March 20 – Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary (Italy) Saint Joseph’s door and Mary’s door In chapter 32 of her Autobiography , Saint Teresa of Avila recounts the "vision of hell," which the Lord let [...] fear of tribulations and contradictions of life, and giving me the courage to bear them." This vision gave its full meaning to a new reality about to be born, on August 24, 1562, and presented in this same [...] allows us to leave a complicated, mixed-up, hostile and dangerous world. The other is the mysterious door through which Jesus enters the world, Mary’s door, which opens onto Heaven. Father André Doze Joseph

Minor. And the voice spoke, saying to me, "This is the hour when Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son.” My soul listened with great love, and, having listened, she was delighted; and in [...] February 2 - Purification of the Virgin Mary and Presentation of Jesus in the Temple When Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son "It was the feast of the Purification of the Virgin. I [...] clothes had fallen off, he opened his eyes and looked up. Jesus looked at me, and his gaze made my heart completely melt. Splendor came out of his eyes, and his joy shone like a blazing flame. Then he

Fraternity of Mary’s Heart at the Church of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) Divine and joyful childhood! The Advent season is about trusting and waiting like Mary, and with Mary. The liturgical [...] enters history to experience all its stages and share the anxieties, joys, sorrows, hopes and concerns of men and women of all history and of all mankind. And that is the novelty of Christianity! God so [...] mankind that he became man, like you and me. Yes, the Advent season makes us expect the divine and joyful childhood, the joy of the Lord who became man, who took on flesh, and embraced the human adventure through

Consolation and Providence (1749) - Fraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Notre Dame of Victories Church (Paris, 1836) Consecrate Your Parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) The parish [...] is surrounded by theatres and nightclubs and had become the central point for political demonstrations, agitating Paris for many years. The parish had seen almost all feeling and religious inclination die [...] I very distinctly heard these words spoken to me in a clear and solemn way, "Consecrate your parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary."

total Christ, the Head, Jesus, and the members, who are the baptized and those who believe in him. French bishop and theologian Bossuet defined the Church as "Christ extended and communicated." Hence the role [...] Cotignac (France, 1660) Mary, Mother of God’s Word and Temple of the Trinity The Blessed Virgin, temple of the Holy Trinity, radiates God's light. Daughter of the Father, source of life, Mary is not a goddess [...] page upon which God wrote the history of salvation. The white page evokes Mary's availability and her absence of sin. Through Mary, God made Himself visible to our eyes. The Life of God was manifested in

Lady of Bethlehem Son of Mary and Son of the Most High "The time came for Mary to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because [...] the moment that the angel had foretold at Nazareth: "you will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High" (Lk 1:31). This was the moment [...] space and all the time for his own things, that nothing remains for others-for his neighbor, for the poor, for God. And the richer men become, the more they fill up all the space by themselves. And the less

virtuous and generous and bring well-being and happiness to the homes of faithful Christians. As for this ice, it means that hail, frost, flood, famine and all its accompanying desolation and misfortune [...] May 3 – Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles – Mary, Queen of Poland - Act of consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) - Apparition of Our Lady of Trois-Epis to Thierry Dietrich and Schoeré the blacksmith [...] image and prayed fervently for the repose of that soul. He was suddenly illuminated by a bright ray of light, in the middle of which appeared a delicate and vaporous form. It was the Virgin Mary, wrapped

of Canterbury), Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis de Sales, and many other holy doctors of the Church, have celebrated Mary and helped to promote and spread devotion to the Virgin Mother of God across France [...] – 8th and last apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) – 13th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) – Pius XI’s Letter on France, “Kingdom of Mary” (1922) The Kingdom of France was once called Mary’s Kingdom [...] was called Mary’s Kingdom, and rightly so: from the first centuries of the Church to our time, Irenaeus and Eucherius of Lyon, Hilary of Poitiers, Anselm (who left France to serve in England as Archbishop

shall conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.” It should be noted that Mary was not the only virgin in Israel. There were other virgins in the land. But for Mary to be chosen, as [...] June 9 - Mary Mother of Grace (France) - St Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (d. 373) The Favored Woman: Mary The woman is not an afterthought, as many would infer from the creation account [...] grace. However, Mary’s favor was necessitated by her ability to keep herself pure. No woman of broken virginity would have attracted this favor. Mary played her own role of sanctification and she eventually

daughter, Mary, became a nun and took the name Sister Angela Maria. Eager to learn more about her family and her roots, she went to Italy. There, she met two of her aunts, Angelina's sisters. And to her surprise [...] July 26 – Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary The Amazing Story of Ferruzzi’s Madonnina It is called the Restful Madonna, or Madonna and sleeping child or even the Street Madonna. Whatever [...] its gentleness and received the first prize in 1897. From that moment on, the painting was an incredible success and was given a religious connotation. With her face full of sweetness and the sleeping baby