showing the least bit of fear and animated by that spirit of faith that moves mountains, according to the expression of Our Lord, the young Lievin stretched his hands over the heads of those possessed men [...] words: "In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, may all the snares of the devil withdraw from you, and may you be glorified as a chosen vessel, to be the dwelling of the Holy Spirit." [...] June 5 - Our Lady of Help (Italy, 1611) - Saint Boniface of Mainz, bishop and martyr (d. 754 AD) Saved at Saint Mary's Oratory Saint Lievin was a man of God, famous for the wonders, prodigies and miracles

Feast of the Divine Maternity of Our Lady Nuestra Senora del Pilar (I) The tradition of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Spain dates back to 40 A.D. Saint James the Apostle journeyed to Spain to spread [...] year 40 A.D. when he paused to pray beside the River Ebro with seven of his disciples. Our Lady, who was still living in Jerusalem, was at the same time praying for the success of his missionary endeavors [...] endeavors when she appeared to St James. He and his disciples all shared in the beautiful vision that was accompanied by celestial music and a radiant light. After words of encouragement and a request for a chapel

Feast of the Divine Maternity of Our Lady Nuestra Senora del Pilar (I) The tradition of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Spain dates back to 40 A.D. Saint James the Apostle journeyed to Spain to spread [...] year 40 A.D. when he paused to pray beside the River Ebro with seven of his disciples. Our Lady, who was still living in Jerusalem, was at the same time praying for the success of his missionary endeavors [...] endeavors when she appeared to St James. He and his disciples all shared in the beautiful vision that was accompanied by celestial music and a radiant light. After words of encouragement and a request for a chapel

October 19 - Our Miraculous Lady of the Abbey of Vezzolano (Italy, 1226) Converted by the Family Rosary Louis Francis Budenz, one of the principal leaders of communism in the United States, was born in [...] Francis a moment of the inner peace that reminded him briefly of his First Communion, but the true return of the "prodigal son" was going to take nine years of badgering by the Virgin of the Rosary. "How [...] writing one of my newspaper articles, I was surprised to find my hand in the pocket of my jacket touching the beads of my Rosary!" Actually, the words of the priest had established the contact of a mysterious

Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order (d. 1221) - Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) O Mary, my joy I walk with you, O Mary, my joy, always there and discreet, step after step in the secret of my life, holding [...] blossoms in May flowers, you help me to meditate the Word that inhabits my silence at the children's table. You help me to breathe, I feel at peace with you, you lead me to the beloved Son who fills us with [...] holding time by the hand. You come to visit me on the way as you did on the hills where your cousin Elizabeth lived. My heart, heavy with the burdens of life, leaps with gratitude. I repeat your name on the

Solemnity of Our Lady of Jasna Gora (Czestochowa, Poland) The Rosary prayer is still alive in the Netherlands As bishops, last year we took the initiative – now completed – to set up a Year of the Rosary [...] the bishops of the Netherlands, including my two auxiliary bishops, took part: we went to pray the Rosary with the faithful in various places in our dioceses, before or after Mass, as part of adoration or [...] mysteries… In truth, we look at the life of Jesus, we contemplate it, we consider it with the eyes of Mary, which gives great added value to this meditation on the life of Jesus – with her own eyes, with her

September 17 - Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatnesses of Mary (La Flèche, France) Saint Thomas Aquinas: God saved the world through Mary's humility The Blessed Virgin possessed many qualities for which [...] which she is to be praised. She was full of grace, as testified by the angel. She was chosen as the mother of God, and although she became the mother of God, she gloried in her humility alone, saying : "Because [...] humility. In a sermon on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Augustine writes of her humility: "O true humility of Mary, who begot God for mankind, made life known to mortals, opened the heavens, purified

and out of it. She speaks and thinks with the Word of God; the Word of God becomes her word, and her word issues from the Word of God. Here we see how her thoughts are attuned to the thoughts of God, how [...] April 16 - Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) - Bernadette Soubirous (d. 1879) in Nevers (body in a state of perfect preservation) Mary is a Woman Who Loves (II) Mary is a woman of hope: only because [...] awaits the salvation of Israel, can the angel visit her and call her to the decisive service of these promises. Mary is a woman of faith: "Blessed are you who believed", Elizabeth says to her (cf. Lk 1:45)

and the stable of Bethlehem gives a Mother of God to the world. And if the Son of God had wished to be and to suffer in the world without being born of a woman, there would be children of God, but there [...] March 26 – Our Lady of the Palace (Italy, 1776) – Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel More power in Nazareth than in Calvary If I may compare what is not comparable, it seems to me that I find and adore a [...] birth of Jesus than in his suffering; in the manger than in the Cross; in Nazareth than at Calvary. For the power of Calvary and the Cross produces adopted children of God, but the work and power of Nazareth

December 27 - Institution of the Knights of Our Lady (1370) Mary's Own Understanding I am convinced that when the shepherds arrived at the grotto, they did not go straight to the Christ Child. They must [...] eyes. Try to meditate upon the mysteries of the Gospel with the Virgin's eyes. Think about the death of Christ on the Cross. Do you think you have exhausted the depths of that mystery? Then say to yourself [...] a little of your own understanding." In this manner, the Virgin is no longer the reality of the holiness that you venerate in your eyes; she takes you, wraps you in her mantle, and helps you to meditate