carved out of a cliff side. The National Shrine of our Sorrowful Mother, known as The Grotto, can be found in northeast Portland. A ministry of the Servite Friars of Mary, it covers over 60 acres set at the [...] top of the cliff, where they will find a small chapel to Saint Anne – the mother of Mary, and a meditation hall. The sanctuary has several thousand feet of trails to walk, including the Stations of the [...] assist in erecting the Shrine of Our Sorrowful Mother in Portland.” Starting in September of 1923, a 50-foot-high cave was carved out of the 110 foot high cliff. Inside a replica of Michelangelo’s famous Pieta
Saint Benedict of Nursia, abbot (d. 547 - Founder of the Benedictine Order) - Dedication of the Shrine of Our Lady of Le Puy, Queen of France Puy-en-Velay, France: a 3rd-century site of Marian apparitions [...] thus became one of the oldest shrines dedicated to the Mother of God.& St. George, the evangelizer of the Velay region believed to have been one of the seventy-two original disciples of Jesus, tells how [...] founded the church of Civitas Vetula in the county of Velay, and how, at the request of St. Martial, built a shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Mount Anicius. The 7th successor of St. George, St. Vosy
18 – Our Lady of Pity or Seven Sorrows (diocese of Montauban, France) In praying the Rosary, aim for the quality of prayer The quality of the prayer is more important than the quantity of prayer. One i [...] check it off your list. So focus on the quality of each prayer – even if that means you sit with one intentionally prayed Hail Mary for a while. I found one of those small little rosary pamphlets that you [...] I used to downplay the power of the rosary. I used to think that it wasn’t a “powerful” form of prayer. I was very wrong. As I have been revisiting the rosary myself, Mary and Jesus have been hitting me
that of her Son, is an abyss of love and mercy. Let us therefore never separate, in our devotion, the Heart of Mary from that of Jesus. Let us honor and love them both with all the effusiveness of our soul [...] 24 – Feast of the Sacred Heart – The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Who can describe the love of Jesus’ Heart for his divine Mother? As God, he loved her as the purest, most perfect of all creatures; [...] In the course of his public life, it was often at the prayer of his Mother that Jesus performed his miracles, as at Cana in Galilee, so that the women of Israel, undoubtedly jealous of such great glory
and solicit the intercession of the Mother of Christ, who is always present in the action of the Lord and his Church. As Mary, through the Holy Spirit, gave birth to the Son of God, who received from her [...] archbishop of Polotsk (now a city in Belarus), he fought all his life against the consequences of the schism of Photius (2). In this capacity, he worked with untiring zeal for the reunion of the Eastern [...] defender of Church Unity Today the Church honors a great champion and promoter of Orthodox reunion with the Apostolic See in Rome. Saint Josaphat Kuncewicz (born around 1580) was a native of Volhynia in
executed on the spot. Mary was trustworthy to her promise. John also kept his word. He gave up his life of soldiering and went in search of God's will. He later became the great Saint John of God. [...] March 9 - Saint Frances of Rome (Italy, +1440) - Saint Dominic Savio (Italy, +1857) The Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (II) Another day, after taking possession of rich spoils, the captain ordered John [...] revoked the execution order. He wanted to be the judge of that affair himself. Meanwhile, Alphonso Ferrus arrived out of breath. He had the chest of jewels in his hands, which he had found in the captain's
Discovery of the Treaty of the True Devotion of Saint Louis de Montfort in 1842 as the author had prophesied Marian dogma found in the darkness and silence of an old chest The manuscript of the Treatise [...] languages. Saint Louis de Montfort points out Mary’s essential role in God's plan and in guiding souls on the difficult path to holiness. The three Persons of the Trinity continue to work the same wonders [...] through the Virgin. If we seek to fully engage ourselves in the service of God and achieve union with Christ the Savior by imitating Mary’s humility, the surest way is to devote ourselves completely to Him through
Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Spend more time with the Mother of Jesus! At the beginning of May 2015, Pope Francis exhorted the baptized to trust in the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God [...] with her" in this month of May, during which she is traditionally honored: "Bring to her all your intentions with confidence," the pope exhorted. The Pope sees in Mary, the Mother of God, a particularly important [...] general audience of Wednesday, May 6, in Saint Peter's Square. His exhortation is more relevant than ever in early May 2017! The Pope invites pilgrims to "renew" their "love for the Mother of Jesus" and "spend
14 – Our Lady of Bargemon (France) – Our Lady of the Lamp (Rome, Italy) The extraordinary graces dispensed by Our Lady of Bargemon On March 17, 1635, the Virgin Mary healed a parishioner of the small village [...] is now part of the parish church of Bargemon. Pilgrimages have resumed, and the Blessed Virgin has given graces of conversion, healing, answered prayers and new works of charity. The first of these works [...] village of Bargemon in southeastern France (Var department) and delivered a message announcing conversions, cures and works of charity. After this apparition there followed 150 years of extraordinary graces
thing is the Marian faith of the ‘holy people true to God,’ which teaches us to love Mary beyond theological reflection. As a son and member, like anyone else, of the People of God, Bergoglio – Francis [...] 5 – Our Lady of Good Counsel (Bergamo, Italy) The vital roots of the Pope’s filial affection for the Madonna “She is My Mother,” released in bookshops since October 2018, is the fruit of a conversation [...] serve to praise our Mother.” The book talks about the encounters between Jorge Mario and Mary, a tender Mother, Help of Christians, who welcomes us, intercedes for us: during his conversation with the Pope
