Friday – Our Lady of the Countryside (Italy, 1559) "Behold your son" We may therefore make bold to say that the Gospels are the first fruits of all the Scriptures , but that of the Gospels that of John is [...] Christ lives in him; and if Christ lives in him, then it is said of him to Mary, Behold your son Christ. Origen, Commentary on the Gospel of John 1:23 [...] is the first fruits. No one can apprehend the meaning of it except he have lain on Jesus' breast and received from Jesus Mary to be his mother also. … For if Mary, as those declare who with sound mind extol
January 5 - Our Lady of Good Counsel (Bergamo, Italy) Humility is a condition for peace "Truly, truly, the Savior of the world has laid meekness and humility at the foundation of the virtues. Abstinence [...] wanted to entrust to no one but himself the task of saying to us: ‘Be humble’. And because humility is the universal guardian, the Virgin Mary, as if she had forgotten all the other virtues of her soul [...] are nothing without humility of heart. But all these things will come to life and receive blessing, if humility sustains them. Humility of heart is the generative force of virtue; the stem and branches
May 21 – Our Lady of Ergot Poisoning Victims (Holy Fire or St Anthony’s Fire, Arras, France, 1105) – Death of Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish nun and mystic (1665) Heaven and earth were created for Jesus [...] befitted and became the dignity, excellence and gifts of the humanity of her most holy Son. To her flowed over, at once and immediately, the river of the Divinity and its attributes with all its impetuosity [...] impetuosity, in as far as a mere creature is capable and as is due to the dignity of the Mother of God. In the knowledge of these exalted mysteries and decrees, I confess myself ravished in admiration and transported
doesn’t abandon any of those little ones, who are happy with Mary in the bosom of the Father! Dr. Patrick Theillier Former head of the Office of Medical Observations of the Shrine of Lourdes Excerpt from [...] October 18 – Our Lady of Peace (Italy, 1482) - Saint Luke Camille's forgiveness, an aborted child On the eve of the World Day of the Sick in Lourdes on February 11, 2004, I received this testimony: "The [...] grace! I want to testify today that a child exists from the time he is conceived, that an abortion is the murder of a child, and that it brings much suffering to the mother (and probably also to the child)
doesn’t abandon any of those little ones, who are happy with Mary in the bosom of the Father! Dr. Patrick Theillier Former head of the Office of Medical Observations of the Shrine of Lourdes Excerpt from [...] October 18 – Our Lady of Peace (Italy, 1482) - Saint Luke Camille's forgiveness, an aborted child On the eve of the World Day of the Sick in Lourdes on February 11, 2004, I received this testimony: "The [...] grace! I want to testify today that a child exists from the time he is conceived, that an abortion is the murder of a child, and that it brings much suffering to the mother (and probably also to the child)
swollen, bloodied lips began to mutter, Hail, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee… The Rosary, this soldier later recalled, was what kept him sane in the midst of a time of incomprehensible ruthlessness [...] March 6 – Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) The Rosary kept this tortured soldier sane I heard the story as a teenager — long before I became Catholic. A young American soldier was carelessly thrown [...] week gave rise to week, the steady brutality came without sense, without mercy and without end. And yet, though collapsed under the weight of excruciating pain and feverish delirium, moments of lucidity found
23 – Our Lady of the Pillar (Italy, 1684) – Saint Bridget of Sweden Mary always responds The following story happened in Vienna, Austria, in the year 1920. A priest named Father Peter, offered to give [...] corner of the room and pray his Rosary. He thought about the words of Saint Clement Hafbauer, the Apostle of Vienna: "When I visit a dying person, I say my Rosary, and it's never in vain. None of them end [...] shouted: "In the triple name of Satan, the answer is no!" Without losing patience, Father Peter took his rosary and told the Mother of God in a tone of supplication: "In our church we have many ex-votos
impiety of the 20th century that had been revealed to her. It will be noted that many of these apparitions foretold the action of Freemasonry. A chapel and a convent dedicated to “Our Lady of Good Success” [...] February 1 – Our Lady of Copacabana (Bolivia) I will dethrone Satan In a convent of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa was favored by several apparitions of the Virgin [...] In 1991 the chapel was declared a Marian shrine of the Archdiocese of Quito. Only contemporaries of Mother Mariana could have known about the Virgin’s prophecies given in 1634, which were: “When evil will
December 19 – Our Lady of Remedies (Portugal) Mary amidst the Jewish Messianic expectation (II) "After he has suffered, he will see the light of life" (Is 53:11). The mystery of the Messiah who will renew [...] the forgiveness of sins be accomplished? The images of the Passover Lamb and the scapegoat were present in the spirit of the Virgin, as of all the Jews, but did anyone see that the words of the Prophet Isaiah [...] annoying to us; he opposes our action... Let us draw the righteous into a trap; he embarrasses us; he boasts of having God as his father; If he is a son of God, He will help him. Let us condemn him to a shameful
cathedrals should be built in her name. For unless Our Lady is recognized as the Mother of God and the Queen of all the saints and angels and as the hope of the world, faith in God will remain incomplete. Thomas [...] March 26 – Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) – Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel Cathedrals are built in her name All generations must call her blessed because they all receive through her whatever [...] supernatural life and joy that is granted to them. And it is necessary that the world should acknowledge her and that the praises of God’s great work in her should be sung in poetry and that cathedrals
