temple of our physical selves, healing of the heart, mending of the mind and even resurrection of the soul are all possible. The difference between us and the Widow of Nain is not the degree of our pain [...] Perhaps, in His knowledge of His own purpose, He thought of His own Mother, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. There would come a day in his own life when His Mother, bereft of her protector, Joseph, would [...] forth from the Gate of another city – Jerusalem – in order to bury her only Son. The Lord recognized the deep grief in the Widow of Nain. He felt her suffering – as He feels all of our suffering – and
June 26 - Our Lady of Tichwin (Russia) – Disclosure of the 3rd Secret of Fatima (2000) Third part of the Secret of Fatima The third secret was written down by Sister Lucia, the only survivor among the [...] sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and [...] whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima in 1917. Sister Lucia, then a Carmelite nun, wrote down the text in 1944, at the request of the local bishop. The following is the full text of the "third secret"
wrote: "At La Salette, Mary, Mother full of love, showed us her sadness at the moral evil of humanity. Through her tears, she helps us to better grasp the painful gravity of sin, of God's rejection, but [...] September 19 - Our Lady of La Salette, Reconciler of Sinners (France, 1846) Our Lady of La Salette’s abundant tears help us to grasp the painful seriousness of sin On September 19, 1846, two uneducated [...] which makes the arm of my Son so heavy. After speaking of disastrous harvests due to people's sins, she added: “If they are converted, the stones and rocks will change into mounds of wheat, and the potatoes
Wednesday - Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle - Blessed Isabella of France (d. 1270), foundress of a convent named for the "Humility of Our Blessed Lady" The King of kings got many of his natural [...] glory of God than all the saints of the Old Covenant and of the Church. How did she do this? Because in her, everything was an effective act, everything was grace - since grace is the transmission of divine [...] the jewel of Creation: her mere walking in the streets of Nazareth was enough for God to remember his Covenant with humanity. The Virgin already had the elegance of the Spirit. The least of her movements
October 6 - Our Lady of the People How Mamma Rosa of San Damiano learned all the mysteries of the Rosary Mamma Rosa (1) was preparing a meal, cutting tomatoes to make a salad, when a young priest, looking [...] He greeted the good lady and asked her to pray with her, in front of the beautiful statue of the Madonna that stood in the place of honor, on a small and simple altar. They both knelt down, then the priest [...] from the book Fioretti de Rosa di Gesu-Maria The Virgin Mary appeared many times to Mamma Rosa in San Damiano, Italy, under the name of Our Lady of the Roses
Our Lady of the Underground (Chartres, France) – Our Lady of Fossolovara (Italy) Our Lady of Chartres, honored as “Our Lady of the Underground” In the city of Chartres, 55 miles southwest of Paris, Our [...] dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. All down the centuries, through building, fires, and rebuilding of the several churches, the original Druid grotto was called Our Lady of the Underground, since [...] crypt (underground) of the Cathedral of Chartres. In 1650, the grotto underground was walled up and, at that time, a small chapel was built close to the crypt, and the statue of Our Lady of the Underground
Benedict of Nursia, abbot (founder of the Benedictine Order, d. 547) - Dedication of the Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady of Puy, Queen of France (France) The Benedictine Order and the Virgin Mary The Order [...] spiritual quest: “Seeking among the ashes of the Roman Empire first of all the Kingdom of God, Benedict perhaps unknowingly scattered the seed of a new civilization that would develop, integrating Christian [...] summed up in his Rule (IV, 21), the monks' programme of life: "Nihil amori Christi praeponere", "Prefer nothing to the love of Christ". Holiness consists of this, a sound proposal for every Christian that has
– Our Lady of the Fountain (Constantinople, 460); Benedicta of Saint Damian (13th century), superior of the Poor Clares, successor of St Clare of Assisi How we can honor Mary We honor Mary by actively [...] honor Mary by cultivating an interior life like hers. Mary meditated on, that is, thought about, the events of her life in relation to God’s plan of salvation. We are participants in God’s plan of salvation [...] adoration we offer to God), because of the gifts of grace God granted her and because of the way she responded to these gifts. We also honor her in all the forms of Marian prayer we say: the Rosary, the
February 22 –Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, apostle – Blessed Isabella of France (d. 1270), Abbess, founder of a convent dedicated to the Humility of Our Lady Mary always answers! This morning, December [...] to the class on that day and continue to prepare! O joy! Mary always answers, and so quickly! Thank you Mary! T. C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on Dec. 12, 2021
January 9 - Virgin of the Annunciation (Italy, 1490) - Pauline Jaricot, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and of the Living Rosary (d. 1862) Mary embodies the most necessary human [...] explained: "Actually, I see in the Virgin Mary the embodiment of the human values necessary for my life." Can you dream of a more beautiful definition of what Mary has brought to us? To a world given over [...] over entirely to the boastful pride of life, Mary teaches the humility of Bethlehem. To a world dominated by money, she reminds us of the poverty of Nazareth. To a twisted and lying world, she brings truth
