was the parish priest of La Courneuve. He was a mystic soul who received many visions of the Virgin Mary and the angels. He founded the congregation of the Servants of Jesus and Mary. [...] October 12 - Our Lady of the Pillar (Spain) - Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil) The Rosary is a powerful weapon against all the powers of hell "We must be aware of a great truth which is not sufficiently [...] all the powers of hell. The Mother of God, who in the past has given proofs of her maternal goodness, always responds to our needs. She will not disappoint us! Leaning on the Mother of God, you may feel
August 27 – Our Lady of Quézac (Quézac, France) The Lourdes of Corsica The Shrine of Our Lady of the Graces, situated in a cove of Lavasina not far from Bastia, in the French island of Corsica, has sometimes [...] offered to pay his debt by sending a painting of the Virgin Mary. In the packaging containing the painting, inexplicably, the Daneses found the exact sum, in cash, of the money they were owed! They then decided [...] Baptist as a child, and Saint Joseph. The first famous miracle of Our Lady of Lavasina took place in 1675: a nun from Bonifacio, Sister Marie Agnes, 40 years-old at the time, had been paralyzed in both legs
life is very similar to that of French mystic Marthe Robin. The great mission that God entrusted to Alexandrina was the Consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which Pope Pius XII made [...] Heart” The great Marian mission of Blessed Alexandrina Maria Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904-1955) of Balasar, Portugal, was a Portuguese mystic who for 12 years lived only of the Eucharist. Although she [...] made in 1942. When we recall the apparitions of Fatima, we think especially of Lucia, one of the seers, who worked on this consecration. In fact, the consecration took place in several stages. Let us remember
have carried the weight of the mother’s thoughts, let alone those of the Son. Speaking would have been an effort - a condescension - like descending a mountain, on behalf of Mary as well as Jesus. And why [...] Our Lady of the Fountain (Constantinople, 460) The Silence of the Holy Family (III) Between the Creator and the creature, in a relationship such as the one that existed between Jesus and Mary, silence [...] why go down? Saint Joseph did not need to. He also remained quite high among the mountains of silence, so high that no voice, I might say that not even the softest echo from earth, could resound up to
meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross. 5. The Crucifixion. 6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross. 7. The burial of Jesus. "And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: [...] Lady of Seven Sorrows (1897) - Francisco of Fatima (d. 1919) The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin 1. The prophecy of Simeon. (Lk 2: 34, 35) 2. The flight into Egypt. (Mt 2:13-14) 3. The loss of the Child [...] is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; and thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed" (Lk 2:
(or del Cammino), usually translated as “Our Lady of the Way,” or “…of the Wayside,” or “…of the Streets,” or “…of the Good Road.” This feast of Mary is celebrated May 24, and interestingly has connections [...] original image of the Madonna della Strada is today in Rome at the Church of the Gesú, the mother church of the Society of Jesus. Scientists and art historians have studied the painting of the mother and [...] - Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1879) - Our Lady of the Golden Heart (Beauraing, Belgium, 1932-33) Devotion to the Madonna della Strada (Our Lady of the Journey) popular among pilgrims One of my favorite
mother on behalf of couples, it occurred to me to ask the intercession of the holy couple of Mary and Joseph, to touch the heart of Jesus. I think the life of a married couple is like a Rosary." Interview [...] Damian The life of a married couple is like a Rosary Father Franck Stéphane Yapi is a priest of the diocese of Agboville in southern Ivory Coast (Africa). He is the founder of the "Academy of Love," a virtual [...] solicit the advocacy of the Blessed Virgin and the Rosary is their favorite prayer beside the Mass, but also in the celebration of the sacrament of marriage, there is a part at the end of the mass where the
March 14 – Virgin of Saint Theodor (Russia) – Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (d. 968), patron saint of large families A woman has conquered every part of this heart When the tools are [...] suddenly without hate the pressure of his profound and innocent being. It is no longer bare Faith in the night, it is love explaining and working. Joseph is with Mary and Mary is with the Father. Paul Claudel [...] He is as silent as the earth when the dew rises, He feels the fullness of night, and he is at ease with joy and with truth. Mary is in his possession and he surrounds her on all sides. It is not in a single
meditated on Mary's gaze (referring to the fact that the images of the seer of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Juan Diego, and the people surrounding him, were visible in the eyes of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe) [...] but the sense of unity will always prevail. Where there is a mother, the struggle for fraternity will not be lacking.” Pope Francis Excerpt from his homily on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Vatican [...] in Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) - Saint Juan Diego Where the mother is, the sense of unity will always triumph "Celebrating Mary is, first and foremost, remembering our mother, remembering that we are not and
Miraculously, through the protection of Mary, her whole community returned unharmed. When Sister Catherine learned that the insurgents had ransacked Our Lady of Victories Church, she declared: "They have [...] July 19 - 1st apparition of Our Lady to Saint Catherine Labouré (Paris, France, July 18 or 19, 1830) "They touched Our Lady of Victories. They won't go any further." In March 1848, during the February [...] small hospice for the aged and the infirm when most of the sisters had been forced to flee. She also braved the streets to distribute the Miraculous Medal of the Virgin where the fighting was taking place at
