the harmony between Joseph and Mary. The Fiat of Mary and the Fia t of Joseph are the fulfillment of the original harmony between Adam and Eve, the perfect resumption of the Sinai Covenant. The Sinai Covenant [...] January 23 – Wedding of Mary and Joseph The “yes” of Joseph and the “yes” of Mary "When Joseph awoke, he did what the angel had commanded him and took his wife with him." (Mt 1:24) This phrase in the Gospel [...] all the heritage of the old covenant, was also made to enter the beginning of the new and everlasting covenant in Jesus Christ."(3) Thanks to the "yes" of a woman (Mary) and the "yes" of a man (Joseph) God
November 8 – Mary of Victory (Rome, Italy) Thousands of rosaries for the Christians of Syria Thousands of rosaries made in Bethlehem were blessed by Pope Francis at the end of the Angelus of August 15, 2019 [...] Catholic and Orthodox Churches of Syria. On December 2, 2018, at the end of the Angelus, Pope Francis had also participated in an initiative of this same organization for the benefit of Syrian children. He had [...] number of rosaries for our brothers in Syria. On an initiative of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), about 6,000 rosaries were made by the Carmelite Sisters in Bethlehem. Today on this great feast day of Mary
September 12 – Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, instituted after the liberation of Vienna from the Ottoman Empire (1683) The feast of the Holy Name of Mary reestablished after the terrorist attacks To remind [...] intercession of Our Lady, as the story of the Wedding at Cana and the words of Christ from the Cross, "Behold your Mother" teach us, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary has been inscribed in the octave of the Nativity [...] to the Virgin Mary: "Let us implore the Lord so that the spiral of hatred and violence does not prevail. May the Blessed Virgin, Mother of Mercy, awaken in everybody’s hearts thoughts of wisdom and peaceful
August 7 – Memory of Mary’s cloth relic (Chartres, France) The fervor of the builders of Chartres Cathedral The people of France began building the 34 majestic Gothic cathedrals in the 12 th century that [...] elicit songs and shouts of joy." (1) In 876, King Charles the Bald, grandson of Charlemagne donated to the cathedral the holy relic of the "Veil of the Virgin" (formerly thought of as the "Holy Tunic"). [...] forgiveness of offenses, groans and tears. We can see men, even women, dragging themselves on their knees through muddy swamps, beating their breasts and asking heaven for mercy, all this in the midst of many
June 9 – Mary Mother of Grace (France) - St Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and Doctor of the Church (d. 373) Out of love for Mary, Refuge of Sinners Eve Lavallière (1866-1929) is mostly known as a once famous [...] father committed suicide. But she pushed all of this in the past. She told herself: "Now I have forgotten what it feels like to be cold," having attained a life of refined luxury. One day she heard a country [...] made fun of the priest. Eight days later, she had an irresistible encounter with Jesus Christ. She had found Christ. She spoke to him like a poor sinner would to the man about to get her out of his misery
May 24 – Mary Help of Christians (1815) The message of Fatima: a message of hope Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, the late Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, said: "It was not the Church who imposed Fatima [...] conclusion: "Grace and mercy. These words of the last apparition of the Virgin at Lucia, in Tuy (Portugal), summarize the message of Fatima and the revelation of a God full of compassion ... who sees all human [...] suffering ". On March 15, 2017, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals in Rome, said: "The Mother of Jesus seems to want to remind us of the words addressed by Jesus to his disciples before his
June 22 - Proclamation of the dogma of Mary Mother of God in Ephesus (431) The Divine Motherhood of Mary in the Mystery of the Church The dogma of the divine maternity of Mary was elaborated over time [...] defined the place of Mary in the history of salvation. The first two Marian dogmas (Mary Mother of God and Mary's perpetual virginity) are common to the different Christian faiths: Mary was declared Theotokos [...] instead it re-examined the fundamental mystery of Mary in the broader doctrinal context of the entire mission of the Virgin Mary. In interpreting Mary's consent at the Annunciation, Vatican II emphasized
September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary Statue of Our Lady of France made from Russian cannons The statue of Our Lady of France in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, is a real feat of 19th century technique. It is [...] bishop of Le Puy with 213 cannons, representing 150,000 kilograms of bronze. The statue, cast in Givors, is sixteen meters high. The Infant Jesus, carried in the arms of his Mother, extends his hand of blessing [...] cannons captured during the Crimean War and given to the town of Le Puy-en-Velay by the Emperor Napoleon III. The sculpture was the work of Jean-Marie Bonnassieux. It is 22.70 meters high and weighs 835 tons
Feast of Corpus Christi (Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ) - Saint Barnabas, apostle - Leo XIII consecrates the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "one" with the Heart of Mary (1899) [...] (1899) - Our Lady of Mantara (Lebanon) The Lebanese Shrine of Our Lady of Waiting Our Lady of Mantara, south of Sidon, in the Greek-Melkite-Catholic archdiocese of Saida and Deir-Al-Kamar in Lebanon, is attracting [...] when he found an icon of the Virgin Mary on an ancient altar at the bottom of the cave. He quickly exited the cave, left his flock and went to tell the good news to the people of Maghdouche. The crowds
October 8 - Mary Mother of Hungary Lepanto, a major victory of Our Lady of the Rosary (II) Pope Pius V, a member of the Dominican order, was a fervent defender of the Rosary. He also received a private [...] revelation of the miraculous outcome of the battle and spontaneously gave thanks, even before he had any knowledge of the progress of the operations and the success of the Christian fleet. The date of October [...] Our Lady of the Rosary who helped us to win." Pius V decided to institute a feast on October 7, to celebrate in the liturgy the devotion of the Rosary, which was at first named Feast of Our Lady of Victory
