been blessed with apparitions of Our Lady. However, upon further investigation, they discovered that the famous Spanish mystic Venerable Mary of Agreda had been bi-locating to the tribe, teaching them the [...] April 24 – Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) Miracles of the Rosary in South America (I) The miracles associated with the Rosary over the centuries are so numerous that they could never be numbered. The Rosary [...] a countless number of souls draw closer to Jesus, his Church, and the Sacraments. Many of these miracles are recorded in the greatest book ever written on the Rosary, The Secret of the Rosary by Saint
September 5 - Our Lady of Pedancino (Italy) - Charles Péguy (d. 1914) - Saint Teresa of Calcutta (d.1997) The wonderful world of Marian devotions In the seventies, France's parishes, youth ministries and [...] did little to promote devotion to the Rosary. I was completely ignorant of this type of prayer until I entered the seminary, when I was suddenly plunged into this new and wonderful world of Marian devotions [...] quiet rustle of the River Gave. Funnily enough, two ducks and a toad wandered in amongst the young worshipers, as if they wanted to join in the peaceful atmosphere! Two old German ladies came to sit with us
poor, to solicit your attention and cooperation today in favor of the most abandoned of all the poor: the Blessed Sacrament. I seek alms of love for Jesus in his Holy Sacrament... for the love of Mary [...] January 4 – OUR LADY OF TREVES (Germany, 1537), Blessed Manuel González García (1877-1940) Become a 'Mary' of Abandoned Tabernacles Allow me, since I have often sought your charity for poor children and [...] Immaculate and for the love of this neglected Heart, I ask you to become a 'Mary' of all abandoned tabernacles.
July 14 – Our Lady Help of Christians (Italy, 1723) The Madonna of the Bombs The “Madonna of the Bombs” owes her sobriquet to the fact that the image was left miraculously undamaged during the March 1 [...] center of a dense circle of damage from flying shrapnel, clearly visible around the image.” The image is found between the palace of the Holy Office and the entrance to the Pontifical Oratory of Saint Peter [...] around the square. Shards of debris struck the palace, piercing through walls into the apartments and shattering nearly all the windows, except the glass protecting Our Lady of Grace, which remained in
painting by St Luke of Our Lady (Rome, 591) Seat of Wisdom (II) When the appearance of the angel bursts into her life and the first Ave Maria resounds, she is disturbed. What is the meaning of this message? [...] Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.” (Lk 1: 38). She was now the Mother of God. She knew the prophets well enough to know what awaited her. The first sounds of the Stabat Mater echoed within [...] words must not be in opposition to her purpose of remaining a virgin, a plan which God Himself had inspired in her. "’But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The
November 3 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Martyrs of Vietnam During the Soviet period in the 1970s, priests and parishioners from the Catholic village of Honai in Vietnam told me that they would not [...] we had an inkling of what awaited the people of the South: exactions, torture, prison, and religious persecution everywhere. From the border with China to the Mekong Delta, thousands of graves trace the [...] not flee from the advancing tanks of the victorious atheistic communist forces that were then five kilometers from their homes. The women, children and elderly of this proud and resolute community gathered
July 8 – Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) For a general mobilization against the risk of hell In his homily of May 13, 2017, in Fatima (Portugal), for the canonization of the shepherds Francisco and Jacinta [...] came to “warn us about a way of life that is godless and indeed profanes God in his creatures that risks leading to hell.” He added that “in asking and demanding of each of us the fulfillment of the duties [...] duties of our proper state, God effects a general mobilization against the indifference that chills the heart and worsens our myopia.” “Indeed God created us to be a source of hope for others, a true and
May 6 – Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Spend more time with the Mother of Jesus! At the beginning of May 2015, Pope Francis exhorted the baptized to trust in the intercession of the Virgin Mary, [...] Mother of God, during the general audience of Wednesday, May 6, in Saint Peter's Square. His exhortation is more relevant than ever in early May 2017! The Pope invites pilgrims to "renew" their "love [...] "love for the Mother of Jesus" and "spend a little more time with her" in this month of May, during which she is traditionally honored: "Bring to her all your intentions with confidence," the pope exhorted
January 5 – Our Lady of Good Counsel (Bergamo, Italy) The vital roots of the Pope’s filial affection for the Madonna “She is My Mother,” released in bookshops since October 2018, is the fruit of a conversation [...] thing is the Marian faith of the ‘holy people true to God,’ which teaches us to love Mary beyond theological reflection. As a son and member, like anyone else, of the People of God, Bergoglio – Francis [...] Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. “This book,” affirmed the Pope, “has been written from my heart. I am happy that my testimony will serve to praise our Mother.” The book talks
December 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas (Mexico, 1531) I am the Mother of Ipalnemohuani (IV) But the Blessed Virgin came down the hill to meet him, and blocking his way, she said [...] your mother? Aren't you under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? (...) As Juan Diego listened to the Lady from Heaven, he felt comforted and his heart became peaceful. And at that [...] said, "Where are you going, my dearest and humblest son? Where are you headed to?" He bowed and greeted the Lady and told her that although it would make her sad, he must tell her that his uncle was very
