November 11 - Our Lady of the Portuguese (1546) - Saint Theodore the Studite (d. 826) Mary is the New World (II) Mary is the earth that was not accursed like the first, which was covered in thorns and thistles
November 10 - Our Lady of Almudena (Madrid, Spain) Mary is the New World (I) Before creating the first man, God prepared a splendid palace for him. Placed in paradise, man was driven out by his own di [...] found her so charming that he united himself to her substantially, by the descent of the Holy Spirit. Mary is the earth in which the thorn of sin cannot grow. On the contrary, she produced the Child by whom
October 30 - Our Lady of Mondevi (Italy, 1540) With the Name of Mary on Their Lips As a missionary, Father Louis Marie de Montfort found himself in a boat going up the River Seine packed with at least [...] prayer. Nobody moved, but the booing calmed down as the prayers began. After the invocation "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners" had been repeated several times, the face of Father de Montfort [...] had made a Marian shrine. On lips accustomed to saying blasphemies, he had brought back the name of Mary.
October 28 - Our Lady of the Treille (Lille, France) Veneration of Mary True Marian devotion never obscures or diminishes faith and love for Jesus Christ Our Savior, the one Mediator between God and humankind
A.D. (Saragossa, Spain) Mary, Show Us the Right Way Mary's message is one of hope for all the men and women of our day, whatever their country of origin. I like to invoke Mary as the Star of Hope (Spe
October 9 - Blessed Virgin Efesina (Russia, 988) - Pie XII (d. 1958) Mary Reigns over the Entire World The Supreme Shepherds of the Church have considered it their duty to promote by eulogy and exhortation [...] it is helpful to recall that as early as the seventh century our predecessor Saint Martin I, called Mary "our glorious Lady, ever Virgin." Saint Agatho, in the synodal letter sent to the fathers of the Sixth
October 5 - Our Lady of Zapopan (Mexico) Mary Patroness of Madagascar In 1971 Madagascar celebrated the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Catholic priest in Fianarantsoa. Archbishop Gilbert [...] on, in 1867, another missionary, Fr. Castets, had composed a hymnal introduced by these words: "O Mary, Mother without blemish, we, the Madagascan people, choose you as our Patroness and our strength." [...] " This commitment is still valid and the Madagascans continue to faithfully pray, to the Virgin Mary in particular, in the numerous grottos of Our Lady of Lourdes erected throughout the country.
September 29 - Archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael The Very Sweet Name of Mary The Song of Songs allows us to believe that at the Assumption of the Virgin the angels inquired about her name [...] It may be," Richard de Saint Laurent replied, "that they just wanted to hear the very sweet name of Mary."
September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) Prayer to Mary Holy Mary, Mother of God, you have given the world its true light, Jesus, your son--the Son of God. You abandoned yourself
October 4 - Saint Francis of Assisi A Greeting to the Virgin Mary Hail, O Lady, Mary, holy Mother of God: you are the Virgin made Church and the one chosen by the most holy Father in heaven whom he consecrated
