary, in contrast, humbled herself not only in all things, but also more than all the others; and more

downs, but I try to remain faithful to it and persevere in praying the Hail Mary. I like to say that one must "drink one's Hail Mary juice" each morning to keep one's "heart" in shape, as a morning exercise [...] 5th apparition at Fatima: the announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal, 1917) "Drink your Hail Mary juice every morning!" I learned to recite the Rosary at a young age. I remember listening to Cardinal

Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) Where Mary is, so too is the Church I’ve sometimes had to explain to non-Catholics that we do not worship the Virgin Mary but rather pray to her with deep veneration [...] Maria, ibi ecclesia” — “where Mary is, so is the Church.” Wherever the Blessed Mother is loved and praised and her protection sought, the Church is strong. [...] Where Mary is, so too is the Church. And [...] protection.” This tiny fragment shows that by the middle of the 3rd century, Christians were seeking Mary’s protection. Writing in the same period, the Church Father Origen taught that on the Cross, Jesus

the Virgin Mary and saying the Rosary. When I woke up, I felt fine. In the morning I received a text message from one of my friends quoting the hymn to Mary: "Look at the star, call upon Mary, if you follow [...] improved. I am starting to live normally again. Mary was with me in the doctor’s office and inspired him to stop this medication that was slowly poisoning me! Mary has been with me for many years, more like [...] me through the many joyful and painful events of life. Thank you, Mary, for being my Mom! M. H. Orléans, France Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on March 2, 2022

August 6 – The Transfiguration of the Lord Mary imparts contact with the divine life The Gospel of the Transfiguration does not mention Mary’s specific role in salvation, but the Church tradition, especially [...] through the divine Power. Mary was the first to achieve this, through grace. Furthermore, considering the mystery of the Church as a communion of deification, Palamas explains that Mary imparts to us the contact [...] especially Gregory Palamas in the East, speaks of the role of Mary in similar occurrences of contact with the divine glory, and in divinization. Palamas affirms that our divinization is possible, and real

love of Mary cannot be reduced to a private devotion. Since the goal is to learn how to love, we can infer that a Marian heart expands to the dimensions of the world, as Marthe pointed out: "Mary does not [...] who welcomed them as the Virgin Mary would have done. We should also remember and reflect on her long intercessions on their behalf, and the intentions she presented to Mary for them, for the Church, for [...] world. Marthe interceded in the same manner as Mary did at Cana, at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, when she said: "They have no more wine". The Mary of Nazareth editorial team

s, Doctor of the Church (d. 1787) Mary and Alphonsus Liguori smiled at each other as the saint was dying Saint Alphonsus Liguori is the author of The Glories of Mary, published in 1750, which was a bestseller [...] including 16 in Italy, sold during his lifetime). The book presents the person and life of the Virgin Mary, explains Marian spirituality, and includes prayers of the saints and some popular devotions. Its [...] On July 31, 1787, at about 6 p.m., St. Alphonsus was dying. He was holding an image of the Virgin Mary (still preserved at the church of the Redemptorists in Paris), when, according to witnesses, "suddenly

France) – Saint Peter Chrysologus, Doctor of the Church (d. 451) Let us offer our day to Jesus, through Mary’s Immaculate Heart When I was a child, my family prayed the rosary daily, but during June, the month [...] like unto Thine,” for the Lord’s Prayer, and “Sweet Heart of Jesus, Be Thou, my Love,” for the Hail Mary. While we otherwise concluded the Marian Rosary with the Litany of Loreto, during June, we recited [...] recite the “Morning Offering,” which includes the words, “O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer Thee my prayers works, joys and sufferings of this day, for all the intentions of Thy Sacred

August 2 – Feast of Our Lady of the Porziuncola, “Our Lady of the Angels” (Italy) The day Mary arrived, a cease-fire was declared In his book The Fatima Century: How the Pilgrim Virgin is Changing Our [...] partitioned in 1947. This was not a Christian conflict, but nevertheless a group of the Blue Army of Mary brought a pilgrim statue of Fatima to that country. The very day it arrived, a cease-fire was declared

(Dalmatia) Everything taught about Mary also applies to the Church What is the Church? To answer this question, we can turn to Saint Paul. Or we can just look at Mary, because a rule of ecclesiology holds [...] people of God? The answer is found in the account of the Announcement of the birth of Jesus made to Mary: "Mary said to the angel, ‘How shall this be, since I know no man?’ The angel answered her, "The Holy [...] holds that everything taught about Mary applies to the Church (...) We can easily test this rule in the case of the foundation of the people of the New Covenant sealed in the Passover of Jesus Christ. What