March 8 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - St. John of God Mary saved Saint John of God from death when he was a soldier In 1638 the Spanish army besieged Fontarrabia, occupied at that time by the French [...] he prayed to the good Virgin Mary whom he had always turned to for help and consolation since he was a child: "You alone can save me, Queen of Heaven, do not let me fall into the hands of the enemy." [...] at the sound of a trumpet, the horse took off at full speed, reared up and threw his rider against a rock. Juan was seriously hurt, was in horrible pain, and unable to get up. He expected to be captured
January 5 - Our Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1641) O Mary of All Women O Mary of all women, you are the chosen one, Who, ancient prophets promised, would bear God’s only Son; All Hebrew generations prepared [...] prepared the way to thee, That in your womb the God-man might come to see man free. O Mary, you embody all God taught to our race, For you are first and foremost on fullness of grace; We praise this wondrous [...] wondrous honor that you gave birth to Him Who from you took his manhood and saved us from our sin.
January 30-Our Lady of the rose (Lucca, Italy) The Name of Mary (II) If the winds of temptations surge, if you run aground on the shoals of troubles, look to this star, call upon Mary! If you are tossed [...] enormity of your sins, confused by the foulness of your conscience, terrified by the horror of the Judgment, so that you begin to be swallowed up by the pit of sadness, the abyss of despair, think of Mary [...] by the winds of pride or ambition or detraction or jealousy, look to this star, call upon Mary! If anger or greed or the allurements of the flesh dash against the boat of your mind, look to Mary! And if
(1164-1265, the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) The Sabbatine privilege of the Brown Scapular In the year 1251, in the town of Aylesford in England, Our Lady appeared to Saint Simon Stock, a Carmelite [...] owing some debt of punishment. This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and, speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular, said, “I, the Mother of Grace, shall [...] extended this magnificent privilege to all the laity who are willing to be invested in the Brown Scapular of the Carmelites and who perpetually wear it. True devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary consists in
November 3 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) My greatest experience of Mary My experience of Mary was influenced by my mother and by my parish priest, Father Sabino. With my mother, we prayed the Rosary [...] night, on our knees, and we sang the office of the Holy Virgin every Saturday. At the age of 83, the year of her death, my mother was hospitalized and remained in a coma for over a week. I went to see her [...] up." I went to pray the Rosary in the hallway. To my surprise and joy, my mother woke up and returned to her normal state! Thanking Jesus and Mary, I invited my sisters, who were present, to pray with me
December 22 - Our Lady of Chartres, Mother of Youth (France, 1935) O Desired of Nations! O King of nations, you come closer and closer to Bethlehem where you will be born. The journey is drawing nigh and [...] weight, does not cease to converse with you on the way. She adores your divine majesty, she gives thanks for your mercy, she rejoices to have been chosen for the sublime ministry of serving as God's mother [...] will contemplate you. How will she be able to serve your sovereign greatness worthily, she who regards herself as the least of your creatures? How will she dare to carry you in her arms, press you against
arrived at the current site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, where the statue became so heavy that no one could make it budge. Obviously, the Blessed Virgin wanted her statue to be venerated on that exact [...] April 27 - Our Lady of Vilnius (Lithuania) The Pearl of Catalonia In the year circa 800, the Moors were invading Spain, so the inhabitants of the region, where a certain Black Madonna was venerated, hid [...] blessed and named the guardian of the “Pearl of Catalonia", or "April Rose, Black Madonna of the Mountain, Star of Montserrat, Spread Your Light on Catalan Country, Show Us the Way to Heaven!”
March 26 - 5th Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) - Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel Three mysteries worthy of proclamation accomplished in God's silence People are sometimes troubled [...] some adaptation to the ideas of the age. The meaning of this event is accessible only to faith, which understands in it the "connection of these mysteries with one another" in the totality of Christ's mysteries [...] Incarnation to his Passover. St. Ignatius of Antioch already bears witness to this connection: "Mary's virginity and giving birth, and even the Lord's death escaped the notice of the prince of this world:
eternal rest of the soul of the martyrs. The Church recommended praying the rosary, which consisted of reciting the 150 psalms of David, because it was considered to be a prayer extremely pleasant to God and [...] July 14 - Our Lady Auxiliatrix of Christians (Italy, 1723) The Word Rosary Means Crown of Roses (I) In ancient times, the Romans and the Greeks used to crown with roses the statues that represented their [...] clothing and their heads adorned with crowns of roses, as symbols of joy and giving their hearts to God as they were about to encounter him. At night, the other Christians gathered their crowns, and for
arrived at the current site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, where the statue became so heavy that no one could make it budge. Obviously, the Blessed Virgin wanted her statue to be venerated on that exact [...] April 27 - Our Lady of Vilnius (Lithuania) The Pearl of Catalonia In the year circa 800, the Moors were invading Spain, so the inhabitants of the region, where a certain Black Madonna was venerated, hid [...] blessed and named the guardian of the "Pearl of Catalonia", or "April Rose, Black Madonna of the Mountain, Star of Montserrat, Spread Your Light on Catalan Country, Show Us the Way to Heaven!"
