July 26 - Feast of Saint Ann & Saint Joachim, the Blessed Virgin’s Parents Two Youngsters and the Madonna (II) With the money they had earned working, Gianni and Franco wanted to buy three or four candles
March 9 - Saint Frances of Rome (Italy, +1440) - Saint Dominic Savio (Italy, +1857) The Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (II) Another day, after taking possession of rich spoils, the captain ordered John [...] word. He gave up his life of soldiering and went in search of God's will. He later became the great Saint John of God.
May 2 - Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d. 373) Mary, conceived without sin, is the ideal mediatrix My relationship with Mary starts with my daily morning prayer. I organize
pray the Rosary to say "thank you" for the help that the Blessed Virgin gives us. Saint Joseph, who is the greatest saint of the Church after Mary of Nazareth, is also in my prayers every day, for being [...] May 13 - Ascension of the Lord - Feast of Our Lady in Fatima (Portugal, 1917) - Attack against Pope Saint John Paul II (1981) Every day, I pray to Mary and Joseph to thank them Together with my wife, I often
its author Saint Louis de Montfort had himself prophesied (#114). The Treatise is his most universally known writing, available in more than 300 editions and published in thirty languages. Saint Louis de [...] April 22 - Discovery of the Treaty of the True Devotion of Saint Louis de Montfort in 1842 as the author had prophesied Marian dogma found in the darkness and silence of an old chest The manuscript of
April 21 - Saint Anselm, Bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (d. 1109) Mary the mother of the re-created world Lady, full and overflowing with grace, all creation receives new life from your abundance [...] to whom the Lord granted that all nature should owe as much to you as to Himself! From a sermon by Saint Anselm, Bishop (1033-1109), from the Office of the Readings for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
June 1 – Crowning of the miraculous image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) - Saint Justin Martyr Mary will assist us Having left the world to become a Franciscan monk, Rodolphe, count of Alsace (France, 13 [...] her servants in their anxieties, presented herself to the dying man. Surrounded by a procession of saints, she addressed these tender words to him: "My dear, you have devoted yourself to me, so why fear
May 16 - Saint Simon Stock (The Brown Scapular) He who dies in this scapular will not suffer eternal fire The Brown Scapular is a Marian devotion which originated at about the same time as the Rosary, [...] Walsingham, had its origin in England. In the thirteenth century, during the time of the Crusades, Saint Simon Stock went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he met a group of hermits on Mount Carmel [...] Fatima which means it retains its relevance for today. Adapted from Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints; Carol, Mariology, Vol. 3. and theotokos.org
May 20 – Pentecost Sunday – Our Lady of Graces (Cuneo, Italy, 1537) – Saint Germanus of Constantinople The mystery of Pentecost, in the presence of Mary The coming of the Holy Trinity into your heart is
May 6 – Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Pope Francis invites the Church to take on a “Marian style” The Church is invited to take on a “Marian style,” Pope Francis says, and a “Marian style” consists
