person was Mary! It probably wasn’t my time. I still had much left to do, people to love and to serve according to the Gospel. For 25 years now, I have been singing the Magnificat in my heart with Mary! Story [...] September 21 – Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist – Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) "The day Mary carried me in her arms" It was late afternoon on a beautiful fall day, 25 years ago. I was riding [...] Story shared by Francis, a reader of A Moment with Mary , from Pyla-sur-mer, France – July 1, 2021

feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On July 2, 1959, the late Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Mary Trinh Nhu Khue of Hanoi honored Mother Mary as patroness of the ancient city and granted the [...] Lady of Itati (Argentina) Vietnamese Catholics celebrate Mary, “Mother of Hanoi” Catholics in Vietnam’s capital have been urged to follow Mother Mary's examples in trusting in God and doing charitable work [...] Elizabeth. Mary said God had done great things for herself and her nation, blessed those who love him and invited all people to be missionaries to bring Good News to others. He said Mother Mary is full of

prayer to Mary Following the sudden collapse of a multistory building with people trapped inside, many Catholics around South Florida have fled to a common refuge :the comforting presence of Mary. So it was

September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows The reasons of Mary’s unspeakable sorrows Today, as we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, we contemplate Mary sharing her Son’s compassion for sinners. As Saint [...] torment inflicted on the Innocent One born of her flesh. Just as Jesus cried (cf. Jn 11:35), so too Mary certainly cried over the tortured body of her Son. Her self-restraint, however, prevents us from plumbing [...] each of his disciples to his Mother when he says to her: Behold your Son (cf. Jn 19:26-27). Today Mary dwells in the joy and the glory of the Resurrection. The tears shed at the foot of the Cross have

September 16 - Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church (d. 1621) Mary hears and saves King Charles V of France, who then built a chapel in thanksgiving During a hunt, King of France Charles V (1338-1380)

Quinche (Ecuador) - Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church (344-407) Mary, venerable treasure of the whole world We greet you Mary, Mother of God, venerable treasure of the whole world, inextinguishable [...] adequately the praise of Mary? She is both virgin and mother... Behold now, the universe rejoices. Let us tremble and worship the undivided Trinity. Let us praise the ever-virgin Mary... Saint John Chrysostom

Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Invoking Mary "so that the plague of terrorism may cease” It is striking to note the number of times that Pope John Paul II invoked Mary and asked Catholics to pray to her at [...] audience, he mentioned the Virgin Mary, in Italian, recalling that they had just celebrated her Nativity and that on September 12, the Church celebrated the Holy Name of Mary. And the following year, on Saturday [...] love may grow." And he invited the bishops to entrust themselves to Mary: "May you find wisdom and strength through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, patroness of your country!" He himself entrusted them

was, encouraged her sisters: "We can’t learn to love the Virgin Mary just by staying on our knees and praying the rosary. Let us ask Mary, with simplicity, to teach us how to pray as she taught Jesus, during [...] poet Charles Péguy (d. 1914) - Saint Teresa of Calcutta (d. 1997) "We can’t learn to love the Virgin Mary by staying on our knees" This is how Mother Teresa, who became St. Teresa of Calcutta (1), as the [...] during all the time he was with her in Nazareth." "Joy is our strength: let us imitate the Virgin Mary, she who knew how to look at people with clear and limpid eyes like those of her Son Jesus; she who

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 [...] 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 man fighting to recover from a serious injury [...] journey to recover, he asked the public for their dedicated prayers while turning to the famous Virgin Mary of ta’ Pinu in Gozo to give him further strength. “I ask that you pray for me, my friends, so that

Chalcoprateia (Constantinople, 395-408) Football manager of the Italian national team prays to the Virgin Mary In an interview for Italian television, Italian football manager Roberto Mancini, who is the manager [...] manager of Italy’s national team the "Squadra Azzurra", talked about the important place that the Virgin Mary occupies in his life. He says that she is the rock on which he leans, both as a man and as a football [...] channel, interviewed Mancini at length about his faith and in particular his devotion to the Virgin Mary: "The Blessed Virgin is the Mother of all of us, she is always close to us" , Mancini said. He also