children of the Catholic Church, who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most [...] March 5 – Our Lady of the Miracle (Italy, 1440) - Max Jacob (1944), Jewish poet and Catholic convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like [...] foundation of societies depends on the respect given to mothers. "The further away humanity is from God, the more difficult it becomes for people to understand and appreciate the personal contribution of the

was already difficult for him to accept that the world was reduced only to the material. However, his interest did not turn precisely to God, but to witchcraft. He turned to occult practices, dabbled in [...] June 20 - Our Lady of Consolation, patron saint of Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) Former atheist and occultist converted by Mary (I) Former atheist and occultist William Toro is a Catholic apologist who [...] important aspects of his life, such as a childhood marked by bullying, an adolescence that led him to rebellions and fights, and a youth that found him militant in atheism. After a long period of studying leading

May 14 - Feast of Our Lady of Bavaria (Germany, 1330) One Hand Pulled the Trigger, Another Guided the Bullet (II) Two hundred Poles had brought an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa with them from Poland [...] entrusted humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One year later, on May 13, 1982, he went to give thanks to the Virgin in Fatima and one of the bullets was inserted in the crown of the statue of the Virgin [...] by the “blasts of a fire arm” - indicating that he believed the message alludes to the attempt on is life of May 13, 1981. Again, in the presence of the original statue of the Virgin of Fatima on October

striking illustration of this: Our Lady of the Rosary is Our Lady of Victories! What are the reasons for the power of the Rosary on the Heart of God and on that of Our Lady? First of all, the Rosary has [...] The repetition of the Hail Mary moves Mary's Heart, which is the Heart of our Mother. And above all, this prayer appeals to the intercession of Mary who is all powerful over the Heart of her Son. She is [...] modesty, is, according to the saints, the enemy of the devil, which puts him to flight, and the hammer that crushes him; the sanctification of the soul, the joy of the angels, the melody of the predestined,

May 14 - Feast of Our Lady of Bavaria (Germany, 1330) One Hand Pulled the Trigger, Another Guided the Bullet (II) Two hundred Poles had brought an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa with them from Poland [...] entrusted humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One year later, on May 13, 1982, he went to give thanks to the Virgin in Fatima and one of the bullets was inserted in the crown of the statue of the Virgin [...] by the "blasts of a fire arm" - indicating that he believed the message alludes to the attempt on is life of May 13, 1981. Again, in the presence of the original statue of the Virgin of Fatima on October

August 4 - Our Lady of Dordrecht (Holland) - Saint John Mary Vianney, Cure of Ars So that the Homage Might Be as Agreeable as Possible When we wish to give something special to somebody very important [...] choose that person's favorite friend or family member to present the gift, so that the homage is as agreeable possible to him. It is the same way with our prayers, when they are presented by the Blessed Virgin;

shrine we go to, but also from where we depart. Because of this, it is a place dear to the heart of all countries. I myself, during my travels, I always find a chapel with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes or [...] January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) – Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) Lourdes is the perfect place for the mission The second annual pilgrimage of the Pontifical [...] patronage of the Virgin Mary, "the first missionary." The theme will be "I am the immaculate Conception." For Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in

Rosary is not a prayer of praise to Mary, but a path to Christ. Each decade is a meditation on a different mystery of the life of Christ. While the ten "Hail Mary" beads slide through our fingers, we immerse [...] into one of these mysteries. As one bead follows the next, the Rosary takes us through scenes of Christ’s life - the Annunciation of the Angel to Mary, the birth of the child Jesus, the baptism of Jesus in [...] June 24 – Our Lady of Miracles (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France) – Nativity of St John the Baptist Mary, show me your Son As you are about to recite the Rosary, holding it in your hands, go ahead and tell

6 - Feast of Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Extraordinary Apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt (II) The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over [...] in the name of the Blessed Virgin in her autobiography entitled A Woman of Egypt (1987): “People of Egypt, I know that you are no longer able to come to see me in Jerusalem. So I have come to see you in [...] the Feast of the Transfiguration of Mary in Zeitoun to its liturgical calendar, which is now celebrated each year on April 2nd. What could be the significance of such impressive manifestations of the Virgin

6 - Feast of Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Extraordinary Apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt (II) The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time, over [...] in the name of the Blessed Virgin in her autobiography entitled A Woman of Egypt (1987): "People of Egypt, I know that you are no longer able to come to see me in Jerusalem. So I have come to see you in [...] the Feast of the Transfiguration of Mary in Zeitoun to its liturgical calendar, which is now celebrated each year on April 2nd. What could be the significance of such impressive manifestations of the Virgin