the miracle of the sun, Mary appeared as Our Lady of the Rosary and handed the children a rosary. She then appeared as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and handed the children a brown scapular. Lucia of Fatima repeatedly [...] extended membership in the confraternity to all the lay faithful by virtue of the enrollment prayer. (...) Is the promise of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel true? Countless saints, popes, and exorcists have responded [...] for complete loyalty to our Blessed Mother. So, if we do our part by living a life of Grace under the protection of Mary and her mantle (scapular), God will grant us salvation and uphold the promise. The
the See of Peter, and for the intentions of the whole world. Ask forgiveness for sins. Pray for the conversion of unbelievers, for those who reject God, and for the souls in Purgatory. All of you who pray [...] gave a golden rose to the Virgin Mary (1979) I would like you to pray the Rosary every day As he greeted the Polish pilgrims in St Peter’s Square at the general audience of October 4, 2017, Pope Francis evoked [...] I bless you with all my heart!” Pope Francis’ intention for October, month of the Rosary, is to pray for the conversion of those who reject God. Zenit
church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Mary amidst the Jewish Messianic expectation (I) "The days are coming when I will make a new covenant" (Jer 31:31). In the prayers of Israel and of the Virgin, who were [...] prophets, the coming of the Messiah was to renew all things: "The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah… I will put my [...] "You renew the face of the earth" (Ps 104, 30). "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will
17 – The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Carlo Acutis, the first Millennial to be declared blessed! Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who died of leukaemia, used his passion for computers [...] to evangelize, was beatified October 10th in Assisi, Italy. The feast day of the new blessed is October 12th, the anniversary of his death in 2006. Cardinal Agostino Vallini presided over the ceremony, [...] reflecting that the beatification is “good news, a powerful proclamation that a youth of our times, someone like many of us, has been conquered by Christ and has become a radiant light for those who want
spiritually he felt the presence of thousands of people who had walked alongside him in previous years, he said. Francisco considers himself a man of great faith in God and Our Lady of Guadalupe, from whom he has [...] 12-mile route to pray for Our Lady of Guadalupe's intercession in the pandemic. He also prayed for his health, and for wisdom to continue promoting the devotion of the prayer of the Rosary. Francisco has pa [...] December 17 - The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Like a mother, Mary never forgets her children Although the Guadalupana pilgrimage that usually draws thousands was virtual this year, Francisco
days, the symbol of three other days of future anguish, Mary, exhausted, enters the Temple, walks along the yards and the halls. All of a sudden, from beyond the barrier of a large group of people, She hears [...] February 12 – The Virgin Mary in her Iverskaia icon (Russia) What I answer to my Mother Maria Valtorta (1) reported these words of Jesus concerning his Finding in the Temple: “See Mary's distress, when She [...] a Roman Catholic Italian writer and poet. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ . Maria Valtorta
February 12 – The Virgin Mary honored through the Iverskaya icon (Russia) The Rosary during the elections During the general election in India’s western state of Gujarat, held on December 9-14, 2017, [...] Archbishop Thomas Ignatius Macwan of Gandhinagar sent a message on behalf of all the state’s bishops to invite the faithful to pray for the upcoming election. The bishops were concerned about the current [...] current situation in the country, where there is a growing sense of insecurity among minorities, especially the Christians. They asked the faithful to “organize prayer services" in parishes and convents, and
to Mary (1638) Receive the fruit that saves us We should let the sweet Rosary embrace the whole journey of our life. Through the heart of Mary, the Rosary places our personal story into the life of Christ [...] the prayer of the forgotten, the poor, and the simple. That’s why it’s Mary’s prayer. She has a heart as large as all humanity precisely because she is small and humble. When we pray to Mary, we turn to [...] we repeat in faith Elizabeth’s words, saying, "Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus," we can picture the Virgin expecting the Christ Child. We receive from her arms the
July 26 – Saints Anne and Joachim, Mary’s parents "Do not be afraid, I am Anne, Mary’s mother" (I) In August 1623, at the end of a work day, a young Breton of St Anne d’Auray (Brittany, France) called [...] on with his regular occupations. He just prayed more fervently. On July 25, 1624, the vigil of the feast of St Anne, the same lady appeared again at night on the road. She spoke to him reassuringly and [...] a multitude of people walking by. However, going outside, he didn’t see anyone! Then the mysterious lady appeared again and said to him: "Yves Nicolazic, do not be afraid. I am Anne, Mary’s mother. Tell
JMJ, where ‘Ave’ represents the prayer to Mary, while JMJ is the Spanish acronym of World Youth Day, but also the initials of the names of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary,” explains Monsignor Bürcher. The project [...] December 15 – Mary Mediatrix Three special rosaries in each WYD pilgrim’s pack Over one and a half million rosaries made in Bethlehem from olive wood are being produced in Bethlehem for the World Youth [...] Youth Day (WYD/JMJ), scheduled for January 2019 in Panama. Monsignor Pierre Bürcher, bishop emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland, plans to donate the rosaries to the young people participating in the event which
