Lady of Chieves (Hainault, Belgium, 1130) - Saint Gertrude the Great (d. 1302) Olive Tree of Mercy O Olive tree of mercy? Hail Mary, Mother of God. Hail Mary, Queen of Kindness, and Olive Tree of Mercy [...] Mercy, from whom the remedy of life came to us. Since, by your Son, you became the true Mother of all mankind, now for the sake of His love, keep me in your motherly love, despite my unworthiness. Help me [...] strengthen my faith. Grant me your care in this life, and receive me with the plenitude of your motherhood at the hour of my death. Amen.
Lady of Chieves (Hainault, Belgium, 1130) - Saint Gertrude the Great (d. 1302) Olive Tree of Mercy O Olive tree of mercy? Hail Mary, Mother of God. Hail Mary, Queen of Kindness, and Olive Tree of Mercy [...] Mercy, from whom the remedy of life came to us. Since, by your Son, you became the true Mother of all mankind, now for the sake of His love, keep me in your motherly love, despite my unworthiness. Help me [...] strengthen my faith. Grant me your care in this life, and receive me with the plenitude of your motherhood at the hour of my death. Amen.
and virginity of Mary with horrible blasphemies, the Spaniard Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, while defending vigorously the sanctity of these dogmas, implored the help of the Virgin Mother [...] Our Lady of Kuehn (Belgium) - Saint Dominic of Guzman (1170-1221) Popes have always exalted the power of the Rosary In his struggle against the Albigensian heretics, who attacked all the truths of faith and [...] strength against your enemies." How pleasing to the Queen of Heaven was the conduct of her most devout servant is easy to guess from the fact that Mary taught the Church, her Son’s Spouse, the Most Holy Rosary
special relationship that Mary has with children. She is the heavenly mother that watches over them. She is also very important in this time of the Church because the love and care of Mary is needed by so many [...] January 4 – Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) - Saint Angela of Foligno The strength of the Rosary is noticeable in so many children! Schoolchildren from around the diocese learned about the Blessed Mother [...] children, you can see the future of the Church, but also society. Giving them and showing them the relationship they can have with Mary is beautiful. I asked them to think of and have in mind someone who needs
always surprises us!... May the simple smile of Mary, which we can make out in her image, inspire the smile of each one of you when faced with the difficulties of life. The Christian can never be pessimistic [...] Aparecida intercede for all of us. Pope Francis’ video message sent to the people of Brazil on October 12, 2017 for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Our Lady of Aparecida, the country’s patroness [...] October 12 – Our Lady of El Pilar (Spain) – Our Lady of Aparecida, patroness of Brazil Our Lady of Aparecida teaches us to keep hope In Aparecida we learn to conserve hope, to let ourselves be surprised
Icon (Russia) A new form of Marian vocation for the Church On August 14, 2018, at the first Vespers of the Assumption, a new form of vocation for the Church was born in the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon (southern [...] parish church of the Immaculate Conception, which houses the Mary Who Unties Knots Shrine, a young woman received a blue habit (a Marian color), and pronounced her first vows in the presence of the local bishop [...] Sister Mathilda of the United Hearts has a dual vocation of prayer and active apostolate. Her charisma is at once monastic (through contemplation: prayer, lectio divina , liturgy of the hours, adoration
June 4 - Our Lady of the Hill (Lombardy, Italy, 4th C.) All Holy Vessel of Honor (III) Saint John's Gospel (...) seems to emphasize her role as an intercessor. There we see that it was Mary who triggered Jesus' [...] And Jesus turned the jars full of water into the finest wine. (...) Christ honored His mother. That is the key to understanding the ancient Christian doctrines regarding Mary, especially her immaculate conception [...] perpetual virginity, and her bodily assumption into heaven. (...) Mary was to be filled with Christ and only with Christ. That is the meaning of her holiness. (...) Everything in her is holy. So, like the Temple
November 5th, the Feast of Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, as if to underline the mystery of the Visitation of Mary which Edmond took so much to heart that he dreamed of seeing the statue reproduced [...] would be the initiative of lay people, supported by seven bishops, leaders of major Marian shrines. Edmond confided the task of setting up the teams of leaders in all regions of France to a few friends [...] good. He was "a man of God" as the late Father Marie-Dominique Philippe once said of him. He has gone to his homeland, to the Blessed Virgin Mary whom he loved so well, to the light of God that he sought
innocent: but was delivered of sinners with pain and cries of anguish. You will be convinced of this, too, when you reflect carefully on how dearly they cost her. Inevitably, it cost Mary her only Son; she was [...] April 9 - Our Lady of Myans (Savoy, France, 1249) The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (V) Now we must understand that Mary gave birth twice: she gave birth to Jesus Christ, and she gave birth to the faithful; [...] was only able to become the mother of the Christian family because she sacrificed her dearly beloved Son. What pain she endured in her fruitfulness!
innocent: but was delivered of sinners with pain and cries of anguish. You will be convinced of this, too, when you reflect carefully on how dearly they cost her. Inevitably, it cost Mary her only Son; she was [...] April 9 - Our Lady of Myans (Savoy, France, 1249) The Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (V) Now we must understand that Mary gave birth twice: she gave birth to Jesus Christ, and she gave birth to the faithful; [...] was only able to become the mother of the Christian family because she sacrificed her dearly beloved Son. What pain she endured in her fruitfulness!
