Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1689) Mary, Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Wherever there is pain, wherever there is suffering, wherever there are trials, the Heart of Jesus [...] expressions of this devotion, in different forms and languages, all of them having in common the Father’s revelation of the mystery of His deep Love through the symbol of the living heart of His Risen Son [...] the depth of His Mercy. In 1688, Sister Margaret Mary had a final vision in which the Lord, through the Virgin Mary, entrusted the Sisters of the Visitation and the Fathers of the Society of Jesus with
14 – Our Lady of Pasenika or Mary’s Victory (Contantinople) - St Gregory Palamas The Logic of the Cross and the Heart of Mary Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, who serves as the Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic [...] Heart of Mary and the mystery of the Cross: "Whenever life puts us on a cross, whenever infirmity, lack of understanding, loneliness, exclusion or betrayal crucify us, we are held in the heart of Mary, because [...] Vatican, presided a Mass in Fatima, Portugal, on the feast of the exaltation of the Cross, on September 14, 2017, for the 100 th anniversary of the Fatima apparition in September 1917. In his homily, he
Motherhood of the Virgin Mary All of Scotland is consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary July 26, 2017, marked the beginning of 40 days of preparation for the September 3rd Act of Consecration of the Scottish [...] Keenan, head of the diocese of Paisley. The consecration, intended to mark the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, took place in the Scottish National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in [...] Kingdom of Scotland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. All of the country’s Catholic bishops—eight ordinary bishops and eight emeritus bishops—participated. This 40-day preparation was the idea of Bishop
re-lived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. With Mary the heart is oriented towards the mystery of Jesus. Christ is put at the center of our life, of our time, of our city, through the co [...] October 8 – Mary Mother of Hungary The Rosary contains within itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus When reciting the Rosary, the important and meaningful moments of salvation history [...] reconciliation. It contains within itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." Pope Benedict XVI Address made on May 3, 2008 Vatican
– Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) The beautiful fruits of Our Lady of Walsingham On Saturday, June 30, 2018, in Birmingham, England, eight priests were ordained for the personal Ordinariate of Our Lady [...] Lady of Walsingham. They received the priesthood from the hands of Bishop Bernard Longley at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, which houses the relics of Blessed John Henry Newman, the patron saint of the [...] members of the Ordinariate use their own rite that draws from the liturgical and musical riches of English heritage. The eight new priests have promised obedience to Bishop Keith Newton, the head of the
August 25 – Mary, Health of the Sick - Saint Louis, King of France (d. 1270) Today the Queen of the World took me out of Purgatory In Rome, on the day of the Assumption, a woman entered the basilica erected [...] erected on the Capitol in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There, she was greatly surprised to see one of her neighbors who had died the year before! “Aren’t you my neighbor Marozina, who has been dead [...] continued, “the Queen of the World has prayed for us and has taken me out of Purgatory with many others. So many souls were delivered that their number exceeds the population of Rome! This is why, in
August 3 – Act of consecration to Mary inspired by St Peter Damian and approved by the archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) See the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary! Tomás Morales Pérez was a Jesuit [...] “Without contemplation of the mysteries of the life of Jesus, the Rosary is a body without a soul, which ends up dry, routine and hurried.” But that’s not to minimize the role of the Blessed Virgin. If [...] If the Rosary is the Church gathered with Mary, it is also the Church that sees the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, “the most attractive and effective way, as lived by the Blessed Mother.” … “Every
icon of the Madonna and Child, a reproduction of the Virgin of Kazan. This oil appeared for the first time on the palm of the hands of a young married woman called Myrna Nazzour, on November 22nd of the [...] July 7 – Pius XII consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary A miracle in our times: Our Lady of Soufanieh, in the heart of Damascus (Syria) While blood has been spilled in Syria for nearly seven [...] be shed, pure oil from the image of Our Lady of Soufanieh has been flowing in Damascus, the Syrian capital, for more than 35 years. In November 1982, in a neighborhood of north Damascus, a fragrant oil has
Wedding of the Holy Virgin Mary with Saint Joseph - Saint Ildefonso of Toledo (607-667) "Mother of my Lord, give me the Spirit of my Redeemer" "O Our Lady, my Sovereign, you who direct me, Mother of my Lord [...] Lord, Servant of your Son, Mother of the Creator of the world, I come to pray to you. I beg you, I implore you, to obtain for me the spirit of my Redeemer, to be worthy to know you as you are, to speak [...] and truthfully to you, and to say all the truths about you that deserve to be told." Saint Ildephonso of Toledo
September 3 - Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) - Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604) A statue of Mary pulled to the top of a mountain “La Cordée Pierre et Charles” (French for [...] experience of mountain hiking in an atmosphere of joy, simplicity and friendship, following Christ our loving leader. The goal of their last outing, on September 1-3, was to pull a statue of the Virgin [...] Virgin Mary to the summit of the Aiguille de La Grande Sassière, a 12,300 ft mountain on the French-Italian border of the Alps. Organized as a pilgrimage, the project provided an opportunity to entrust France
