August 29 - End of the Apparitions in Laus, recognized in 1665 (Southern Alps, France) My Name is Lady Mary (I) One day in May 1664, seventeen-year old Benoite Rencurel was tending sheep in a valley surrounded [...] a rock, holding the hand of an adorable Child. “Beautiful Lady!” she said to her. “What are you doing up there? Would you like to share my lunch with me? I have a little bit of hard bread-we could dip it [...] in her arms and disappeared into a grotto in the side of the cliff, where the shepherdess saw her go in and out several times. Over the course of the next four months, the Lady appeared every day to Benoite
July 28 - Victory over the Turks by the Knights of Rhodes through Our Lady’s Protection (Constantinople, 1480) Mary Watches Over You We ought to love the Blessed Virgin very much. If you invoke the Blessed
so it is the beginning of the new liturgy in “spirit and truth”. When at this juncture Jesus speaks to Mary of His hour, He is connecting the present moment with the mystery of the Cross interpreted as [...] July 19 - Our Lady of Moyen Point (France) Mary’s Timing Jesus says to Mary that His “hour” has not yet come. On an immediate level, this means that He does not simply act and decide by His own lights [...] mysterious sign. This stamps the miracle of Cana as an anticipation of the hour, tying the two together intrinsically. How could we forget that this thrilling mystery of the anticipated hour continues to occur
July 24 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy) Queen Mary Reigns Above Mary’s Son will deny her nothing that she asks, and herein lies her power. While Mary defends the Church, neither great monarchs [...] monarchs, nor craft of man, nor popular violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short, but Mary reigns above, a queen forever.
on the part of Jesus’ mother. In three passages of the infancy narrative Luke depicts this process of “remembering” for us. The first passage occurs in the account of the Annunciation of Jesus’ conception [...] us that Mary took fright at the angel’s greeting and entered into an interior “dialogue” about what the greeting might mean. The most important passages figure in the account of the adoration of the shepherds [...] shepherds. The Evangelist comments, “Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:19). At the conclusion of the words of the twelve-year-old Jesus we read once again, “His mother kept all
appreciate the benefits of the Rosary, especially now that I have become familiar with the mysteries of the Rosary. I would like to cry out and tell everyone about the power of the Mother of God and about the [...] July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (III) There were four of us around the dying child. The doctor took the child’s pulse as her heartbeat became almost imperceptible [...] heard someone breathing in the room; we had the impression of a vivifying presence, but there was nothing visible, just the strange certainty of a supernatural intervention. I called my husband and told
achievements of women are unimportant of course, but that women must not lose sight of those ends for which all other things are only the means. In one of her letters, Stein wrote: “On the question of relating [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] Saint Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) urged a group of Catholic women to fight for these very truths: “Perhaps the moment has almost come for the Catholic woman to stand with Mary and with the Church
Even an earthly mother faithfully Seeks to fulfill the last will of her son. But you became the handmaid of the Lord; The life and being of the God made Man Was perfectly inscribed in your own life. So you [...] 1st July - Month of the Most Precious Blood Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (I) Today I stood with you under the Cross, And felt more clearly than I ever did That you became our Mother [...] you could take your own into your heart, And with the lifeblood of your bitter pains You purchased life anew for every soul.
June 29 Our Lady of Laghet (France) - Saints Peter and Paul, apostles Mary and the Church Christ has three brides, namely: a universal bride, who is the Church of all the elect, whom He began to wed at [...] at the beginning of the world by faith and charity; a particular bride, who is the holy soul, whom He weds daily by converting individuals to Himself by grace; a singular bride, who is the most blessed [...] blessed Virgin, whom He wed in the womb of His Mother. But these last two brides are contained in the first, as the part is contained in the whole.
ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the Gentiles and glory for your people Israel.” (Lk 2:32) Mary and Joseph are astounded when Simeon proclaims Jesus as a “light of revelation for [...] the Presentation of Jesus its deepest meaning. Indeed, according to the divine plan the sacrifice offered then “in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two [...] sacrifice of Jesus, “for I am meek and humble of heart” (Mt 11:29); in it the true “presentation” would be made (cf. Lk 2:22), which would see the Mother associated with her Son in the work of Redemption
