Born of a virgin mother, Jesus is the surprise of Creation! In contrast to her cousin Elizabeth, Mary is not barren. Her child does not come into existence because God removes sterility. Rather, Mary is [...] Old Testament institutions. But the annunciation to Mary takes place in Nazareth, which does not appear in the whole Old Testament, again a sign of total newness on what God is doing. Lastly, John the [...] answer to his aged parents’ yearning for a child. Mary does not yearn for a child, for she has not yet lived with her betrothed. Jesus is the surprise of Creation. His conception is totally God’s initiative

Sacred Heart of Jesus – Madonna of Ardesio (Italy, 1607) The very reflection of the Heart of his Mother At the moment when the spear of the Roman soldier pierced the heart of Jesus on the cross, Mary's heart [...] with a sword of sorrows. The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the very reflection of the Heart of his Mother. The day after the feast of the Sacred Heart, we remember the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which shows [...] high degree of connection between the two devotions. In 1916, during the three apparitions of the angel at Fatima, the Angel of Peace spoke about the Heart of Jesus as well as of the Heart of Mary. The Mother

March 26 - Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) The Litany of Our Lady of Walsingham (II) Our Lady of Walsingham, pray the Lord for us. (...) Mother of God, be our mother always. Mother of the Church, be our [...] Brother, you gave us Mary, His Mother, to be our Mother also. Grant, we pray you, that we may be worthy of so great a Brother and so dear a Mother. May we come at last to you the Father of us all through Jesus [...] for ever and ever. Amen. Commendation Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, assist me in my last agony. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace

the name Stella Maris, Star of the Sea. This is one of Mary's more ancient titles. Walsingham, just a few miles from the Norfolk coast, is a sanctuary of prayer and healing, a metaphor of salvation from [...] – Our Lady of Mercy – The first Marian shrine in Cozumel (Mexico, 1518) – Our Lady of Walsingham (England) Our Lady of Walsingham, the Nazareth of England Although the shrine or Our Lady of Walsingham [...] pedia mary-fills-the-world main-marian-shrines our-lady-of-walsingham-the-nazareth-of-england> www.mariedenazareth.com/en/marian-encyclopedia/mary-fills-the-world/main-marian-shrines/our-lady-of-walsi

ever-virgin Mary of Guadalupe," as she called herself. Our Lady of Guadalupe was declared the Patroness of the Americas and the Star of the New Evangelization by Pope Saint John Paul II. The Mary of Nazareth [...] December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) The Patroness of the Americas and the Star of the New Evangelization On December 9, 1531, on the hill of Tepeyac in the north of Mexico City, a young woman [...] Juan Diego, Mary sent him to gather roses at the top of the hill. He returned greatly astonished, with his tilma (or cloak) filled with the most beautiful roses he had ever seen, in the middle of winter! Under

Our Lady of Tikhvin (Russia) – The Third Secret of Fatima is revealed (2000) Icon of the Mother of God saves her people Tradition holds that the icon of the Mother of God of Tikhvin is one of several icons [...] founded in honor of the Virgin of Tikhvin. At first, a wooden church was built on the site of the appearance of the icon, in honor of the Assumption of Mary. Then in 1560, by order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible [...] icons of the Virgin Mary that was painted by St Luke the Evangelist. It was moved from Jerusalem to Constantinople in the 5 th century, to the Basilica of St Mary of Blachernae especially built to enshrine

Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1427) The silent apparition of Our Lady of the Oak In 1495, in the commune of Vion, department of Sarthe (France), an old oak tree suddenly began attracting the attention of the [...] pilgrimage to the statue of the Virgin Mary on foot and holding three candles, regained his full health. In 1595, a woman gathering wood saw Our Lady of the Oak above the roof of the chapel, in a silent [...] Although the history of the place began in 1494 without an explicit message, Mary's maternal hand has always been present. Today, Our Lady of the Oak Shrine has become the most important place of pilgrimage in

people who “at the school of Mary, accept the Gospel without reserve in their own lives.” … "The Holy Hous is the home of the young, because here the Virgin Mary, the young woman full of grace, continues to [...] – Madonna della Fossetta (Novellara, Italy) The Holy House of Loreto is “the home of the young” According to tradition, the Nazareth home of the Holy Family was flown over by four Angelic beings from Nazareth [...] “God, through Mary, entrusts a mission in our time: to bring the Gospel of peace and life to our contemporaries, often distracted, taken by earthly interests or immersed in a climate of spiritual dryness

Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (Cenacle Sisters, France, 1805-1885) The rich heritage of Our Lady of the Cenacle [...] Father Terme consecrated the goods and the people of the community to the Sacred Heart by the hands of Mary. The retreat centers developed in spite of the lack of means. Exhausted, Therese Couderc fell ill and [...] and had to go away to rest. On the feast of the Assumption of Mary, renewing the gesture of Father Terme, she handed over everything to Mary and resigned herself into Our Lady’s hands. In 1844, a community

bearing the name of "Church of Mary." To distinguish the central church, located inside the old city within the walls of the old Arab medina , city leaders called it "Church of Mary of the Almenuda." The [...] ). Several traditions tell about the origin of the Shrine of Our Lady of Almudena, an important church in Madrid, Spain. The main one says that the statue of the Madonna and Child was hidden behind a wall [...] just before the Muslim conquest. At the time of the Reconquest, in the year 1085, King Alfonso VI of León had the statue searched for. Some of the stones of the wall collapsed and the statue was discovered