December 20 – Our Lady of Folgoët The Virgin Mary refined my heart and healed my wounds Manuel Capetillo, a former Mexican actor and bullfighter, was one of the most popular TV performers of the 1980s. He had [...] esotericism years ago and had to go through the Sacrament of Reconciliation several times. "I was the kind of person who said, 'What's the point of confessing to a priest if God knows everything?’ But when [...] day my eyes filled with tears of happiness; I was reborn," he confided. Manuel Capetillo attributes this conversion to the Virgin Mary, whose call he heard in moments of prayer and adoration before Jesus
perhaps the Blessed Virgin Mary) decided otherwise, and I became a musician instead. I am still the titular organist of the church of Our Lady of Pity, in Le Croisic (French department of Loire-Atlantique, on [...] – Our Lady of the Assumption (Italy, 1624) Mary’s prayer sends a child to a couple who had been infertile for 20 years! Your daily email A Moment with Mary made me want to share the story of my own conception [...] on the west coast of France) - although officially retired. Prayerfully yours, Irene, a reader of A Moment with Mary. Personal story sent on May 3, 2021
November 3 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Mary appears to a tribal chief to urge him to be baptized At the end of the 16th century, the evangelization efforts of the Franciscans and Dominicans in Venezuela [...] an ardent apostle of Our Lady, preaching the devotion to the Virgin of Coromoto among other tribes. The town of Guanare, where the image is kept in a golden reliquary, became a place of pilgrimage. On March [...] proclaimed the Virgin of Coromoto patroness of Venezuela. On October 7, 1944, Pope Pius XII ratified the bishops' decree, officially declaring Our Lady of Coromoto patron saint of Venezuela and raising
When pictures of her wearing the medal were reported on news outlets, some Filipinos noticed a silver pendant hanging on her neck. It was the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady of Graces, one of the most recognized [...] October 14 – Our Lady of the Fountain (Italy, 1320) This Olympic athlete proudly holds up her gold medal and Mary’s Miraculous medal The elusive Olympic gold medal was not the only one that 30-year-old [...] producer Daphne Osena Paez noted that Diaz’s first original Instagram Story after the win was a picture of her holding the silver pendant: “Who among us didn’t shed a tear with her when the (Philippine national
QUAN TRAN: Yes. That’s the secret of sanctity. So many of the saints speak about conforming our will to God’s. Mary did that perfectly. Jesus did that perfectly. Many of the saints did that perfectly. And [...] perfect model. Jesus is God and man, and of course he is the most perfect, but Mary is the closest to him. And in a way, some of us may be able to relate more to Mary. I know I did when I was going through [...] October 2 – Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Learning to model Mary’s fiat After obtaining all the outward signs of success, Orange County Deputy District Attorney Father Quan Tran felt something was
Holy Spirit. The image of the house with the seven pillars evokes the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a fullness of gifts. It was necessary to first build the house where the Word of God was to come down [...] September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) Mary, the house where Christ espouses the Church We read in Proverbs: " Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars [...] set her table." (Proverbs 9:1-2) Mary is a creature, made by the Creator, by the creative Wisdom. She was sanctified by the Holy Spirit so she could carry the Word of God, who became incarnate through
For 25 years now, I have been singing the Magnificat in my heart with Mary! Story shared by Francis, a reader of A Moment with Mary , from Pyla-sur-mer, France – July 1, 2021 [...] September 21 – Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist – Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) "The day Mary carried me in her arms" It was late afternoon on a beautiful fall day, 25 years ago. I was [...] certainty that "someone" had lifted me in his arms at the moment of the accident then gently put me down on the road. I am convinced that person was Mary! It probably wasn’t my time. I still had much left to do
Immaculate Heart of Mary,” he said. Despite the instability in the region, there is hope that the fruits of the consecration of Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary will prevail [...] Blessed Mother is needed, for the salvation of souls. “We should discover again the importance of the role of the Virgin Mary in salvation and for each one of us,” said Bishop El-Hajj. “She never asks for [...] consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The consecrations were in response to a request of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East held in the Vatican in October 2012 under Pope Benedict XVI. Building
apparition the Virgin Mary wore over her chest a special scapular of the Sacred Heart, expressing what is her most cherished treasure. The Heart of Jesus clothes the Heart of Mary! To wear the scapular [...] should be apostles of the glory of God! However, in Pellevoisin (1876 Marian apparition in France) Mary said to the visionary Estelle: "Publish my glory!" By this she meant: “Be a witness of the Love that is [...] her heart the divine love that Mary revealed to her, but also to be a witness of it in today’s world. Estelle was a sinner, like all of us, and she was not yet fully aware of the wound and offense she was
historical sites. The small town of Saussens has long been a Marian town, and here is why: Tradition says that Mary appeared to a soldier of the Frankish army (1) near the end of the 5th century. Wounded and [...] behind and to his own devices, at the bottom of the hill of Saussens. He dragged himself to a fountain to drink and clean his wounds. There, he saw the Virgin Mary, who healed him. He then was able to rejoin [...] with his companions. The fountain, renamed Fountain of Our Lady, first became a prayer shrine, then a site of pilgrimages. Devotion to Our Lady of Saussens became so established and widespread that it
