- Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of Le Puy, Queen of France Our heavenly Mother, the Flower of all spring flowers Father Renaud Saliba, rector of the shrine of Pontmain (diocese of Laval, Mayenne [...] Marian apparition in 1871, explains the meaning of the month of Mary: It is difficult to say precisely why the month of May is associated with the Virgin Mary. May does not traditionally have a major Marian [...] the time of year when spring manifests itself in all its vitality. In 13th century, the king of Castile (Spain) Alfonso X the Wise (1221-1284) wrote a poem in which he compared the beauty of Mary with that
offered gall and vinegar, it is Mary who drinks the cup of bitterness. When his body is nailed to the cross, it is Mary who bears all the violence. What, but love, could suffer this? [...] The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (III) Father and Son share the same glory in eternity, Mother and Son share through time the same suffering; Father and Son share the same source of delight, Mother [...] Mother and Son, the same tide of bitterness; Father and Son share the same throne, Mother and Son, the same cross. If His brow is pierced with thorns, Mary's flesh is torn by their prickles. When He is offered
Our Lady of Health (Italy, 1428) - Beatification of Sister Faustina (1993) Speak to the souls of this great Mercy! Mary, Mother of Mercy, occupied a very special place in the spirituality of Saint Faustina [...] was very attached to Mary. When she became a nun in the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, her devotion to Mary grew even more. Sister Faustina was favored with several visions of Mary during which the holy [...] the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy and your Mother” (Notebook 330). Sister Faustina venerated Mary especially as the Mother of the Son of God, who is Mercy incarnate, and Mother of all mankind
but he did know the Virgin Mary best: out of 152 verses of the New Testament evoking the Mother of God, 90 are from him. He was able to evoke the personality of the Virgin Mary with great perception. Was [...] Lady of Tikhvin (Russia) - Publication of the 3rd secret of Fatima (2000) - Virgin Hodegetria ("She Who Points the Way") Saint Luke, possible painter of the Virgin Hodegetria icon It is the Mother of all [...] to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter it" (Mk 10:15). The age-old representation of the Virgin and Child of Hodegetria, a very popular icon in the West,
attachment to Mary. During the reign of Pope Pius XII, the president of Colombia recited the Little Office of Our Lady every Saturday, the deputies placed themselves under the protection of Mary and promised [...] Colombia is the Basilica of Our Lady of Las Lajas, located in southern Colombia, near the small town of Ipiales. But it is the Basilica of Chiquinquirá, which houses the image of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, [...] July 9 - Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) - Our Lady of Chiquinquira (Colombia) Colombia, a country of Marian devotion The Spanish colonizers arrived in the region of Colombia around 1500. The indigenous
offered gall and vinegar, it is Mary who drinks the cup of bitterness. When his body is nailed to the cross, it is Mary who bears all the violence. What, but love, could suffer this? [...] The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (III) Father and Son share the same glory in eternity, Mother and Son share through time the same suffering; Father and Son share the same source of delight, Mother [...] Mother and Son, the same tide of bitterness; Father and Son share the same throne, Mother and Son, the same cross. If His brow is pierced with thorns, Mary’s flesh is torn by their prickles. When He is offered
(age 7), reported six apparitions of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." Mary urged people to pray the rosary, do penance for the conversion of sinners, and asked the Supreme Pontiff [...] 27 - Our Lady of the Route (Italy, 1617) - 10th apparition in Lourdes Marian Apparitions of the Past (III) 1879, Knock, County Mayo, Ireland - During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph, John the [...] lamb on a plain altar appeared over the gable of the village chapel, enveloped in a bright light. None of them spoke. At least 15 people, between the ages of 5 and 75, saw the apparition. 1917, Fatima, Portugal
August 5 - Our Lady of the Snows Good Mother of God Good Mother of God, treasure of mercy and grace, You are our refuge and our hope, Protect us, O Mary, and have mercy on our deceased. Although you are [...] Son, And ask him to forgive us our sins through His mercy. Desert us not, O Good Mary, O full of all grace, Save all of your servants, So that we may thank you forever more. [...] are far away from us, O Virgin Mary, May your intercession accompany and save us. From Him who raised you above all creatures, And took flesh from you, Obtain forgiveness for us sinners, forever. You are
August 5 - Our Lady of the Snows Good Mother of God Good Mother of God, treasure of mercy and grace, You are our refuge and our hope, Protect us, O Mary, and have mercy on our deceased. Although you are [...] Son, And ask him to forgive us our sins through His mercy. Desert us not, O Good Mary, O full of all grace, Save all of your servants, So that we may thank you forever more. [...] are far away from us, O Virgin Mary, May your intercession accompany and save us. From Him who raised you above all creatures, And took flesh from you, Obtain forgiveness for us sinners, forever. You are
synonym for “consecration,” connecting the practice of entrusting ourselves to Mary’s motherhood with Christ’s entrustment of John to Mary at the foot of the Cross. What I had failed to recognize in my naivete [...] such as De Montfort wrote of being “consecrated” to Mary, they spoke by way of analogy. [Theologically–speaking, man can only consecrate himself to God.] When we pray an act of “Marian” consecration, we [...] July 21 - Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) The Apostolic origin of Marian consecration Whenever I had heard the term consecration, it was always in reference to something – such as the bread
