Shrine of Our Lady of the Visitation has a long history, going back to an apparition of the Virgin Mary on the bank of the Yser River, in the form of a stone statue standing by a spring. The date of the first [...] July 2 – Our Lady of the Visitation (Bollezeele, France) - The Placing of the Venerable Robe (maphorion) of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae (Constantinople, 473) When Mary asked for a dead child [...] to Our Lady of Bollezeele in prayer, and obtained an end to the plague. In the 17 th century, Queen Mary Modena, the wife of James II, King of England, having learned that a large number of sterile women
August 2 - Feast of Our Lady of the Porziuncola (Our Lady of the Angels, Italy). Our Lady of Médous (Tarbes, France)- Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868 - France) How Peter Julian Eymard came to know [...] know and love Mary Peter Julian Eymard's love of the Blessed Virgin grew in his heart along with his love of the Eucharist (1). As a young man, he was devoted to her, and would often kneel before her altar [...] pilgrimage to Le Laus in the French High Alps, to the chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon Encontre, venerated throughout the region ever since Mary appeared to the shepherdess Benoîte Rencurel on September 29
– Our Lady of the Fountain ( Constantinople, 460) – St. Benedicta of Assisi (d. 1260) who succeeded Clare of Assisi as abbess of St. Damian at Assisi The Franciscan Family and the Virgin Mary In a letter [...] Christ and of His most holy Mother and to persevere in it to the end." St. Clare of Assisi, a faithful disciple of St. Francis, founded the Poor Clares in the same spirit of humility, in imitation of the Virgin [...] Virgin Mary. Within the vast Franciscan family, several branches have a Marian designation: the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM), the Franciscan Congregation of the Immaculate Conception, etc. It should
The revelation of the Son: At the Jordan, the heavenly voice said that Jesus is the Son of the Father... But Mary had known this mystery since the time of the Annunciation. An announce of the Passion: Finally [...] January 9 - Baptism of the Lord - Virgin of the Annunciation (Italy, 1490) - Pauline Jaricot, founder of the Work for the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Association (d. 1862; beatification [...] Lyon). Mary and Jesus’ Baptism Mary may not have been present at Jesus’ baptism, but her whole life was tied to the richly symbolic meaning of this event. Pope Saint John Paul II made the baptism of Jesus
January 2 – The Epiphany of the Lord - Memorial of the Panaghia Portaitissa “Holy Guardian of the Gate” (Mount Athos, Greece) – Saint Basil and Saint Gregory of Nazianzen Mary, the most beautiful gift [...] simple: the greatest gift that men can give to Jesus is Mary! Indeed, only the Immaculate is worthy of the mystery of the Incarnation. A liturgical hymn of the Eastern Church expresses this truth perfectly: [...] who came to us risking suffering and death, deserves to be given gifts! This is one of the meanings of the feast of the Epiphany. The Magi from the East paid homage and adoration to him with gold, frankincense
October 20 – Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Portugal, 1646) – Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (d. 1629), founder of the French school of spirituality Mary’s life passed from silence [...] Hers is a life of silence adoring the eternal Word. Seeing with her eyes, on her bosom, in her arms, This same Word, the substantial Word of the Father, Being muted and silenced because of his childhood [...] it, Following the example of the incarnate Word, Who is her Son, her God, her only Love. And so her life passes from silence to silence, From silence of adoration to silence of transformation. Cardinal
August 24 - Saint Bartholomew, Apostle - Dedication of the church of Our Lady of Benoîte Vaux (Site of apparitions in France, 1138) “The Virgin Mary is always near patients to fight for them.” A Maltese [...] through a similar experience, but the Virgin Mary is always near patients to fight for them.” The Ta’ Pinu Basilica, in Għarb, Gozo, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Ta’ Pinu, with many religious devotees [...] Basilica itself is full of pictures, items and stories from around the world of people recovering from various serious injuries and diseases after praying to the dedicated Virgin Mary. Johnathan Cilia, june
Baptism of the Lord - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1546) - Saint Gregory of Nyssa Mary is the first living Tabernacle The prayer of the Rosary or five decades of it, after the Sacred Liturgy of the Most [...] meditating, the very act of taking up the Rosary to pray is already a remembrance of God, of the Supernatural. A simple recollection of the mysteries of each decade is one more ray of light to sustain the [...] the Incarnation of the Word. “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.” Thou art full of grace, because in Thee resides the source of this same Grace. And it is by Thy union with the Most Holy Trinity
apparition of Our Lady of the Poor in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) - Our Lady of Seeds (Chaldean rite) Mary’s promise in Banneux Long before the apparitions of Lourdes, someone had said that if Mary wanted to [...] The same is true of the Belgian village that was renamed “Banneux Notre Dame” in 1914. During the tragic days of the German invasion, at the beginning of WWI, all the populated areas of the region were [...] not-so-far distance, the inhabitants of the small village of Banneux gathered in the church and solemnly promised to dedicate their village to Mary and add the name of Our Lady (Notre Dame) to Banneux if
January 2 - Memorial feast of the Virgin Panaghia Portaitissa, "Holy Guardian of the Gate" (Mount Athos Monastery, Greece) - Saint Basil and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus Mary answers a prayer and saves a [...] nurses came to get me before I could finish it. So I placed myself in the hands of the Virgin Mary and I just said to her: "Mary, I put my life in your hands. I am ready to die, but thank you for staying with [...] share my story to give Hope to all those who are suffering. Thank you Virgin Mary! Pascale, a French reader of A Moment with Mary , October 2020
