April 15 - Our Lady of Kiev (Ukraine) Mary's feminine heart, keystone of the heavenly city The redeeming love of Christ sustains the fidelity of those who have received, like the sovereign Virgin, the [...] gift of undivided love. "It is not possible to separate purity, which is love, from the essence of our faith, which is charity, a surge of love unceasingly renewed for God" (St. Josemaría, Friends of God [...] holiness, a treasure of charity towards God and neighbor, is associated with her virginity, the exclusive gift of self for the Incarnation of the Word. Our Lady unites the two prerogatives to an "eminent and
September 9 – Our Lady of Cavadonga and Aranzazu (Spain) – Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1475) Angelic singing was at the origin of this French Marian shrine The village of Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux is [...] discovered a statue of the Virgin Mother at the foot of an uprooted oak tree. Amazed, they decided to build an oratory for her, and a hermit was appointed to guard it. With the influx of pilgrims, a more [...] confirms the donation of land and woods by the bishop of Verdun (Meuse), Albéron de Chiny, to the young community of Premonstratensians (a Catholic canonical order founded by Saint Norbert of Xanten at the beginning
September 28 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) The great M (or "aime” French for love) of Mary For four years Isabelle had wanted to concretely trace the "M" formed by the sites of the Virgin [...] push pedals for the conversion of our country and that of our souls." On July 14, 2017, 12 young people set out on this pilgrimage. They finished it on August 15th, feast of the Assumption and a national [...] submitted her idea to Marie and Xavier, who immediately said “yes.” All three embarked on this adventure. "We will go on pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Virgin Mary. We want to put our country back under
Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of Blessed Valley (Benoite-Vaux, France, 1138) A statue of the Madonna and Child miraculously found by loggers! The Shrine of Blessed Valley (Valley of Blessing in [...] and Our Lady of Blessed Valley continued to be a pilgrimage center for centuries. In this place there was also once a miraculous fountain, the water of which cured several maladies. The Stations of the [...] Afflicted” and “Queen of Peace.” The shrine was restored in the year 1830. The successor statue of Our Lady of Blessed Valley that is currently venerated there is also very old, and is said to resemble the original
outpouring of support coming to us from around the country and the world,” Medley said in a statement to CNA. “Several bishops have communicated to me that they are asking their parishes to take up a [...] March 12 – Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) Statue of the Virgin Mary left standing after the deadly Kentucky tornadoes The deadly storms that hit nine states in the Midwest and the South produced an [...] an image of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, seemingly untouched outside the damaged building of Resurrection Catholic Church. Tina Casey, communications director with the Diocese of Owensboro
Italy: Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) - Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (Orthodox Church) Mary, the most perfect of Christ's disciples First, the Virgin Mary has always been proposed to the faithful [...] because charity and a spirit of service were the driving force of her actions. She is worthy of imitation because she was the first and the most perfect of Christ's disciples. All of this has a permanent and [...] up as an example to the faithful rather for the way in which, in her own particular life, she fully and responsibly accepted the will of God (cf. Lk. 1:38), because she heard the word of God and acted on
October 2 - Our Lady of the Assumption (Naples, Italy, 11th C.) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (I) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit [...] destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness. It blends easily into the spiritual journey of the Christian life, which, after two thousand years, has lost none of the freshness of its beginnings and feels [...] Spirit of God, is a prayer loved by countless saints and encouraged by the Magisterium. Simple yet profound, it still remains, at the dawn of this third millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined
February 9 - Our Lady of the Bells, Cathedral of Saintes (France) The Mother of God I am astonished that there are people that actually raise this question: “Should one or should one not call the Blessed [...] Virgin the Mother of God”? Because if Our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how could the Virgin who gave birth to Him not be the Mother of God? This is the belief that has been passed down to us by the Holy Apostles [...] Fathers... The Blessed Virgin is truly the Mother of God since she supernaturally gave birth to the Christ, the Savior, who has taken on our flesh and our blood, and who on the human level, comes from the
October 2 - Our Lady of the Assumption (Naples, Italy, 11th C.) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (I) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance of the Spirit [...] destined to bring forth a harvest of holiness. It blends easily into the spiritual journey of the Christian life, which, after two thousand years, has lost none of the freshness of its beginnings and feels [...] Spirit of God, is a prayer loved by countless saints and encouraged by the Magisterium. Simple yet profound, it still remains, at the dawn of this third millennium, a prayer of great significance, destined
February 9 - Our Lady of the Bells, Cathedral of Saintes (France) The Mother of God I am astonished that there are people that actually raise this question: "Should one or should one not call the Blessed [...] Virgin the Mother of God"? Because if Our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how could the Virgin who gave birth to Him not be the Mother of God? This is the belief that has been passed down to us by the Holy Apostles [...] Fathers... The Blessed Virgin is truly the Mother of God since she supernaturally gave birth to the Christ, the Savior, who has taken on our flesh and our blood, and who on the human level, comes from the
