historical October 9th, Our Lady returned to her cathedral in Valencia On September 29, 1238, after 18 months of siege, the Muslims who occupied Valencia, Spain, capitulated to King James I of Aragon, known as [...] ion of the former great mosque that had been built over the old Visigothic cathedral, which was thus returned to the Catholic cult and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is in memory of this day of October [...] that for three years city officials have not attended for reasons of political secularism. For his part, in 2017, the archbishop of Valencia, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, presided over the ceremony, stating
was devoted to Our Lady Diego Maradona, the Argentine-born soccer legend, died of a heart attack on November 25, 2020. It is a well-known fact that he was always faithful to his homeland and to soccer, but [...] getting to the grotto. Only his pregnant wife and daughter managed to go in to say a prayer, leaving him to swallow his bitter disappointment on the other side of the Gave river. On the way back to the airport [...] left his host country for a few days and traveled to Lourdes to keep a promise he had made to his wife Claudia: to go thank the Virgin Mary for the birth of their daughter, Dalma-Lourdes. When he arrived
Apostles – Our Lady of Laghet (Laghet, France) The Shrine of Our Lady of Laghet has been a source of countless graces since 1652 Set in a green valley, 20 km from Nice (south of France), the Shrine of Our Lady [...] an important part of the diocese of Nice, the kings of Savoy were keen to support Laghet. The faithful of Monaco also considered it a major local pilgrimage. During its 350 years of existence, this shrine [...] chapel was mentioned to him; - A widow visited Laghet nine days in a row, to ask for the liberation of her only son who had fallen into the hands of pirates. She was forewarned of his release in a dream
me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored in New Orleans under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor." And so it was. Our Lady of Prompt Succor also is credited for [...] August 11 - Inauguration of Constantinople, dedicated to the Mother of God (330) – Saint Clare of Assisi Speedy help from Our Lady A French nun in 1803 hoped to join her cousin at the Ursuline Convent [...] rings and earrings to have... crowns fashioned in gold and precious jewels" for the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor cradling the infant Jesus, the history reads. Since then, statues of the "quick help"
Apparition of Our Lady to Natalino Scarpa, 14, in Pellestrina (Italy, 1716) - Saint John Vianney, Cure of Ars Our Lady guards over you! For more than forty years, the devil tormented the Curé of Ars (Saint [...] transport of fury, Satan, “the grapnel” as the holy priest of Ars called him, let this confession escape: “Ah… if she didn’t guard you, this * (he uttered a frightful blasphemy to designate Our Lady), if she [...] universal patron saint of priests), rattling his bed at night and once even setting it on fire. “You have taken 80,000 souls!” he shouted at the holy priest one day through the mouth of a possessed woman.
April 3 - Apparition of Our Lord to Our Lady and the Apostles in the Upper Room (Jerusalem, 1st century A.D.) Our Lady in Bosnia-Herzegovina (II) The Church is always cautious and slow to move on such matters [...] care and direction of fellow pilgrims. In the meantime, millions of people make pilgrimages to this remote mountain village, where the messages of Mary continue to give hope and comfort to those who are needy [...] world and Medjugorje has also become the site of wonderful conversions to the Catholic faith. Wayne Weible* is one of the millions. Strange it may seem to some, those who believe in this phenomenon see
29 - Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist – Last public apparition of Our Lady of Laus (France, 1664) The Shrine of Our Lady of Laus, refuge of sinners In the southeastern French region of Hautes-Alpes (diocese [...] was the refuge of sinners, where God inspires them to make good confessions, lifts the shame of those who are too afraid to make them, and are assisted by the advice of Benoîte who reveals to them what they [...] (diocese of Embrun), Le Laus is a unique Marian shrine in France and in Europe because of the duration and diversity of the apparitions, which stretched from 1664 to 1718! Starting in 1664, the venerable
July 4 - Our Lady Refuge of Sinners Our Lady of Knock: the life of prayer is fundamental In a video message released on the occasion of the elevation of the Irish shrine of Our Lady of Knock to the rank [...] prayer of the Rosary with the image of Our Lady of Knock at its centre! The arms of the Virgin Mary in a praying position still show how fundamental the life of prayer is, which comes as a message of hope [...] assisted by the mystery of the love of Jesus who offered himself for all of us, as the Lamb sacrificed for the salvation of humanity. It is silence before the great mystery of love, which finds no possible
September 19 – Our Lady of La Salette, Reconciler of Sinners (France, 1846) Our Lady of La Salette and the sanctification of Sunday In the message brought by the Virgin, God said to the children of La Salette: [...] Apostolic Letter reminding us of the meaning of Christian Sunday: "Those who have received the grace of faith in the Risen Lord cannot fail to grasp the significance of this day of the week with the same deep [...] emotion which led Saint Jerome to say: Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, it is the day of Christians, it is our day … From the beginning of my Pontificate, I have not ceased to repeat: Do not be afraid
October 12 – Our Lady of the Pillar (Spain) – Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil and the meaning of the “Immaculate Conception” for our times The tiny clay image of the Blessed [...] The posture of the Virgin of Aparecida is typical of images of Mary portraying the Immaculate Conception. That she was discovered in 1717 (137 years before the formal definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate [...] her posture of prayer, and her position on the crescent moon is the same as the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Even more interesting, the United States is also under the patronage of the Immaculate
