August 18 – Our Lady of Rejoicing (France) "The novenas to Mary Undoer of Knots are too powerful!" I have three children. The oldest lives in the south of France. In 2021, he told his brother about his [...] his plans to buy a motorcycle and added, "Don't tell Mom because her novenas to Mary Undoer of Knots are too powerful!" What he meant by that was that if I did a novena, he would not be able to buy his [...] recover after just six sessions of physical therapy for a sprain, and he didn't need any further medical care! The name of this "miracle" is Mary. The novenas to Mary Undoer of Knots are really "very powerful"
Ascension of the Lord – Our Lady of Ergot (1105) It’s time to start the Novena to the Holy Spirit! In this year 2020, the solemnity of Pentecost (a moveable feast), celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit [...] perfect time to pray the Novena to the Holy Spirit with Mary, as we plea for a new Pentecost to renew our troubled world. Please join us in praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit from May 22nd to May 30th (2020) [...] day as the feast of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth! This convergence of dates is undoubtedly a grace and a sign from Heaven. As if Mary wanted us to receive the visit of the Holy Spirit
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows The two Koreas and Our Lady of Peace A new chapel will be built in the Joint Security Area (JSA) at Panmunjom , a truce village on the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone [...] which will be placed in front of the JSA Visitor Center, will act as a "chapel of peace" in this historic setting where the scars of the war remain despite the latest wave of momentum for reconciliation [...] construction of the new chapel in the JSA is a gift showing God's grace," Bishop Xavier said. "The chapel, located in the closest possible place to North Korea, will serve as somewhere we can pray to overcome
10 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1546) – Saint Gregory of Nyssa “There are times when the Sorrowful mysteries are the ones that speak most to my heart” When I pray the Rosary, I usually just want to focus [...] Son, truly understood sorrow and grief and sadness. There’s no grief we can bring to her that she doesn’t understand. Maybe that’s why I love the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows—and I appreciate it more and [...] the Sorrowful mysteries are the ones that speak most to my heart. There are days when it’s comforting to know that the holiest woman to walk the earth, the woman chosen by God to be the mother of His Son
Rosary Novena (nine days of prayer). This novena for a special intention was 27 days of praying the rosary of petition followed by 27 days of thanksgiving. After my younger siblings were put to bed and [...] January 28 – Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) – Saint Thomas Aquinas “Each morning I would stop in church, to pray the rosary novena.” When I was in high school, I would stop at my maternal grandparents’ [...] this novena with the accompanying prayer and rosary. In the back of the booklet were little boxes for each day to be checked off. In 1949, early in my senior year of high school, I was “inspired” to ask
April 26 – Our Lady of the Mounts (Rome, Italy, 1597) - 1886: Image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to the Redemptorists Church in Rome Our Lady of Faithfulness of Niaprahio: A testimony of gratitude [...] gratitude Our Lady of Faithfulness of Niaprahio is the name of the Marian Shrine offered by a private donor, a Catholic woman named Collette Pellaud, to the people of Guiberoua, in central west Ivory Coast. The [...] houses a replica of the statue of the Virgin of Lourdes, made in Lourdes itself. In commenting on her gesture, the donor explained that she wanted the construction of this shrine to the glory of Mary, as a token
usually doesn’t solve problems without our involvement. He wants us to act: to confront who needs to be confronted, explain what needs to be explained, and risk what needs to be risked. But he also adds: “And [...] apply to my intention — when along came the Assumption, which isn’t about life on earth, but about life in heaven. Our Lady goes to heaven, body and soul, in what the Catechism calls “a sign of certain [...] us to carry whatever crosses will lead ourselves and others to a life with him. 5. And to conclude, leave it all in the hands of Mary with the Coronation. Imagine your mother was given the power to direct
November 2 - Our Lady of Montligeon (France, 1884) Prayer to Our Lady of Montligeon Our Lady Liberatrix, have mercy on all our dearly departed, especially those who are most in need of the Lord's mercy [...] Mother of the Church, on our journey towards life everlasting, as pilgrims here on earth, help us to live better lives each day. Heal the wounds of our hearts and souls. Help us to become witnesses of the [...] them to full deliverance. May our prayers, united with the prayers of the whole Church, obtain for them a joy beyond all their desires, and bring consolation and relief to our loved ones in sorrow and distress
fierce devotion to her Catholic faith and to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of the Americas, have remained strong, and she said she’ll go to court if she has to. She does not plan to remove her painting [...] Virgin of Saint Theodore (Russia) Florida woman refuses to remove an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe from her trailer: “They’ll have to kill me first!” Millie Francis almost died once. She’s willing to do it [...] mobile home, on which she has painted an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. But from the sound of it, they will have a hard time getting her to comply. “They’ll have to kill me first,” Francis, 85, told the property
Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary A miracle in our times: Our Lady of Soufanieh, in the heart of Damascus (Syria) While blood has been spilled in Syria for nearly seven years and continues to be shed [...] icon of the Madonna and Child, a reproduction of the Virgin of Kazan. This oil appeared for the first time on the palm of the hands of a young married woman called Myrna Nazzour, on November 22nd of the [...] shed, pure oil from the image of Our Lady of Soufanieh has been flowing in Damascus, the Syrian capital, for more than 35 years. In November 1982, in a neighborhood of north Damascus, a fragrant oil has
