March 12 – Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) How could Mary have been anything but silent? Tradition says that the three inhabitants of the holy house of Nazareth hardly ever spoke. The gentle celestial [...] that we imagine as being part of the life of the Holy Family only took place in our imagination; they never happened. There was a deeper silence there than in the loneliness of our tears or in Chartreux Abbey [...] for twelve long years, long years in relation to the formation of habits, although they would have passed for Mary as a holy ecstasy, full of painful love. She had carried Jesus in her arms. She had watched
quality of the performances. "What is impressive is this analysis of what Mali is today, because Mary is what is Christ, so the teachings of Christ become the teachings of Mary. The meaning of this evening [...] Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) With Mary, Mali’s rebirth is possible! On the weekend of November 23-24, 2019, Catholics in Mali celebrated the 48 th pilgrimage to Our Lady of Mali shrine in Kita [...] large delegation, the Minister of Religious Affairs and Worship, Thierno Hass Diallo, took part in this event in its entirety, even attending a play by the diocesan choir of Bamako. Thierno Hass Diallo has
March 10 – Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) I overcame great trials thanks to Mary I am Catholic, and the quest for the spiritual is essential to me. On May 30, 1976, five miners assaulted me with [...] reason, like in the movie A Clockwork Orange. That day was a turning point in my life. On the verge of death, paralyzed for two years, my eyes riveted on hospital ceilings, without knowing if I would ever [...] promises to myself: to never again turn away from what is essential and to find joy in life, every day of my life, and to express gratitude every day. I chose "anti-revenge" therapy, that is, I decided not
the Queen of Peace, I met Paul, who is my husband today. We are the happy parents of a little boy named Karol. I believe that Mary comes especially for families in Medjugorje: when you think of it, all the [...] Lady of Help (Italy) – 14th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) The Virgin Mary is a wonderful matchmaker! Five years ago, I went to Medjugorje and there I wrote a short letter to the Virgin Mary, telling [...] telling her that I wanted to get married, and that I would like it to be "Our Lady of Medjugorje", i.e. "the Queen of Peace" (the title under which she appears there), to send me my future husband. A few
her feet, and said to her: "I am the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ who died on the cross for the salvation of mankind. Please go and tell the people of Vicenza on my behalf to build a church here in [...] Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) How Mary stopped the plague on Monte Berico (I) A rare manuscript, kept at the Bertoliana library in Vicenza, Italy, tells in great detail the story of the events [...] decimated" by a serious epidemic of plague in 1426-1430. On March 7, 1426, an old peasant woman named Vincenza Parisi, saw on the hill of Monte Berico, near the city of Vicenza, a woman dressed like a
28 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) – 11th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) A very concrete way to seek Mary’s intercession At a recent retreat I led for a group of women outside of Tucson, Arizona [...] was especially heightened on the last day. As a part of their send off from the retreat and to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, some of the women arose at four in the morning to create a helium [...] diminished by exhaustion and grief. In the past few months, not one but two of her former students had been arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder. Their victims were their own children. “Really
February 6 – Mater Pietatis (Italy) – Death of French mystic Marthe Robin (d. 1981) Marthe Robin’s motto was: "All to Jesus through Mary" Marthe Robin (March 13, 1902 - February 6, 1981) was a French Catholic [...] continents. Marthe, who for over 40 years relived the Passion of the Christ every week, has been proclaimed Venerable by the Church. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world have found conversion after [...] the Foyers de Charité . Marthe wrote on February 3, 1930: “My motto is: All to Jesus through Mary, mediatrix of all graces. My life is all in union with Our Lord through union with his Holy Mother.” Father
January 28 – Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Mary asked and Jesus did it on the spot Regarding Mary the Mediatrix of all grace, saint Thomas Aquinas makes this comment [...] comment about the scene of the Wedding at Cana in the Gospel of Saint John, chapter 2: "By these words ‘My hour is not yet come’ (Jn 2: 4), Jesus Christ shows that he would have delayed this miracle, if [...] if any other than Mary had asked him, but, because the request came from his mother, he did it on the spot." Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), In Summa Aurea , V
January 6 – Adoration of the Magi Mary saved our daughter's life One night in 2017, we experienced the presence of Mary in our lives, when she saved our newborn daughter. Gabrielle was a 3-day old, seemingly [...] was doing, I knelt down in front of Gabrielle’s body, hands joined in prayer, and started imploring the Blessed Virgin: "Mary, help us!” Was it an automatic memory of my long-forgotten Catholic upbringing [...] emotion and collapsed sobbing. Laurent Deffeyes A reader of A Moment with Mary sent us this true story that happened in Switzerland, near the city of Lausanne.
would be a mistake to deprive ourselves of such a gift! Mary is the most wonderful of mothers. Did she not worry about Jesus when he wandered off at the age of 12? She cares for us in the very same way [...] December 21 – Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Mary heals married couples Guillaume d'Alançon, director of the Institute for the Family in Europe ( l’Institut pour la Famille en Europe ), explains [...] novena to ‘Mary who heals married couples,’ distributed by thousands of copies. The Institute for the Family in Europe is also responsible for the creation of Louis and Zélie Martin Centers . Some testimonials
