February 6 - Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium, 1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) "Let it happen to me as you have said" (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants [...] on our lips and in our hearts: "Your will be done" (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would have meant nothing to
February 3 - Our Lady of Saideneida (Damascus, Syria) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (I) Saint Bridget saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and
February 5 - Dedication of First Church of Our Lady by Saint Peter (Tortosa, Italy) Mary Did Her Part (I) The holiness of the Old Testament saints, and indeed that of St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, [...] came through their absolute obedience to God's will. (...) This was the hidden motive behind Mary's behavior. She was the simplest of humans and the one who made the most complete surrender of herself [...] surrender to God's will, however it revealed itself. This noble and exalted frame of mind was the basis of Mary's spiritual life and reveals itself perfectly in those very simple worlds: "Let it happen to me as
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The
LADY OF THE WORD (Spain, 1514) Mary, the Faithful Virgin (II) The second dimension of faithfulness is called reception, acceptance. The "quomodo fiet?" is changed, on Mary's lips, to a "fiat." Let it be [...] g it completely. It is then that man accepts the mystery, gives it a place in his heart, just as "Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Lk 2:19; cf. Lk 3:15). It is the moment when
the Faithful Virgin. What does this faithfulness of Mary's mean? What are the dimensions of this faithfulness? The first dimension is called search. Mary was faithful first of all when she began, lovingly [...] January 13 – OUR LADY OF VICTORY (Prague, Czech Republic, 1620) Mary, the Faithful Virgin (I) Among the many titles bestowed on the Virgin throughout the centuries by the filial love of Christians, there
January 15 – OUR LADY OF BANNEUX (Belgium, 1933) - First Apparition Mary, the Faithful Virgin (III) The third dimension of faithfulness is consistency. To live in accordance with what one believes. To [...] tribulation. And only a consistency that lasts throughout the whole of life, can be called faithfulness. Mary's "fiat" in the Annunciation finds its fullness in the silent "fiat" that she repeats at the foot
Church # # 484-511. "From among the descendants of Eve, God chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of his Son. "Full of grace," Mary is "the most excellent fruit of redemption" (SC 103): from the first instant [...] January 19 - OUR LADY OF GIMONT (Toulouse, France) Was the Virgin Mary Ever Baptized? Our Lady was never baptized. Neither Bible nor Church has any teaching on her baptism because it never happened. For
Knock (Ireland, 1879) Mary’s Silent Apparitions at Knock On Thursday, August 21, 1879, as evening arrived in the village of Cnoc Mhuire (County of Mayo, Ireland), forty-five year old Mary McLoughlin and twenty-nine
(Portugal) My Name is Lady Mary (II) Finally, one morning at the end of September, the shepherdess, who had left her sheep and goats to graze on a river bank, saw Lady Mary in the distance, glowing beautifully [...] to the village of The Laus and found the small chapel. She entered and saw the Virgin Mary standing on the altar. Mary congratulated her on having searched without losing her patience. Delighted as she was
