December 16 – Our Lady of Good Deliverance (France) – Our Lady of the Raft (Italy, 1117) Welcoming without resignation and waiting in hope Holy Mary, Virgin of waiting, give us the soul of a watchman. Now [...] the threshold of the third millennium, we unfortunately feel like we are the sons of twilight rather than the prophets of Advent. O Sentinel of the morning, awaken in our hearts the passion to bring fresh [...] grace to feel the thrill of new beginnings. Make us understand that it is not enough to welcome among us: we must wait as well. Greeting is sometimes a sign of resignation. Waiting is always a sign of hope
December 13 – Our Lady of Oglio (Italy, 1534) – Our Lady of the Sainte Chapelle (France) They were expecting a ruler from the East It is astonishing that at the time when the Virgin Mary was expecting [...] the destiny of the world that from Judea would come the rulers of the world." These two historians wrote at the end of the first century and at the beginning of the second, unable to know of the triumph [...] and Suetonius testify to a belief that a "Ruler of the world" would come from Judea. Tacitus wrote in his Historiae : "Most were convinced that it was written in the ancient books of priests, that in those
Rosaries. Our decadent modern societies are undoubtedly the result of lack of prayer. It was in anticipation of this general disorientation that Our Lady so insistently asked for the recitation of the Rosary [...] compared to a long chain that links earth to Heaven. We hold on to one end while the other is in the hands of the Blessed Virgin. The Rosary is very pleasing to God. That is why the Church invites us to recite [...] we ask of her. For indeed, she is the Mediatrix of all graces, by the will of her Son. Mary wants to bestow on our souls, families, homelands, and the world, this torrent of favors that she holds in her
pilgrimage to the grotto of Our Lady of Arigbo, in Dassa-Zoumé, in the south of the country. This religious gathering is the most important in Benin, a country with 23% Catholics from a population of 8.5 million [...] million. The theme of this year’s pilgrimage to Our Lady of Dasse-Zoumé was: "Mary, model of all missionary commitment." Delegations from the Catholic Church of France, Togo, Ivory Coast and Nigeria were [...] were invited to this Marian pilgrimage. The Marian grotto of Arigbo is located in a rocky hill, not far from the Basilica of Our Lady of Arigbo in Dassa-Zoumé. This high place of Christianity in Benin was
may be invoked as Our Lady of Candelaria, Our Lady of China, Our Lady of Chiquinquirá, Consoler of the Afflicted, the Madonna of Constantinople, or Maryam in Hebrew. Mary is the Mother of all people on this [...] part of my life, whatever image or title she is given: Mary of Nazareth in the Basilica of the Annunciation at Nazareth, or Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille (France), etc. I got a tattoo of her to express [...] a statue of immaculate white marble; the melodious flow of my thoughts is the sincere reflection of my prayers that I resolutely address to you. You are my divine protection who never ceases to shine in
Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) The Doves of Fatima In 1946, Portugal celebrated the third centenary of its consecration to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception by King Juan IV, and Our Lady of Fatima [...] journey to the 5 continents, or else they awaited the statue at the place where it was going to be placed. The episode of the doves largely impressed the spirit of the Portuguese people: the Cardinal of Lisbon [...] doves of Our Lady. “In a few centuries, there will be of course terribly intelligent people who will laugh at our naïveté and will wonder how it was possible create such an antiquated legend in the middle
Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) The Doves of Fatima In 1946, Portugal celebrated the third centenary of its consecration to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception by King Juan IV, and Our Lady of Fatima [...] journey to the 5 continents, or else they awaited the statue at the place where it was going to be placed. The episode of the doves largely impressed the spirit of the Portuguese people: the Cardinal of Lisbon [...] doves of Our Lady. "In a few centuries, there will be of course terribly intelligent people who will laugh at our naïveté and will wonder how it was possible create such an antiquated legend in the middle
region, are determined to turn the massive Catholic church into the continental Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary. "Now that the people have returned to this area, our goal is to rebuild physically, but [...] hope to turn into a continental Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary. Sudan became an independent nation in 1956. Its first prime minister, Ismail al-Azhari, in order to appease the Islamists of the [...] tion to the region," the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, told CNA. Bassols and Salvans are hopeful that in 2023, the centenary of the foundation of Ave Maria, the Shrine of Our Lady
July 28 – Icon of the Hodigitria, “She who Shows the Way” (Smolensk, Russia) Mary Who Unties of Knots Shrine in Campinas, Brazil I am blessed to have visited the official shrine of Our Lady Who Unties Knots [...] Bourgerie, the founder of this shrine (along with the Blessed Virgin of course!) came to welcome me when I arrived. It is an extraordinary place, where thousands of pilgrims come each day to ask for special gifts [...] song. Prayer is beautiful and very fervent! I am entrusting all of your knots, your inextricable and difficult situations, to Our Lady’s fine and slender fingers, so that she may find the best solutions
appeared to him in dream and invited him to go to the town of Arras and see a certain Father Lambert. She asked him to convince the monk to meditate in prayer and entrust himself to the Lady who would [...] - Notre Dame of the Ardents (Arras, France, 1105) Notre-Dame of the Ardents In the year 1105, a minstrel from Tienen, Flemish Brabant named Itier, had a marvelous vision of a beautiful lady all dressed [...] would give him a candle during the Vigil of Pentecost, and water, purified by drops of wax from this candle, would heal the ailing. The beautiful Lady asked Itier to become partners with another minstrel named
