April 17 - Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1555) We should all adopt Mary’s faith Historians believe Mary was between 12 and 14 years old when Jesus was born. She was a teenager, which may be shocking in [...] for God instead of cynicism which older people typically struggle with. However, Mary was more spiritually mature than her age suggested. God knew her soul and chose her soul out of numerous others to [...] to be the earthly mother to the world’s Savior. Mary could handle her calling because she focused on cultivating a bold faith. (...) From Mary’s example of faith, we can learn how to put our trust in action
Our Lady of Hope (Italy, 1755) Why we should reflect on Mary's childhood (I) The humility of the Virgin Mary before the moment of the Annunciation is often overlooked. We usually stress Mary’s humble response [...] mother of the Savior. And of course we should do so. But we do not think about the years of her life leading up to that moment, from the time she was born. As the Immaculate Conception, Mary’s whole life [...] important dimension of her immaculate soul lies: in being free of pride or vanity. For while she knew that she was different, she did not see herself as being exceptional. On the other hand, each of us has a built-in
then, on the life of Mary, not only on the part we all know, with Jesus in Nazareth and then on Calvary, but also that of young Mary, pure and humble, even before she had any idea of what her exceptional [...] March 30 - Our Lady of Miracles (Lucca, Italy, 1588) Why we should reflect on Mary's childhood (II) The meaning of the Immaculate Conception is first and foremost an intrinsic absence of any disconnection [...] diverting the gifts of creation to their own selfish ends. Mary did not. And as we have said, this was already the case before she knew anything about the role that was expected of her. Since her being
1855) - Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem Mary could not stay at the inn because she was about to give birth When the Virgin Mary was almost at the end of her pregnancy, the emperor Augustus ordered [...] which required everyone to report to their city of origin. So Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Joseph's family (cf. Luke 2:1-7). If Mary had not been pregnant, after traveling the hundred [...] wrapping in swaddling clothes is the external aspect of the sacraments. In this manger, under the appearance of bread and wine, there is the true body and blood of Christ. We know that Christ himself is there
said: "I am the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ who died on the Cross for the salvation of men. I would like you to go and tell the people of Vicenza to build a church here in honor of me, if they want to [...] which is where the main altar of the church stands today. "All those who will visit this church with devotion", she added, "on the occasion of my feasts and on the first Sunday of each month will receive as [...] March 6 - Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) Mary stops the plague at Monte Berico (I) A rare manuscript, preserved in the Bertoliana Library in Vicenza, Veneto, recounts in great detail the events
this disease." The very popular shrine of Our Lady of Monte Berico has become one of the most important places of Marian devotion in Europe. The Servants of Mary, who have been managing this beautiful [...] spring of water that would gush out of the bedrock on the site where the sanctuary would be built, and this is exactly what happened. In the course of the work, "a marvelous and incredible quantity of water [...] citizens, the Council of the Hundred and the Council of the Five Hundred, gathered in the great hall of Reason, and decided to build the church on Monte Berico in a very short time. Construction actually began
happen through the power of the Holy Spirit, and Mary believed him, knowing full well the consequences of a virgin giving birth could end in her death. Mary believed and took a step of faith because she experienced [...] - Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (1st century, Eastern Churches) - 8th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Zechariah and Mary’s different reactions to the Angel’s message The birth of Jesus Christ [...] him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most-High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David…” (v. 31-32). Mary clarified how exactly this would happen since she was
Marto, visionary of Fatima (d. 1920) In 1917, Mary announced the events that we are currently witnessing The small town of Fatima in Portugal is now famous for the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, built to [...] apparitions of 1917 in which three young shepherds, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary" (Our Lady of Fatima) and the year before the apparitions of the Angel of Peace [...] granted a certain time of peace. In Portugal the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved.” The Virgin Mary also entrusted them with three secrets, only two of which (the end of the First World War and
the model of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and to offer her as a model of faith and hope. A large number of young Senegalese Catholics listened attentively to the homily given by the Archbishop of Dakar. Through [...] Our Lady of the Capuchin Poor Clare (Italy, 1630) In preparation for WYD 2023, young people go on pilgrimage with Mary On November 19 and 20, 2022, on the feast of Christ the King, millions of young people [...] (WYD), a foretaste of WYD in Lisbon, Portugal, which will take place over August 1-6, 2023. The goal was to prepare for the international encounter, the theme of which will be "Mary got up and left with
beginning of existence. This is what he did for the Mother of the Word made flesh. "The Immaculate Conception represents the masterpiece of Christ's redemption, precisely because the power of his love and [...] begotten like a rose without thorns" (Fulbert of Chartres, Office for the Nativity of Our Lady, antiphon). In the West, devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary opened the way to the dogmatic definition issued [...] January 28 - Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - St. Thomas Aquinas Mary, the Rose without thorns God, who is "rich in mercy", embellishes the creature with the qualities of grace. He shows himself
