Joseph, who is the greatest saint of the Church after Mary of Nazareth, is also in my prayers every day, for being her husband. I often think about my visit to Our Lady of Fatima Shrine (Portugal), and I [...] May 13 - Ascension of the Lord - Feast of Our Lady in Fatima (Portugal, 1917) - Attack against Pope Saint John Paul II (1981) Every day, I pray to Mary and Joseph to thank them Together with my wife, I [...] showing us the example of the Holy Family that we need so much in this day and age as society becomes less and less Christian. Philipp von Liechtenstein, a member of the princely family of Liechtenstein. He
future. The Virgin Mary also predicted the promulgation of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and pontifical infallibility. The Mary of Nazareth Team [...] 16 – Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France – 35,000 ex votos) A Moment with Mary prophetically foreseen in the 16th century? In Quito, Ecuador, Our Lady is venerated under the title of "Maria Santisima [...] Holy Mary of the Good Event (or good success)." The origin of the shrine goes back to the astonishing revelations received by Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1553-1635), who was the abbess and one of the
January 12 – Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - St Aelred of Rielvaux (d. 1167) Thanks to both Mary and Joseph The mystery of Mary's motherhood is so great that it somehow leaves the mystery of Joseph's fatherhood [...] Joseph received Mary as his wife and the mystery of the child conceived in her (Mt 1:24) with all his heart. So it was in a common act that they dedicated themselves to their task of receiving Jesus and [...] fatherhood in the shadows. We should strongly affirm this: Mary's motherhood with regard to Jesus called for Joseph's fatherhood. This fatherhood is inseparable from that motherhood and draws its source and its
man? " Her question reveals the confidence of a daughter of Israel who knows that one can ask anything of the God. It is also the mark of intimacy, since Mary alludes to her emotional and private life. [...] rationalist objection of the biological impossibility of this conception. The Gospel hides nothing! Clearly, Mary holds a unique place in Salvation History. God’s way of revealing Mary’s vocation to her and [...] February 28 - 2nd Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) - 11th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary was truly free to decide God used infinite tactfulness when He decided that the day had
this morning, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Father went to the Spanish Steps for an act of veneration in private to Mary Immaculate,” the press office [...] pope left the Spanish Steps and traveled to the Basilica of St Mary Major, where he prayed before the icon of Salus Populi Romani , Mary Protection of the Roman People. Since 1953, it has been a custom for [...] February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) - Shrove Tuesday Pope asks Mary Immaculate to watch over Rome Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s
full perfection the boon of unity among the members of the Christian family, which is the illustrious fruit of her motherhood? In Mary, God has given us the most zealous guardian of Christian unity. Pope [...] January 25 - Our Lady of Good Travel (India, 1599) - Conversion of Saint Paul Mary, the Mother, will reconcile her children The cause of unity is a Marian cause. It is the Mother who will reconcile her [...] her children... Will it not be Mary’s wish to employ her goodness and providence to console the Spouse of Christ, the Church, through her long-sustained efforts in this enterprise, as well as to bring to
me and for my conversion of heart. So I took the icon out of the closet… and right then and there, I felt peace and forgiveness take the place of hatred. It was the conversion of my heart that I had been [...] January 7 - Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) - Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) With the Virgin Mary’s help, I was able to forgive! My name is Olga, I live in France [...] been asking for! The same feeling of peace I had experienced in Medjugorje. Thank you, Mary! So then I found a spot in my home to hang the icon. A few days later, I went to Lourdes for my birthday. I arrived
29 - Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium, 1932) Mary in the Temple (IX) The king was seduced by your beauty When she who was to feed with her breasts the Christ God to be born of her, was weaned [...] presentation to the Temple, the placing at the right side of the altar in the Holy of Holies, which was actually considered to be the right hand of God. He describes her as "beautiful clothed in brocade" [...] more glorious interior. The psalm not only shows the inner richness of her virtues but also the unutterable abundance and beauty of those graces from the Spirit, which are deeper than thought.
July 21 - Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) Why I Love You O Mary Oh, I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so Why your sweet name makes my heart throb Why the thought of your supreme greatness [...] on you in your sublime glory I could not believe that I am your child O Mary, I would lower my eyes before you! … Mother full of grace, I know that in Nazareth You lived in poverty wanting nothing more [...] glorious Heaven You smiled to me in the morning of my life Come and smile to me again… Mother… now that evening is drawing near! … I no longer fear the splendor of your supreme glory With you I have suffered
intact, conceived of the snake’s words and gave birth to disobedience and death; the Blessed Virgin Mary conceived of faith and joy when the Angel Gabriel announced to her that the Spirit of the Lord would [...] virtue of the Almighty would cover her with His shadow, so that the Holy One conceived in her womb would be the Son of God. And Mary answered: “Let it happen to me as you have said.” Therefore Mary gave [...] June 1st - Coronation of Miraculous Image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) Mary, the New Eve We realize that Jesus became man through the Blessed Virgin, and the disobedience caused by the snake ended in the
