March 14 – Virgin of Saint Theodor (Russia) – Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (d. 968), patron saint of large families A woman has conquered every part of this heart When the tools are
(Avellino, Italy) - Saint Louis de Montfort – Saint Gianna Beretta Molla – Feast of Saint Pierre Chanel The Blessed Virgin will take care of everything The Marian devotion of Saint Pierre Chanel came from [...] forth a missionary plan," Saint Peter Chanel wrote to the founder of the Marists who was deploring the lack of vocations. Father Pierre Le Bourgeois Rector of the Shrine of Saint-Pierre Chanel in Cuet (Ain [...] sometimes in the midst of daily life we want to give up. In this case, let us follow the teaching of Saint Pierre Chanel, who says: "Take Courage, God will crown your efforts, not your achievements." And above
September 29 - Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Raphael - Archangels - Feast Day Mary Gives Us the Courage to Go On We may well ask how the Blessed Virgin helps us. She certainly prays for us, and
April 29 - Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin, Dominican tertiary, Doctor of the Church, patron saint of Europe Mary did not have another Virgin Mary to lean on! There are moments in life when one is weary [...] leads us to the heart of Jesus crucified! Saint Bernadette quoting Father Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan (French Jesuit preacher and author who died a saintly death in the same month as the first Lourdes
Our Lady of the Fountain (Constantinople, 460) - Benedicta of Saint Damian (Italy, 13th century), superior of the Poor Clares (after Saint Claire) Joseph, model of those consecrated to Jesus through Mary
Virgin Panaghia Portaitissa, "Holy Guardian of the Gate" (Mount Athos Monastery, Greece) - Saint Basil and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus Mary answers a prayer and saves a life After experiencing severe pain
December 27 – Feast of the Holy Family - Saint John, Apostle - 1st Apparition of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (Paray-le-Monial, France, 1673) The Messiah was promised for a time of
January 23 - Feast of Our Lady's Espousals to Saint Joseph (1546) - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo Prayer to the Mother of Jesus O Holy Virgin, I beg you, enable me to receive Jesus from the Spirit, according
December 21 - Our Lady of Saint Acheul (Amiens, France, 4th C.) founded by Saint Firmin Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XII) "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will
July 26 - Feast of Saint Ann & Saint Joachim, the Blessed Virgin’s Parents Two Youngsters and the Madonna (II) With the money they had earned working, Gianni and Franco wanted to buy three or four candles
