17 - Our Lady of the Forest (Brittany, France, 1419) A Miracle in Bogota Brother Araguen, a catechist teaching in the thick jungles south of Bogota, was suffering from tongue cancer and taken to the city [...] spoken to the doctor.” The next morning, the brother refused to be anaesthetized, so the doctor was called in, who spoke to him about the importance of prolonging his life, even at the price of losing [...] Araguen lived many more years, singing the praises of Our Lady and extolling the power and the importance of the Rosary, while teaching catechism to children.
June 10 – Our Lady of Saint Luke (Italy, 1857) I have never seen the Virgin, but I hear her It is reasonable to think that John Paul II possessed the gift of an extraordinary perception of the supernatural [...] appointed archbishop of Cracow, so he made a promise to the Virgin: "I will do many pilgrimages on foot to your shrines, great and small, nearby and distant, according to the number of vocations that you [...] seminary suddenly began to revive itself and counted nearly five hundred students when the archbishop left Krakow for the See of Peter. "My way of conceiving devotion to the Mother of God has undergone a
17 - Our Lady of the Forest (Brittany, France, 1419) A Miracle in Bogota Brother Araguen, a catechist teaching in the thick jungles south of Bogota, was suffering from tongue cancer and taken to the city [...] spoken to the doctor." The next morning, the brother refused to be anaesthetized, so the doctor was called in, who spoke to him about the importance of prolonging his life, even at the price of losing [...] Araguen lived many more years, singing the praises of Our Lady and extolling the power and the importance of the Rosary, while teaching catechism to children.
women must not lose sight of those ends for which all other things are only the means. In one of her letters, Stein wrote: “On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends [...] a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.” In an address just before Hitler’s rise to power, Saint Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) urged a group of Catholic women to fight for [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why
February 6 - Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium, 1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) “Let it happen to me as you have said” (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants [...] wants us to have always on our lips and in our hearts: “Your will be done” (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would [...] would have meant nothing to her unless she had wanted to yield to the will of God. It was this will which governed all she did and thought. No matter what her jobs were - ordinary, commonplace, or seemingly
August 8 - Our Lady of Kuehn (Belgium) - Saint Dominic Preach from My Psalter According to the account of the Blessed Alain de la Roche, the Holy Mother of God appeared to Saint Dominic in 1214 after he [...] the chief instrument of our salvation." Then our Lady replied, "I want you to know that the principal weapon has always been the Angelic Psalter, which is the foundation-stone of the New Testament. Therefore [...] Albigensian heresy. Queen Blanche of Castile immediately adopted this new form of devotion, to which she attributed the birth of her son Saint Louis King of France.
February 6 - Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium, 1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) "Let it happen to me as you have said" (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants [...] wants us to have always on our lips and in our hearts: "Your will be done" (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would [...] would have meant nothing to her unless she had wanted to yield to the will of God. It was this will which governed all she did and thought. No matter what her jobs were - ordinary, commonplace, or seemingly
women must not lose sight of those ends for which all other things are only the means. In one of her letters, Stein wrote: "On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends [...] July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] why Edith Stein looked to women to preserve within human society those spiritual values that cannot be measured. It is not that the public achievements of women are unimportant of course, but that women
April 19 - Our Lady of the Country (Italy, 1559) My friend is recovering from lung cancer after I gave him a Miraculous Medal My friend Francois was actively dying of lung cancer. Two days after I gave [...] he is ready to fight to the finish. He continues to pray, and thanks the Virgin Mary every day for having heard his prayers. Personally when I saw him on February 16, 2013, I cried with joy to see that he [...] gave him a miraculous medal, he was able to eat and drink normally. He then fully recovered after three months. He gained 15 kg, after his weight had gone down to only 40 kg. His hair has now grown back with
recovered in 2006, he began a series of pilgrimages (including one to the Holy Land and another to Lourdes), in order to honor his promise to the Virgin of Carmen, Patroness of fishermen. Aleteia [...] February 9 – Our Lady of the Castle (Italy, 1558) A 66,500-mile pilgrimage for Mary He is known simply as "the pilgrim" and for a good reason! At the age of 67, José Antonio García, a native of Cadiz (Spain) [...] 66,500 miles to fulfill a promise he made to the Virgin Mary after surviving the sinking of a fishing boat. This tragedy occurred in 1999 off the coast of Norway. He was the only survivor of the whole crew
