February 12 – Blessed Humbeline of Jully – The icon of Our Lady of Iver (Moscow, Russia) A martyr in Ukraine shot for hosting a prayer group In 1937, the Soviet communist regime accused the Ukrainian Catholic [...] s, the absurd accusation of subversive political activism led to her being imprisoned and killed. Her story was told in The God of the Gulag: Volume One: Martyrs in an Age of Revolution by Jonathan Luxmoore [...] people to teach catechism and offer spiritual and moral support to the community. Under these circumstances, Janina joined the Living Rosary. Although she was aware of the risks, Janina agreed to host a
July 24 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy) The demon shouted: “I have a complaint about a woman!” (II) The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, answered: "Listen to what I have to say, Satan. [...] you have preferred to hate God instead of giving him your heart, you still know what justice demands. But I say to you that it is my right more than it is yours to present this soul to God, who is her Judge [...] affection; she liked to remember that God deigned to choose me for his Mother and that he wanted to exalt me above all creatures. The thought of the privileges with which God was pleased to honor me inspired
angel of light, and not the opposite. Because of his very high mission, the angel knew from the outset that he had to be prepared to answer the holy questions of the woman called to be the queen of heaven—his [...] that she was unaware of the facts of life, or ignorant of Micah's prophecy, on account of which all the consecrated virgins in Israel hoped that they might be one day be the mother of the Messiah. Mary was [...] what Mary said to Elizabeth (which caused John to leap in her womb). Thus the angel used a familiar expression with Mary, who was troubled at first because of her humility: How is it that (to foreshadow
January 21 - Our Lady of Altagracia (Higuey, Dominican Republic, 1650) Christ will conquer through Mary “Be not afraid!” Christ said to the apostles (cf. Lk 24:36) and to the women (cf. Mt 28:10) after [...] According to the Gospels, these words were not addressed to Mary. Strong in her faith, she had no fear. Mary’s participation in the victory of Christ became clear to me above all from the experience of my people [...] her because He wants the Church’s victories now and in the future to be linked to her. Saint John Paul II, in Crossing the Threshold of Hope , pp. 220-221.
wants to use to reform the world?" - "Oh, my Lady," answered Saint Dominic, "you know far better than I do, because next to your Son Jesus Christ you have always been the chief instrument of our salvation [...] harsh penances in order to appease the anger of God. He used his discipline so much that his body was lacerated, and finally he fell into a coma. At this point our Lady appeared to him, accompanied by three [...] salvation." Then Our Lady replied, "I want you to know that, in this kind of warfare, the principal weapon has always been the Angelic Psalter, which is the foundation-stone of the New Testament. Therefore
his life were dedicated to the faith, to the love of God and to submission to his divine Will. The Marie de Nazareth Team Source: Collection of Marian Stories [...] December 13 – Our Lady of the Sainte Chapelle (France) The Lord and his Mother filled this soul with immense graces Mr. Joly was an elderly man, the last of the royal ministers of the martyr king Louis [...] Louis XVI (the French king killed during the French Revolution). Attached to the sect of the so-called philosophers of the 18 th century, he had practiced no religion since his youth. Although recently blind
all the souls of the past, present and future as souls who belong to her, she includes them all in order to unite them to the soul of her Son and her own soul, and in order to avail herself of every soul [...] July 16 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel My soul doth magnify the Lord Magnificat. What does this word mean? What does it mean to magnify God? Is it possible to magnify one whose grandeur and magnificence are [...] giving Christ to His divine Mother, He thus gave her all things and therefore all souls belong to her. Mary is not unaware of this, and she also knows full well her sacred obligation to make use of everything
January 26 - Our Lady of Long Fields (Madrid, Spain, 1261) Why I Love You Mary "I still have something to do before I die," Therese said to her sister Celine. "I always wanted to express to the Blessed [...] everything that I think of her." And she composed a sublime poem in 25 stanzas: 0 Mary I would like to sing why I love you, why your sweet name fills my heart with joy, and why the thought of your majestic greatness [...] I were to see you now, in sublime glory, surpassing all the saints in highest heaven above, scarce could I dream I am your child, O Mary, I would lower my eyes from of you! ... - Saint Therese of Lisieux
felt like I was going to die. A priest came and gave me the sacrament of the sick. The next day I felt better! I was brought back to life! A few days later, I went to the hospital to see my cardiologist [...] August 12 - St. Jane Frances de Chantal (d. 1641) - Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) Mary was with me in the doctor’s office I was treated for heart disease for years. My chest pains were getting [...] anything alarming. He decided to stop my treatment. Since then, my health has improved. I am starting to live normally again. Mary was with me in the doctor’s office and inspired him to stop this medication that
September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Founding of the Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of Hermits in Einsiedeln (Switzerland, 948) One never prays Mary in vain In 1749, a great and desperate sinner [...] kingdom of Valencia, in order to escape justice, had resolved to become a Turk, and was actually going to embark, when by chance he passed a church, in which Father Jerome Lopez, of the Company of Jesus [...] Jesus, was preaching, and preaching of the divine mercy. By that preaching he was converted, and confessed to the father, who inquired of him if he had practiced any devotion, for which God had shown towards
