saying she believes her son was being watched over by the Virgin Mary. “We’re a religious family ... I always say that the Virgin Mary and all the saints and the angels are with my kids every day,” Kelly [...] (Italy, 1556) A mother whose autistic toddler went missing believes he was kept safe by the Virgin Mary Anthony "AJ" Elfalak, who is non-verbal, went missing from his family's remote rural property in Putty [...] Kelly Elfalak said in an online video, News Corp reports. “The Virgin Mary is always with us and I knew she was always with AJ. Ms Elfalak went on to say that she had prayed and taken holy communion the

I knew that I was going to be a priest. I think the Blessed Virgin Mary is responsible for my vocation. I have a deep devotion to Mary. I feel like she is my mother. I can go to her and have comfort, protection [...] Exhortation "Marialis Cultus" (1974) – Birth of Lucia of Fatima (1907) “I think the Blessed Virgin Mary is responsible for my vocation” I was born on October 12, 1955 in Myanmar. Some people call it Burma

the Virgin Mary was crying," said Shigemi Fukahori, a 79-year-old parishioner at the church who remembers the statue before the explosion that destroyed the cathedral that is called St Mary's in English [...] should be preserved forever." The remains of the statue of the Virgin Mary have found a new home inside a rebuilt church, also called St Mary's, built on the same site, only 500 metres (1,640 feet) from the [...] March 17 – Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) – Our Lady of Blaj (Romania) Scarred statue of Mary that survived the Nagazaki A-Bomb now a symbol of Peace When the atom bomb "Fat Boy" devastated Nagasaki

because Mary and Joseph have so much to tell us about how we can accept God's plan, with all the challenges this can entail in our daily lives. Sometimes we think that everything was easy for Mary and Joseph [...] Church. Jacques de la Bastide. Contributor, Mary of Nazareth Excerpt from an article published in 2016 in the magazine Ave Maria: “A look at the trials of Mary and Joseph during the first 24 months of their [...] March 23 – Mater Domini (Italy, 1650) Mary and Joseph: a married couple to imitate in difficult times Discovering the Holy Family, and especially getting to know and love the future mother and father of

Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1603) Like Mary, we can nourish Christ with our good deeds! Eve took some food, and as a result we were condemned to an eternal fast; Mary gave some food, and the entrance to the [...] was certainly a great marvel that Christ was conceived in Mary's womb, but it is no less marvelous to see him as a guest in our hearts... Mary nourished Christ by giving the milk of her breast to his lips [...] the feast of Heaven was opened to us. The Virgin Mary was the one who conceived Christ in her womb, but all the chosen ones can carry him in their hearts with love. Blessed, yes very blessed the woman

Miracles (Treviso, Italy, 1510) Mary, ‘Melto D’Moronoyo’, is a mother to all her Maronite children For the Maronite faithful their attachment to the Blessed Virgin Mary is nothing new; Our Heavenly Mother [...] year incorporates numerous memorials to Mary. This begins with the two Sundays of the Virgin, the third and fourth Sundays of Nativity season: The Annunciation to Mary and the Virgin’s visit to Elizabeth. [...] joyful song of the Resurrection we pray, “Mary, cease your crying, Christ has truly risen.” For the Maronites, the season of Pentecost reveals the face of Mary, as the Mother of God but also the observant

March 8 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) – Saint John of God Mariah Carey says that Mary, not she, is the true ‘Queen of Christmas’ In recent years pop sensation Mariah Carey has become known as the [...] Radio 2, Mariah Carey set the record straight by saying that the real Queen of Christmas is the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. “Can I just say that I did not create the title or the moniker ‘Queen of [...] own Christian faith. “Let’s face it, everybody’s faith is what it is,” she continued. “But to me, Mary is the Queen of Christmas.” The Christian Post reported that Carey has long been open about her Christian

we cannot recall. St. Luke’s infancy narrative twice mentions Mary’s memory. When the shepherds withdraw from the manger, we are told, “Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart” (2:19) [...] March 13 - Our Lady of Rose (Italy, 1635) Like Mary, let us reflect on the past year in our heart Do you know who remembers more about your childhood than you do? Your mother. Men have memories, but we [...] of Israel in the temple, he obediently accompanies his parents to their home in Nazareth. Again, “Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart” (2:51). This may be why early church tradition

of the Virgin Mary left standing after the deadly Kentucky tornadoes The deadly storms that hit nine states in the Midwest and the South produced an image of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child

of humility, in imitation of the Virgin Mary. Within the vast Franciscan family, several branches have a Marian designation: the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM), the Franciscan Congregation of the [...] who succeeded Clare of Assisi as abbess of St. Damian at Assisi The Franciscan Family and the Virgin Mary In a letter to the faithful, St. Francis of Assisi praised the way of humility that God chose for