March 23 - Our Lady of Victory of Lepanto (Hungary, 1716) Mary and the Holy Spirit At the Annunciation, Mary who was already full of grace, became the residence of the Holy Spirit in a very special way: [...] total adhesion to God's Word, the Mother of the Son of the Most High. She is the Ark of the Covenant who carries in her womb the Son of God (Lk 1: 26-38). Mary's exemplary experience of hearing God's Word [...] Spirit at the time of the Annunciation reminds us of the Pentecost, such as Luke tells us in Acts. Just as the Spirit was at the origin of the formation of the body and the heart of the Son of God in Mary, in
are the members of Christ. Of whom were you born? "Of Mother Church," I hear the reply of your hearts. You became sons of this mother at your baptism, you came to birth then as members of Christ… This holy [...] Christ. In other words, our head is divine—our head is God. Now, dear brethren, give me your whole attention, for you also are members of Christ; you also are the body of Christ. You, to whom I am speaking [...] August 28 - Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church (d. 430) - Our Lady of Tears (Syracuse, Italy, 1953) Mary more blessed in her discipleship than in her motherhood Stretching out His hand over His disciples
16 – Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France – 35,000 ex votos) A Moment with Mary prophetically foreseen in the 16th century? In Quito, Ecuador, Our Lady is venerated under the title of "Maria Santisima [...] apparitions of the Virgin Mary. The nun offered her life to atone for the future heresies and impiety of the 20th century, which were revealed to her beforehand. Several messages evoke the actions of Freemasons [...] Mary of the Good Event (or good success)." The origin of the shrine goes back to the astonishing revelations received by Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres (1553-1635), who was the abbess and one of the founders
November 24 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bologna, Italy) Mary has always been present in my life Mary, the mother of Jesus and our Mother, has always been present in my life since I was a child [...] where I witnessed the faith of the people of God. I remember seeing a large gathering of faithful one day in Aparecida, Brazil, that showed their devotion to her, before the image of the Virgin, with tenderness [...] universality of the Church, but also the divine motherhood of Mary, and her motherhood towards the Church. Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer Metropolitan Archbishop (or Prelate of the Metropolis) of São Paulo
August 14 - Vigil of the Assumption of Our Lady - Saint Maximilian Kolbe (d. 1941) The Holy Spirit’s Spouse The Virgin Mary can justifiably be called “the Holy Spirit’s Spouse”. This well-known name in [...] at the time of her conception: He took absolute possession of her and was so deep within her that the name of the Holy Spirit’s Spouse only expresses a remote, pale and imperfect shadow of this union.” [...] in patristic and theological tradition was alluded to in the New Testament. Father Kolbe explained that, ‘it is an analogy to indicate the unutterable, intimate and fertile union between the Spirit and
August 14 - Vigil of the Assumption of Our Lady - Saint Maximilian Kolbe (d. 1941) The Holy Spirit’s Spouse The Virgin Mary can justifiably be called "the Holy Spirit's Spouse". This well-known name in [...] at the time of her conception: He took absolute possession of her and was so deep within her that the name of the Holy Spirit's Spouse only expresses a remote, pale and imperfect shadow of this union." [...] in patristic and theological tradition was alluded to in the New Testament. Father Kolbe explained that, ‘it is an analogy to indicate the unutterable, intimate and fertile union between the Spirit and
May 30 - Feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Mexico, 1966) The May Magnificat (III) Our interior mystical growth in union with Christ, in emulation of Mary, the Mystical Rose, has been discerned as [...] sustained by the budding and blooming of a subtle spiritual flower in our heart and soul - to which we are called in the Communion verse of the original liturgy for the feast of the Rosary in the Roman Rite: "Send [...] Viewed thus spiritually, the burgeoning flowers of May call us to emulate in our lives Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb.
May 30 - Feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Mexico, 1966) The May Magnificat (III) Our interior mystical growth in union with Christ, in emulation of Mary, the Mystical Rose, has been discerned as [...] sustained by the budding and blooming of a subtle spiritual flower in our heart and soul - to which we are called in the Communion verse of the original liturgy for the feast of the Rosary in the Roman Rite: "Send [...] Viewed thus spiritually, the burgeoning flowers of May call us to emulate in our lives Mary's growing union with the heart, mind and soul of the incarnating Son of God in her womb.
will do us good to consider the silence of Our Lady, “the Believer”, who awaited the Resurrection in silence. Our Lady will be, for us, the icon of Holy Saturday. Think hard about how Our Lady lived that Holy [...] April 8 - Saturday of Holy Week - Our Lady of Basella (Italy, 1356) Like Mary, let us spend Holy Saturday in expectation Pope Francis asks the faithful to seize the grace of each day of the Triduum and in [...] that for us it may truly be a day of silence, as it was in that time: the day of the silence of God. Jesus laid in the sepulchre shares with all of humanity in the tragedy of death. It is a silence which speaks
office and dignity of being the Mother of the Son of God, by which account she is also the beloved daughter of the Father and the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of this gift of sublime grace she far [...] January 12 – Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - St Aelred of Rievaulx She far surpasses all creatures The Virgin Mary, who at the message of the angel received the Word of God in her heart and in her body and [...] and gave Life to the world, is acknowledged and honored as being truly the Mother of God and Mother of the Redeemer. Redeemed by reason of the merits of her Son and united to Him by a close and indissoluble
