Madonna Miracolosa (Italy, 1855) - Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (c. 560 – March 11, 638, Palestine) Is devotion to Saint Joseph increasing? Devotion to Saint Joseph came rather late but it is [...] men" (Lk 2:52), at the school of the Holy Family. Father Joseph-Marie Verlinde Member of the Famille Saint-Joseph Adapted from: Aleteia
Italy, 1576) Call on Saint Joseph's help in these difficult times In this month traditionally dedicated to Saint Joseph, and especially because the year 2021 has been entrusted to the saint by Pope Francis [...] out on March 19th, the solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition, Marie de Nazareth is offering a virtual, printable novena to Saint Joseph starting tomorrow (10th) and [...] repeated over nine days. It is a form of prayer in which we ask for the intercession of a particular saint, or the Blessed Virgin Mary. The prayers can also be addressed directly to God that Father as Jesus
March 8 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God (1495-1550) Mary appears to Saint John of God on his death bed The Archbishop kindly came to celebrate Mass in the sick man’s room and administer [...] poor.” (1) Saint John of God was a Spanish monk of Portuguese origin, who dedicated his life to serving the poor and founded the Order of Hospitallers. Excerpt from The Glories of Mary - Saint Alphonsus [...] absorbed in thanksgiving, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him, accompanied by the Archangel Raphael and Saint John the Evangelist. Brother John understood that Mary had arranged for all of this to take place
January 6 – Epiphany of the Lord – Birth date of Saint Joan of Arc (c. 1412) Saint Joan’s mission was on behalf of the Blessed Virgin Mary On January 6, 1412, wrote Bishop Debout, the inhabitants of Domrémy [...] the King of France on behalf of the Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan would tell her judges. As a child, Saint Joan loved to visit a rustic church near her home dedicated to the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of
the Fraternity of the Heart of Mary at the Church of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) Saint John Paul II, Missionary of Mary From the Marian devotion of his childhood, the young Karol Wojtyla [...] the Blessed Virgin Mary. This led him to offer himself to Christ, through Mary’s hands. "Thanks to Saint Louis de Montfort, I realized that genuine devotion to the Mother of God is truly Christocentric, [...] The Virgin Mary, so strongly present in his personal life, is also present in the preaching of Pope Saint John Paul II, in line with his mission to "strengthen his brothers" (Luke 22:32). He invites Christians
February 20 - Jacinta Marto, seer of Fatima (d. 1920) - 5th Apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Saint Bernadette's Silence (III) On February 20th, the group had grown larger. Thirty people witnessed
February 21 - 6th Apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Saint Bernadette's Silence (IV) In fact the crowd was larger than the day before, despite an early morning start. One hundred people filled the area
February 22 - Our Lady of Help (Rennes, France) According to Saint Padre Pio, Mary is the Echo of God She is the "echo", the echo of God who faithfully follows the Master's will. Thus all graces go through [...] through the hands of the One who carried out those wishes herself, in full. Saint Pio called her: "Abyss of Grace, Incomparable Masterpiece, and Woman Clothed in Light." The Light of God flows into her and
February 19 - 4th Apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Saint Bernadette's Silence (II) Bernadette left home in a peaceful and quiet mood on Friday the 19th for the fourth apparition. This time, she was
February 23 - Our Lady of the Rocks (near Salamanca, Spain) - Saint Polycarp (d. ca. 155), bishop and martyr Jesus, Saint John and His Mother "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's [...] his spirit" (John 19: 25-30). Saint Polycarp was a disciple of John the Apostle and Evangelist. It is possible that he also knew the Blessed Virgin as she lived with Saint John. Polycarp became bishop of [...] of the most important Christian leaders in all of Roman Asia. He also had a great influence over Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (d. ca. 200), through whom the faith was transmitted to much of Western Europe.
