12 – OUR LADY OF THE CONQUEST (Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1692) - Saint Aelred of Rievaulx (d. 1167) Don Diego’s Statue of the Madonna and Child In the North Chapel of the beautiful cathedral of city of Santa [...] Pueblo Indians, which she did. The Shrine of Our Lady of the Conquest symbolizes a spirit of deep-rooted faith and devotion that characterized the Conquistadores of this territory. The conquest is commemorated [...] Vargas carried with him in the bloodless reconquest of New Mexico in 1692 (following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680). He vowed to build a chapel for Our Lady and hold a yearly procession if she would grant him
December 20 - 4th Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of Folgoët (France) Mary awaited the Savior in the midst of turmoil A case unique in history, Israel was expecting the coming of a Savior Messiah after so [...] unshakeable certainty of being the instrument of an eternal, worldwide destiny. The numerous prophecies announcing the coming of the Messiah describe with surprising accuracy the portrait of the Awaited One [...] Savior, in the heart of a small nation tossed about by historical events, which had survived conflicts with neighboring empires and would one day be the sole survivor of the dissolution of the ancient world
May 22 - St Rita of Cascia, Augustinian nun – Our Lady of Graces (Brescia, Italy, 1526) Mary’s joy in the Ascension of Christ Oh, if she had joy while her Son was still living with her in the flesh, if [...] her only Son enter heaven with commanding power and reach the throne of God the Father Almighty? Was a joy like this ever heard of? Was a joy like this ever seen in public, so that the human mind might [...] that Mary’s joy did not surpass all the joys that came before it? In this world, good mothers are wont to be very happy when they see their children raised up by earthly honors. Even so, will not this Mother
May 25 – Feast of the Ascension – Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) Mary's joy in the Ascension of Jesus Oh, if she had joy while her Son was still living with her in the flesh, if she had [...] her only Son enter heaven with commanding power and reach the throne of God the Father Almighty? Was a joy like this ever heard of? Was a joy like this ever seen in public, so that the human mind might [...] that Mary’s joy did not surpass all the joys that came before it? In this world, good mothers are wont to be very happy when they see their children raised up by earthly honors. Even so, will not this Mother
December 16 - Our Lady of Happy Deliverance (Spain, 1565) A Shoot Will Come out from the Stump of Jesse What did the bush seen by Moses announce, with its flame that didn't consume the wood, if not Mary [...] it signify if not the flesh of Christ borrowed from the flesh of Mary without harming her virginity? In her, this is for certain, heavenly dew came down with divine bliss to the point that we can all share [...] (Nb 17:8), the figure of the Virgin conceiving without having known a man? From that great miracle Isaiah reveals a still greater mystery: a shoot will come out from the stump of Jesse and from its root
August 7 – Feast of Our Lady of the Kings (Seville, Spain) "Mercy in the heart of Mary" In an interview published by France Catholique, Bishop Albert Marie de Monléon, Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, answered [...] Francis’ recent pilgrimage to Fatima, in May 2017, was a sort of Marian culmination of the Jubilee of Mercy. In your opinion, what place do you think that Mary held at each Congress of Mercy?" A: As soon as [...] became the Mother of God for the purpose of bringing mercy into the world. The ultimate purpose of God, the raison d'être of all his works, is mercy, and Mary is the most complete realization of that mercy."
September 4 – Our Lady of the Heights (France) – Death of French Catholic statesman Robert Schuman (1963) Robert Schuman had a deep veneration for the Mother of God Robert Schuman (1886-1963) was a French [...] foundations of reconciliation between our two peoples and the building of a united Europe were laid." After his funeral mass in the Metz Cathedral, his coffin was set down in front of a statue of the Madonna [...] " The culmination of his whole life happened with his famous “Declaration” of May 9, 1950, which constitutes the birth certificate of the European Union. "Europe is not the negation of the motherland,"
September 20 - Feast of Our Lady of Itati (Paraguay) The Apparitions of La Salette (II) The beautiful Lady was dressed in the local peasant garb, with a long dress, an apron nearly as long as the dress [...] with light. On her chest two chains of sparkling gold drew the children's attention. The first was large and flat, made of links placed side by side along the edge of the shawl. The second, much thinner [...] were offering the world the choice of nailing or of releasing her Son. The expression on her face was at once heart-rending and beatific. "She wept all the time she spoke to us," asserted Melanie. "I really
at her shrine of Bargemon (France), so he decided to consecrate his son to Our Lady of Bargemon. He promised her to come barefoot to the altar of her shrine at the end of the novena and to bring her an [...] on the day of a religious procession of White Penitents who came to pray to Our Lady of Bargemon. Brother Raphael In Le trésor inconnu de la Mère de Dieu (The Unknown Treasure of the Mother of God), Benedictine [...] addressed to his father when he spoke to him of his promise to the Virgin Mary, the boy had the same disposition of heart and the same resolve. They started on their way. When they arrived in sight of Bargemon
question: Following Vatican II, there seemed to be a lessening of Mary’s role in the devotional lives of many Catholics. We, of course, also saw this among our Protestant brothers and sisters over the past [...] Catholic has responded rightly toward women—but in terms of the way the Church upheld femininity, much of that was developed because of who our Lady was. The Church is way ahead on this. Historically, if [...] Helen, St. Lucy, St Monica, St Catherine of Siena, St Joan of Arc. All of these remarkable women had very different vocations. None of these women could be referred to as a doormat. This is what the Catholic
