Victory over the Turks by the Knights of Rhodes through Our Lady’s Protection (Constantinople, 1480) Mary Watches Over You We ought to love the Blessed Virgin very much. If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy) Queen Mary Reigns Above Mary's Son will deny her nothing that she asks, and herein lies her power. While Mary defends the Church, neither great monarchs, nor craft [...] craft of man, nor popular violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short, but Mary reigns above, a queen forever.
July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (III) There were four of us around the dying child. The doctor took the child's pulse as her heartbeat became almost imperceptible [...] l intervention. I called my husband and told him if he believed in God to start praying the ‘Hail Mary', because it all seemed to be over. My husband joined his hands in prayer without saying anything [...] like to cry out and tell everyone about the power of the Mother of God and about the impact the ‘Hail Mary' has on her maternal heart that has suffered so much. Her heart is so powerful at helping our distress
Sasagawa (Akita, Japan, recognized by Bishop Shojiro Ito in 1984) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (I) In the year 1958, we lived in a poor working suburb. Life was miserable for everyone and the second [...] not dare. I had been such a blasphemer! In fact, I belonged to a sect that prohibited us to honor Mary, forbid us to make the sign of the cross and to enter a Catholic church. However, I had spent a year [...] God, "My God, You made the earth and the sky; I only know only one prayer for the dying. It is "Hail Mary". Am I wrong to ask the One that Catholics call the Virgin for help? Have mercy on us Lord! ..."
Immaculate Heart (1952) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (II) And I started saying non-stop, initially to myself, then in a low voice, ‘Hail Mary, full of grace...' I was just so desperate. We laid my [...] except for my "Hail Marys" and the "Lord's Prayer" and other invocations like: "Save my child!" I told my mother where she could find a cloth and continued clinging to my "Hail Marys" like to a life buoy [...] her child dying. And, then I relived in thought the scene of the Crucifixion, I really understood Mary's pain as she was crucified with her Son, but accepted to give Him up for the salvation of the world
May 26 - Feast of Our Lady of Caravaggio (Italy, 1432) May We Grow in God’s Love with Mary (II) O Mary, with you I wish to learn how to love all people as my brothers and sisters because they are all yours [...] you, Mother, my family too, all my friends, all those with whom I live and those with whom I work. Mary I would like to be the bearer of the Holy Spirit with you. Let my heart be obedient to His inspirations
May 20 - Saint Bernardino of Siena (1340-1444) - Our Lady of Graces (Cuneo, Italy, 1537) Mary’s Greatness and Holiness Saint Bernardino of Siena was a popular preacher, attentive and sensitive to the mentality [...] mystery of the incarnate Word, as well as her compassion on Calvary and her Assumption into Heaven make Mary the human being nearest Christ and most like Him. The saint speaks of the Virgin's holiness with unbounded
in God’s Love with Mary (I) Blessed Virgin Mary, I am asking for the grace of growing in God's love with you. Please obtain it from God, in all its fullness, by praying for me. O Mary, grant that, with [...] around me. Mother Mary, help me understand the depth of your Son's suffering which you witnessed. Grant that my heart may decide for the struggle against sin and sinful habits. Mary, Mother of goodness
May 23 - Immaculate Conception Chapel or La Linda (Peru, 1664) Like Mary, the Virgin Martyr Known Only by Him Alone (I) O great God! O vibrant beauty! O admirable perfection! O my life and my daily song
May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia (1377-1457) The Church “Looked At” Jesus through Mary In their midst Mary was "devoted to prayer" as the "mother of Jesus" (cf. Acts 1:13-14), the mother of the Crucified [...] Resurrection. Thus, from the very first moment, the Church "looked at" Mary through Jesus, just as the Church "looked at" Jesus through Mary. [...] disciples who in faith looked upon Jesus as the author of salvation, knew that Jesus was the Son of Mary, and that she was His Mother, and that as such she was from the moment of His conception and birth
