October 16 - Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (d. 1690) - Election of Pope Saint John Paul II (October 16, 1978) The great Pope of Totus Tuus was prophesied to the Polish nation When on October 16, 1978, Karol [...] great Marian Pope who chose the motto "Totus Tuus" ("I’m all yours") alluding to Mary, the Polish bishops immediately thought of a prophetic poem written in 1848 by the Polish poet Julius Slowacki (1809-1849) [...] (1809-1849), titled “The Slavic Pope”: Behold, the Slavic pope is coming, a brother of the people. Behold, he already pours the world’s balm on our breasts. And the angel-choir sweeps flowers towards his throne
1660) – Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) – Mary becomes the official patroness of Luxembourg (1666) The Philippines: 21 days of prayer for “national healing” Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan [...] days of prayer, which were dedicated to the “national healing” of the country, overwhelmed by many challenges, including that of the coronavirus pandemic. It ran from July 16th, feast of Our Lady of Mount [...] Carmel, to August 5th, the dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. In a letter to the priests of the archdiocese, Archbishop Villegas stressed the sense of “powerlessness and discouragement” that
September 25 - Mary, Protectress of Orphans - Our Lady of Saint Peter (Italy, 1751) Praying Mary in a time of crisis… and then what? During a time of crisis, especially one involving our health, it can [...] to be cured of some illness, or for some other similar necessity, without which they would forget her altogether. Both, however, of these two last classes are false devotees, and neither of them pass current [...] crosses, toils, and disappointments of life, that it may be consoled under them. In a word, in all its evils of body and mind, the soul’s ordinary refuge is in Mary, without fearing to be importunate to
August 25 - Mary, Health of the Sick - Saint Louis, King of France (d. 1270) The story of an unusual birth Before Saint Louis—King of France—was born, his mother Blanche de Castile (1) had three boys, [...] sisters). (1) Saint Blanche de Castille (1188-1252), was the wife of Louis VIII, King of France and the mother of Saint Louis (Louis IX), King of France. Jean-Jacques Riou, 30 minutes pour devenir saintes et [...] two of whom died in infancy, while the third, Philip, died at the age of 8 or 9 when Louis was 3 or 4 years old. The royal parents, seeing their male progeny extinguished from such a young age, were greatly
Holy Name of Mary Maryam is "the Lady of the Oceans" The etymology of Maryam is the contraction of two Hebrew words, Mar, meaning great lady, and Yam, meaning ocean. Mary means the "lady of the oceans [...] oceans." Mary, or Maryam, is therefore the Lady of the Oceans, of the great primitive waters: in her, God creates something new. This is why, at the Annunciation, the Angel Gabriel greeted her by the name Maryam [...] Lazarist priest (Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, founded by St Vincent de Paul and established at St Lazare in Paris), of Lebanese origin. In Judaisme, christianisme et islam étude comparée
Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist – The last public apparitions of Mary at Le Laus (France, 1664) The Veil of Mary still visible in France today The Veil of Mary ( Sancta Camisa ) is an oblong piece of silk [...] meaning to me. Some of my most meaningful times of prayers for my family have happened while sitting on one of the chairs in front of the Veil Chapel. I hope you will seek out the Veil of Mary with an open mind [...] This piece of cloth is closely tied to the history of both Chartres Cathedral and the town of Chartres. In The Veil of Our Lady , French author Yves Delaporte explains that, “during the siege of Chartres
August 15 – Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mary, Paradise of the New Adam Today the holy Virgin of Virgins is presented in the heavenly temple. Virginity in her was so strong as to be a [...] God. Not the least of their Praise is it to refer praise to the Mother of glory… Today the Eden of the New Adam receives the true paradise, in which sin is remitted and the tree of life growl, and our [...] the dominion of death? But she obeys the law of her own Son, and inherits this chastisement as a daughter of the first Adam, since her Son, who is the life, did not refuse it. As the Mother of the living
July 31 - Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556) - Ethiopian Church: Feast of the Densata (Conception of Mary) Mary is at the origin of Saint Ignatius’ conversion He was awake one night [...] doubt. Saint Ignatius of Loyola Taken from the saint’s autobiography that he wrote after nine months of convalescence, beginning in March 1522 in Manresa, near the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat (Spain [...] night and clearly saw an image of the Madonna and Child; from this vision, which lasted for a considerable period of time, he received a very excessive consolation and he remained with such disgust for
July 10 - Aachen Pilgrimage: Mary's Dress (Germany) Put Our Lady up on top of that darn mountain! Twenty years after the French landed on the beaches of Sidi Ferruch, west of Algiers, in 1830, a plague struck [...] walls. The rush of water forced the putrid matter out of the sewers and pushed to the sea the foul liquid that had accumulated. The town was saved. It is on account of this miraculous end of the crisis that [...] top of that darn mountain! She’ll chuck the disease into the sea." So, chanting hymns, the faithful gathered in the Navy district by the sea and set out to climb the slopes of Aidour, a buttress of Mount
June 22 - Proclamation of the Dogma of Mary Mother of God at Ephesus (431) When we think of Mary, God becomes all together concrete When we think of Mary, the Mother of God, God becomes all together concrete [...] incredibly familiar, and accessible. Through this woman, the Incarnation of God, the Cross, the forgiveness of sins, the hope of eternal life for you and me, everything becomes credible and desirable. Without [...] e. She brings to the whole story the royal seal of authenticity and of the kept Word. She is all in God by election and by grace, yet she remains one of us by her nature and by her race, and by her local
