the Militia of the Immaculate in Rome (1917) Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Loving God with the Heart of Mary "The more you will belong to the Immaculate, the more you will approach the wounds of the Savior,

– Our Lady of the Fountain (Italy, 1320) This Olympic athlete proudly holds up her gold medal and Mary’s Miraculous medal The elusive Olympic gold medal was not the only one that 30-year-old weightlifter

(Portugal, 1646) – Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (d. 1629), founder of the French school of spirituality Mary’s life passed from silence to silence Our Lady's lot is to be silent and to listen. This is her state

- Saint Faustina Mary revealed great mysteries to St. Faustina Mary, Mother of Mercy had a special place in the spirituality of St. Faustina, who was very attached to the Virgin Mary from her childhood [...] your Mother" (Diary, 330). St. Faustina venerated Mary above all as Mother of the Son of God, Mother of Incarnate Mercy and Mother of all people. Mary taught her to live in the presence of God in her soul [...] the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, had for its patroness. Sister Faustina had many visions of Mary in which the good Mother of God instructed, helped and assisted her in her prophetic mission of mercy

October 6: Our Lady of the People (Italy) On October 10, 2021, let us give Mary a Rosary wreath! On Sunday, October 10, at 3pm, in many different places around Belgium (parishes, Marian shrines, nursing [...] at Fatima in 1917 – the date of Sunday October 10, 2021 at 3:00 pm has been chosen instead to offer Mary, Help of Christians, a crown of rosaries, in union with everyone who will be praying throughout Belgium [...] of prayer, of thanksgiving for the graces received, with the offering of ourselves to Jesus through Mary, and asking for divine help in these difficult days we are experiencing, by creating fervent places

Virgin Mary. His entire life changed, his faith blossomed, and he recognized his call to the priesthood. KRIS MCGREGOR: Don’t we need to take to heart the last words of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the [...] us ever will. Mary had complete free will, but she chose to respond in love and sacrifice. She is our perfect model. Jesus is God and man, and of course he is the most perfect, but Mary is the closest [...] relate more to Mary. I know I did when I was going through my conversion. I felt her motherly care and her closeness. Jesus can be a little intimidating because he is God and man, but Mary is just human

October 4 – Saint Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) The arrival of Saint Francis at Saint Mary of the Angels Here is the story of the arrival of St. Francis at the Porziuncola (1): When this church too was at [...] oft times visited it - according unto the name of that church, that from old time was called Saint Mary of the Angels - he abode there by reason of his reverence for the Angels, and his especial love for [...] called Portiuncula (in Latin) is a small Catholic church located within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi. It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started.

Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1697) Mary is a real mother in the order of grace Devotion to the Immaculate Heart is at the center of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary predicted at Fatima. Cardinal [...] has come to perfect interior unity and therefore sees God. To be devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary means therefore to embrace this attitude of heart, which makes the fiat “your will be done” the defining

Saints Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel Saint Michael, general of Mary’s army Saint Michael has a privileged role in the exercise of Mary’s universal motherhood, especially in the war against the enemy of [...] his Spirit, is carried out by the united action of the Virgin Mary and St. Michael, who is the Prince of the Celestial Army, of which Mary is the Queen. It is because we fight alongside the Virgin that [...] It will be a time of anguish such as has never been seen before" (Dan 12:1). Let us remember what Mary said to the visionaries of La Salette: "The time is here; the sun is getting darker; faith alone will

September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) Mary, the house where Christ espouses the Church We read in Proverbs: " Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars [...] pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table." (Proverbs 9:1-2) Mary is a creature, made by the Creator, by the creative Wisdom. She was sanctified by the Holy Spirit so [...] Christ and his Church. Jesus is true man and true God. God brings his presence in a complete way. Mary is the bridal chamber, the place where the divine bridegroom meets humanity, to which he unites to