September 30 - Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d. 420) "I never got tired of repeating those 'Hail Marys'" In 1976, the great French writer and communist convert André Frossard published a book entitled

either, but I found the answers to all my questions and even more. I will never doubt the existence of God again. I have never felt so much peace as I did in that place. Life is beautiful and it has a [...] Saint Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840), founder of the Little Brothers of Mary (Marists) "I have never felt so much peace as in this place" Does God exist? What is the point of living? Why make any effort [...] by saying, "I can't explain what I experienced there, you have to go there to understand. I have never felt so much peace!" So I decided to go. I had nothing to lose and I certainly didn't have peace:

Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) - Death of St. Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers, France (1879) "I entered Lourdes through the door of Nevers" Father André Cabes, from the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes, has been [...] opening of your theology thesis: "I entered Lourdes through the door of Nevers": it was indeed during her religious life in Nevers (central France) that the visionary of Lourdes, Saint Bernadette, put into [...] would have been offered a seat immediately, unless they were poor people, which was the case. In Nevers, Bernadette kept this freedom of manners. She once quipped about all the interviews she had to grant

of St. Paul Saint Paul, who never met Mary, placed her at the central point of Salvation History Saint Paul did not witness the earthly life of Jesus, and probably never met the Virgin Mary, yet he knew

December 17 - The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) Like a mother, Mary never forgets her children Although the Guadalupana pilgrimage that usually draws thousands was virtual this year, Francisco [...] believe in the Virgin. “I want to tell everyone that Our Lady intercedes for us. Like a mother she never forgets her children,” he said. Adapted from an article by Lorena Rojas, Dec. 2020 published in Catholic

bear a son.” (Is 7: 14). She had never thought that it could be about her. Her gaze had only one direction from which it never departed. Her gaze was simple: she had never paid too much attention to herself [...] Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938), approved devotion Mary never thought of herself (I) Before the Annunciation, Mary already belonged to God. She was offered, she

the Baptist in the Eastern Churches (1st century) – 8th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary never thought of herself (II) But after having always ignored herself, how could Mary perceive at this moment

January 29 – Our Lady of the Nasturtiums (Italy, 1630) Mary accomplished what money and laws could never do! With the Protestant Reformation, Mary’s role was eclipsed for many. Martin Luther tried to hold [...] appeared at Guadalupe to a poor man named Juan Diego. And she accomplished what money and laws could never do. She converted a continent in a matter of a few years. Then, forty years later, she saved fractured

Immaculate Mother of Jesus to Sebastian Fausto de Faria in Natividade, Brazil (1968, approved) "Never let anything depress you or discourage you.” In The Secret of Mary, St. Louis de Montfort writes: [...] struggles and says to us: "Listen to what I am going to tell you, and let it penetrate your heart: never let anything depress you or discourage you. Do not be troubled or crushed by your grief. Do not fear

January 26 – Our Lady of the Lake (Italy, 1872) Never separate Mary from Jesus Where do we find Jesus on earth if not in Mary’s arms? Did she not give us the Eucharist? Her acceptance of the incarnation [...] the heart of Mary. Those who love this good Mother will find Jesus in this heart so pure. We must never separate Mary from Jesus—we cannot go to him without going to her first. I would even say that the