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 [...] enthusiasm, it is difficult to be so in the hour of 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 [...] object of one's adherence. To accept misunderstandings, persecutions, rather than a break between what one practises and what one believes: this is consistency. Here is, perhaps, the deepest core of faithfulness
God's plan of salvation, read the Catechism of the Catholic 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 [...] most excellent fruit of redemption" (SC 103): from the first instant of her conception, she was totally preserved from the stain of original sin and she remained pure from all personal sin throughout her [...] 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
Our Lady of Carquere (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 [...] the water by climbing on the back of a big goat. When she had got close to the apparition, she asked, "My good Lady, why have you deprived me for so long of the honor of seeing you?" "From now on, when you [...] follow. The next day, Benoite went 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
so it is the beginning of the new liturgy in "spirit and truth". When at this juncture Jesus speaks to Mary of His hour, He is connecting the present moment with the mystery of the Cross interpreted as [...] July 19 - Our Lady of Moyen Point (France) Mary’s Timing Jesus says to Mary that His "hour" has not yet come. On an immediate level, this means that He does not simply act and decide by His own lights [...] mysterious sign. This stamps the miracle of Cana as an anticipation of the hour, tying the two together intrinsically. How could we forget that this thrilling mystery of the anticipated hour continues to occur
on the part of Jesus' mother. In three passages of the infancy narrative Luke depicts this process of "remembering" for us. The first passage occurs in the account of the Annunciation of Jesus' conception [...] us that Mary took fright at the angel's greeting and entered into an interior "dialogue" about what the greeting might mean. The most important passages figure in the account of the adoration of the shepherds [...] shepherds. The Evangelist comments, "Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). At the conclusion of the words of the twelve-year-old Jesus we read once again, "His mother kept all
achievements of women are unimportant of course, but that women must not lose sight of those ends for which all other things are only the means. In one of her letters, Stein wrote: "On the question of relating [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] power, Blessed Edith Stein urged a group of Catholic women to fight for these very truths: "Perhaps the moment has almost come for the Catholic woman to stand with Mary and with the Church under the cross."
June 29 Our Lady of Laghet (France) - Saints Peter and Paul, apostles Mary and the Church Christ has three brides, namely: a universal bride, who is the Church of all the elect, whom He began to wed at [...] at the beginning of the world by faith and charity; a particular bride, who is the holy soul, whom He weds daily by converting individuals to Himself by grace; a singular bride, who is the most blessed [...] blessed Virgin, whom He wed in the womb of His Mother. But these last two brides are contained in the first, as the part is contained in the whole.
Even an earthly mother faithfully Seeks to fulfill the last will of her son. But you became the handmaid of the Lord; The life and being of the God made Man Was perfectly inscribed in your own life. So you [...] 1st July - Month of the Most Precious Blood Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (I) Today I stood with you under the Cross, And felt more clearly than I ever did That you became our Mother [...] you could take your own into your heart, And with the lifeblood of your bitter pains You purchased life anew for every soul.
ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the Gentiles and glory for your people Israel." (Lk 2:32) Mary and Joseph are astounded when Simeon proclaims Jesus as a "light of revelation for [...] the Presentation of Jesus its deepest meaning. Indeed, according to the divine plan the sacrifice offered then "in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two [...] sacrifice of Jesus, "for I am meek and humble of heart" (Mt 11:29); in it the true "presentation" would be made (cf. Lk 2:22), which would see the Mother associated with her Son in the work of Redemption
heard. Mary entered into contemplation and helped the Apostles enter the silence of meditation with her. Let us contemplate the mystery of Jesus, Son of God and Son of man. Until the end of time, Mary will [...] Son's example, so Mary understood the Father's will for her. "Thy will be done" - the FIAT of the Annunciation and the FIAT of the Cross took Mary to the FIAT of the Ascension. Jesus disappeared before [...] May 17 - Our Lady of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Mary Attracted the Living Spirit upon the Apostles Everything that happened on the day of the Ascension, Mary kept in her heart. She was educated by her Son's
