– Easter Sunday– Apparition of Our Lady of the Revelation in Tre Fontane to Bruno Cornacchiola and his 3 children in 1947 (approved in 1956) The Risen Christ appeared to Mary first The Gospels mention various [...] Could not Mary’s absence from the group of women who went to the tomb at dawn indicate that she had already met Jesus? This inference would also be confirmed by the fact that the first witnesses of the Re [...] various appearances of the risen Christ, but not a meeting between Jesus and his Mother. This silence must not lead to the conclusion that after the Resurrection Christ did not appear to Mary; rather it invites
February 13 – Death of Sister Lucia of Fatima (2005) Mary, the "invisible Tsarina" On the night of February 13, 1917, a peasant woman from Botchinki (a suburb of Moscow, Russia) named Eudoxia Adrianova [...] churches in Moscow. A new Akathist hymn was composed in honor of the Mother of God, and made known with the blessing of Patriarch Tikhon, patriarch of Moscow from 1917- 1925. It was also in February 1917 that [...] place on the same day of the Czar’s abdication, March 2nd, shortly before his arrest on March 20th. By the priest's account, Eudoxia added that this icon was the effigy of "Mary, the invisible Tsarina
February 7 – Blessed Pius IX, Pope of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (d. 1878) Mary, a most beloved mother The Virgin Mary is "the mother of the members of Christ . . . having cooperated by charity [...] charity that faithful might be born in the Church, who are members of that Head. Wherefore she is hailed as a pre-eminent and singular member of the Church, and as its type and excellent exemplar in faith and
February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) God wanted Mary pure and immaculate By her immaculate conception, the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin in anticipation of her divine motherhood [...] snares. Mary's conduct was meritorious in the sense that her clear perceptiveness was coupled with her firm resolve to remain free of sin towards the salvation of mankind. She is completely deserving of our [...] merits of her son Jesus. This means that she is the first and the most perfectly redeemed of all creatures, and that the salvation won by her Son also applies to her. … The early redemption of the Virgin
14 – Our Lady of Bargemon (France) – Our Lady of the Lamp (Rome, Italy) Come back to Christ through Mary On March 17, 1635, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Elisabeth Caille, a resident of Bargemon (France) [...] cured of her illness! The miracle was attested by doctors and by the local bishop (1641). It was the first of a multitude of miracles for all those who have since come to honor and pray to Our Lady of Bargemon [...] through the intercession of Our Lady of Bargemon. The priest realized the richness of Bargemon's message and its relevance in the 21 st century. In this shrine, the Virgin Mary invites everyone to conversion
– 1944: Bishop of Fatima asks Sister Lucia to write down the 3rd secret of Fatima Prisoner for 10 years in a gulag, he drew his strength from Jesus and Mary One of the newest cardinals of the Church says [...] placed myself in the hands of the Virgin,” he said, adding when he returned from the prison camp, he immediately went from the train station to the Chapel of the Virgin of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius. In his [...] emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania, was elevated to the rank of cardinal in the Oct. 5, 2019 consistory. As a priest in Lithuania, Tamkevicius played an active part in resisting communist persecution of the Church
gospel which associate Mary to the sea, once its meaning is understood, one can then come to a conclusion why the title fits Mary. ‘Stella Maris’ or Star of the Sea is composed of two words ‘star’ and ‘sea [...] moments. He added that Mary guides us through our lives whether one is passing through a calm or rough period. “If you are tossed upon the waves of pride, of ambition, of envy, of rivalry, look to the star [...] November 9 – Feast of the Mater Domini Icon (Italy, 1060) – Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity (d. 1906) Mary is like a star that leads us to God “Mary is like a star that leads us to God,” Auxiliary Bishop
how Saint Therese of Lisieux felt about it. In her time, the sermons on the Virgin Mary described the privileges of the Queen of Heaven. They only showed how out of reach the Virgin Mary was, the Little [...] the Virgin Mary’s pilgrimage of faith. Didn’t Jesus say: "He who does the will of my Father who is in heaven, is my brother, my sister, and my mother." We can therefore become the mother of the Lord by [...] November 1 – Queen of All Saints – Pius XII proclaims the dogma of the Assumption (1950) Is the Virgin Mary a model we can really imitate? In an interview for the French magazine Famille Chrétienne , Father
asked, “In God’s name who are you and what do you want of me?” Mary’s response: “I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for the conversion of sinners.” Mary teaches a very important lesson here, because she tells [...] does. She is the Queen of Heaven, and she prays for the conversion of sinners. In the Old Testament, the queen was not the wife of the king, but rather the mother of the king. Mary reveals herself then as [...] the conversion of sinners, she affirms her heavenly mission is the same of that of an earthly queen mother, namely to make intercession and advocate for the people before the king. Mary’s prayer mirrors
October 12 – Our Lady of El Pilar, patroness of Hispanics Mary appeared in Zaragoza, Spain, while still on earth The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Nostra Senora del Pilar) in Zaragoza, [...] suddenly lit up and a multitude of angels appeared to the group of Christians, singing and carrying the Virgin Mary on a pillar which they set on the ground beside the apostle. Mary then addressed him: "My son [...] oldest Marian shrine in Europe, built well before the Muslim occupation of Zaragoza in 714. According to tradition, on January 2nd, of the year 40 A.D., the Virgin appeared in Zaragoza to comfort the apostle
