us to imitate Jesus by taking Mary as our Mother and entrusting everything to her. The Marie de Nazareth team From Saint Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to Mary [...] July 20 – Canonization of Saint Louis de Montfort (1947) "Totus tuus! I am completely yours, Mary!" Saint Louis de Montfort proposed a very powerful Marian doctrine, which has been taken up and lived with

July 23 - Saint Bridget of Sweden, Co-Patroness of Europe (d. 1373) The Virgin Mary is closely associated with the Redeemer St. Bridget of Sweden heard from the mouth of the Mother of God: "I say with [...] with the love of her Heart." (Revelationses extravagantes, ed. C. Durante, Romae 1606, c 3, p. 804) Mary also told St. Bridget this: "Consider, my daughter, the Passion of my Son. His limbs were like my

July 8 – Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) The miraculous icon of Mary "Liberatrix of Russia" The miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan has the sad look of the Russian Virgins, who tenderly press the [...] restored. It was placed in Fatima, because of the prophecies about Russia given there by the Virgin Mary, in the Domus Pacis, in a bullet-proof room inside the chapel dedicated to her. The icon was gifted

recognized by Bishop Ito in 1984) The message of Mary at Akita concerns all of us today On this anniversary of the beginning of the lacrimations of the Virgin Mary in the convent of Akita, Japan, let us remember [...] diocese, which includes Akita, pronounced the apparitions as supernatural on April 22, 1984. The Marie de Nazareth team

Because, this year, Mary “standing by the cross of Jesus” (John 19:25) reminds me of how many people stood by me last year when I was going through an excruciating cancer treatment. Mary standing by Her crucified [...] they were constantly telling me: “We are here for you! We are here for you like Mary!” How lovely it is to be like Mary near her suffering son. Fr Martin Micallef – March 26, 2021 Adapted from: Times of [...] June 25 – Our Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) We are here for you like Mary! This year, the commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows, which in Malta we traditionally celebrate with great devotion on the

reference, and an inexhaustible source of talent in composing songs to the Virgin Mary." A fervent devotee of the Virgin Mary, the guitarist points out that one day, after having sung in his native tongue [...] June 24 – The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Singing to Mary in Senegal Senegalese singer-songwriter Rémi Diégane Dio has practically devoted his musical career to choral singing. "I often say that [...] to introduce guitar and singing in church in Senegal in 1968, with a song dedicated to the Virgin Mary. He learned to sing "on the job" by "staying up until the early hours of the morning watching older

June 16 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) – Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) The Stabat Mater: Mary's Bitter Passion Is there any grief like a mother’s when she loses her child? Stabat Mater , a Latin [...] sung before the Gospel) in 1727 for the feast of the Seven Sorrows [or Dolors] of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 15th. Its use as a sequence is optional now on that feast day (now called the feast for [...] have devotions and prayers to our Blessed Mother as Our Lady of Sorrows? St Bonaventure wrote of Mary’s sorrow at her Son’s death that “no grief was more bitter than hers, because no son was as dear as

Saint John Paul II’s second visit to Poland (1983) French policeman died a hero’s death thanks to Mary Arnaud Beltrame was a French policeman who voluntarily changed places with a hostage during the March [...] spiritual journey. Arnaud Beltrame experienced his conversion at age 33. In 2015, he asked the Virgin Mary to help him meet the woman of his life, and soon after he met Marielle, whom he married. They first [...] injured man's shoulder so that "he could live his last moments under the protection of the Virgin Mary, whom he loved so much." Clémence de Longraye Adapted from: Famille Chretienne

October 16 – Beginning of Saint John Paul II’s papacy The Pope of "Totus tuus" to Mary When Karol Wojtyla became the first Slavic Pope in history on October 16, 1978, the Polish bishops immediately thought [...] "program" laid down by the famous Polish poet, who was buried near his home in Wawel Krakow, Poland. The Marie de Nazareth Team

Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal from 1961-1965 (decision pending) In Garabandal, Mary speaks to us like a Mother In his book A Message of Hope, José Luis Saavedra tells us that the messages