enough to carry for nine months the Good, the sovereign Good, the happiness of the angels and Lord of the universe" (Sermon in praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Our saint dedicated seven Sermons to the [...] always continued the tradition of the Fathers of the Church in maintaining a filial devotion to the Virgin Mary. His Sermons about her echo the most beautiful lines of the Song of Solomon: - "Your voice is [...] crowned His Mother today with the diadem of heavenly glory." (Saint Anthony’s Sermon for the feast of the Assumption) Excerpt from the Novena to St Anthony of Padua (Day 9) written for the Marie de Nazareth
bishop of Metz, came to live there. In 947, Emperor Otto I confirmed this foundation in honor of Saint Maurice and Our Lady. On September 14, 948, Bishop Conrad of Constance, and Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg [...] 853, the Abbess Hildegard, daughter of Louis the German, asked Saint Meinrad (+861), monk and poet from Reichenau, to move there and consecrate a chapel to Our Lady of Einsiedeln. The saint was murdered [...] Foundation of Einsiedeln (Switzerland, 948) The Special Consecration of the Shrine of Einsiedeln The origins of the first Swiss Catholic Shrine, located about 40 km from Zurich, dates back to the 9th century
Sunday - Our Lady of the Slap (Italy, 1200) Because the Blessed Virgin was in great need The Easter season offers many stories of apparitions of the risen Lord to the early Christians, but oddly seems to forget [...] Jesus appeared to many others. Saint Teresa of Avila had a private revelation: “Jesus told me that having resurrected; he went to see Our Lady, because she was in great need. Her sorrow kept her absorbed [...] it. In his Spiritual Exercises, for the mystery of the Resurrection, Saint Ignatius of Loyola recommends that we meditate on the fact that Jesus appeared to the Virgin Mary. Even though Scripture does not
determining role of Mary in the story of the coming of Jesus our Savior. Our founder, Saint Paola Elisabetta Cerioli, was inspired by Our Lady of Sorrows to found our Religious Institute. I myself made my [...] October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) He chose Mary. Long live Mary! Near my home, in Italy, there is a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy. I am a religious of the Holy Family, and we know the determining [...] appointed first bishop of the new diocese of Naviraí, in Brazil, under the patronage of Our Lady of Fatima. There is a golden star, symbolizing Mary—the star of my life—on my episcopal coat of arms. More recently
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 worthily [...] 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 [...] worthily and truthfully to you, and to say all the truths about you that deserve to be told." Saint Ildephonso of Toledo
May 10 - Our Lady of Saussaie (Paris, 1305) In One Hand a Rosary, in the Other, a Pen The entire Rosary has the beauty of reproducing the theological thoughts concerning Mary; they are reproduced in the [...] language of theologians. Here meditation rises to the heights attained by scholars. Here prayer dwells where the scholars are brought to a halt. Marian theology and the Rosary are therefore similar to two temples [...] recalls the joys, sorrows, and triumphs of Jesus and in perfect symmetry, for each part has five chants, and each chant in turn is an episode. The Rosary could very well be called the poem of human redemption
your Bishops of Senegal, prayerfully trusting in the God of all mercy and protection, and assured of the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, Queen of all Saints, are [...] We give thanks to God for allowing us to reopen, in the hope of fully reopening all services of divine worship." The Bishops exhorted the Catholic faithful to maintain social distance to help the complete [...] Virgin Hodegetria, "She who points the way" (Italy) - Saint Odilo of Cluny, fifth abbot of Cluny (d. 1049) Assured of the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic churches in Senegal, Mauritania
September 5 – Our Lady of Pedancino ( Italy) – French poet and writer Charles Péguy (d. 1914) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta (d. 1997) "There are days when patrons and saints are not enough" "There are days [...] And there are days when you have to go up, up, up, up, and up. Then you have to summon up your courage. And go directly to the one who is above all. Be bold. Just once. To address boldly the one who is [...] also infinitely good. The one who intercedes. The only one who can speak with the authority of a mother. To address boldly the one who is infinitely pure. Because she is also infinitely gentle. Who is
October 30 – Our Lady of Mondevi (Italy, 1540) Dear young people who are preparing for the priesthood At the General Audience of August 23, 2017, during the greetings in Italian, Pope Francis encouraged [...] for the priesthood, train from now on to live the Gospel with an ardent missionary spirit and with special attention to serving the poor and the needy. Remember to say the Rosary every day. Vatican.va [...] encouraged seminarians to pray the Rosary every day. Speaking inside the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, Francis addressed the candidates to the priesthood from the Oratorio di San Filippo Neri and from
April 10 – Good Friday – Our Lady of Laval (France) Mary’s temptations at Calvary If Mary was tempted, as even Jesus was in the desert, this took place above all beneath the cross. And the temptation was [...] believed that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God; she knew that if Jesus had appealed to the Father, he would have sent him “more than twelve legions of angels” (Matt 12 :53). But she saw that Jesus [...] Temple (Luke 2:48). Mary was silent. "She lovingly consented to the immolation of this Victim which she herself had brought forth," a text of Vatican Council II tells us. She celebrated his Passover with
