cousin Elizabeth lived. My heart, heavy with the burdens of life, leaps with gratitude. I repeat your name on the road, my prayer blossoms in May flowers, you help me to meditate the Word that inhabits my

"Yours is an eminently Marian spirituality, not only because the Legion glories in carrying Mary's name as its unfurled banner, but above all because it bases its methods of spirituality and apostolate

y in France. In Brittany, a priest named Father Hamet designed a small string of rosary beads consisting of two decades and composed of 26 blood-red beads. He named it the "Crown of the Holy Japanese Martyrs

with regard to true knowledge of faith but recognized the names of each man who appeared when they called each other by their respective names. It is claimed that this vision of a female form told Gregory

she walked home from Mass that Sunday, Oct. 9, 1859. Seeing the woman again, she asked, “In God’s name who are you and what do you want of me?” Mary’s response: “I am the Queen of Heaven who prays for [...] conversion of sinners, she affirms her heavenly mission is the same of that of an earthly queen mother, namely to make intercession and advocate for the people before the king. Mary’s prayer mirrors the biblical

, the Blessed Virgin herself confirmed it to a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France, appearing to her and giving her name with this phrase: "I am the Immaculate Conception." The poor

period of Roman peace (Pax Romana). She pauses her work and thinks about her engagement to this man named Joseph. The archangel Gabriel interrupts her quiet thoughts. He announces to Mary: "The holy Spirit [...] (Lk 1:35)." Mary understands that she will become pregnant, but not by Joseph, and that the child's name will be Jesus. She responds to the archangel's announcement by accepting to change her personal plans

Virgin that the thought came to him to found a congregation of devout teachers and to give it the name of the one who had inspired him." In fact, in a letter to King of France Louis-Philippe, to obtain [...] society of teachers which I believed should be dedicated to the Mother of God, being convinced that the name of Mary alone would attract many candidates." (Letter of January 28, 1834) He asked his first members

four years through Mary's intercession. In gratitude, on the day of her confirmation, she added the name "Mary" to "Margaret". "I went to her with so much trust that I felt I had nothing to fear under her [...] tender love from then on. I entered the Visitation Convent because I was attracted by the very lovable name of Mary. I felt that this was what I was looking for." As a nun, she fell ill, and it was again the

of God to help them. When they woke up the next morning, they found an already-made statue! They named her Our Lady of Liesse (rejoicing, jubilation) because, as they said, “ she brought us joy, and she [...] knights’ native village, known today as Liesse. Ismeria was baptized by the bishop of Laon and took the name of Mary. The Virgin of Liesse became famous through her numerous miracles. The people built her a