– Our Lady of the Milk (Italy) The Mother of God with her tender gaze The Byzantine Rite Catholic Abbey of Saint Mary in Grottaferrata, near Frascati, Italy, was founded in 1004 by a group of monks from [...] is an icon of the Mother of God with a tender gaze, holding the Child Jesus with his hand raised in blessing, in the manner of the Odigitria iconographic type. This image has been a source of divine graces [...] crowds of pilgrims, among them Popes Pius IX, Saint John XXIII, Paul VI and Saint John Paul II. Today, the monks of this abbey are still of Byzantine-Greek rite and represent the Congregation of Basilian
July 11 – Dedication of the shrine of Our Lady of Le Puy, Queen of France (France) In Fatima, I understood the importance of this prayer Ghislain Lafont, a devout Catholic and a House of Representatives candidate [...] was a lot of hatred and violence. Our times are not much better. The message of Mary is a message of peace and reconciliation. One thing that particularly moves me in the message of Fatima is Mary's request [...] arrondissement of Paris (France) during the June 2017 elections, answered the question: "How important is the message of Fatima in your life and your commitments?" Ghislain Lafont: "It is one of the priorities
July 4 – Our Lady Refuge of Sinners Our Lady of Caravaggio protected me Throughout my life, I have always kept Mary in my thoughts. For me, she is a mother, a companion, a friend ... I am attentive to [...] suddenly thought to myself: "Our Lady of Caravaggio has protected me!" Since that day, when I pray the Rosary, I always invoke Our Lady of Caravaggio. In the Diocese of Juína we have a small grotto where [...] small incident concerning her that struck me one day. During my training at the diocesan shrine of Our Lady of Caravaggio in Farroupilha (Brazil), on a very hot day while we were working outdoors, I was cutting
have the example of Saint Juliana of Liège, in the Middle Ages, who urged the bishop of Liège to institute the feast of the Blessed Sacrament; Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux who pushed [...] source and summit of the Christian life"? FL: That’s right, and also because it is the True Body of Jesus, so it is a communion with Him. Often in the history of the Church, in the history of holiness, it is [...] priests and celebrate Mass, often have a great love of Jesus Eucharist, of the Body of Christ, which, I think, is a feminine and Marian grace. Mary is the person who loved Jesus the most, who had the most
October 9 - Blessed Virgin of Ephesus (Russia, 988) - Saint John Leonardi, founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca (d. 1609) The fruits of the Rosary (I) Each mystery has its own spiritual [...] Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan (Mt 3: 13-17): the state of grace; 2nd mystery : the Wedding at Cana (Jn 2: 1-12): trust in the will of God and in Mary; 3rd mystery : the proclamation of the Kingdom of God [...] John Paul II called "fruit of holiness". Fruits of the joyful mysteries The fruit of the 1st joyful mystery (the Annunciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel and the Incarnation of Christ (Lk 1: 26-38; Mt 1:
dispensed by Mary at her shrine of Bargemon (France), so he decided to consecrate his son to Our Lady of Bargemon. He promised her to come barefoot to the altar of her shrine at the end of the novena and [...] father when he spoke to him of his promise to the Virgin Mary, the boy had the same disposition of heart and the same resolve. They started on their way. When they arrived in sight of Bargemon, just upon seeing [...] family shared the story of the miracle with numerous people that day, because it happened on the day of a religious procession of White Penitents who came to pray to Our Lady of Bargemon. Brother Raphael
grace of Christmas can be for every day! The grace of Christmas is given to all, but it is received in fullness only with Mary, and by imitating her. The silence of the mother of Jesus is a silence of co [...] It helps us to understand the mystery of divine love and to let ourselves be transformed by the God who became man in a humble stable. At the school of the Virgin of Christmas, the Christian understands [...] beautiful life that he can have is the one that befalls him. He learns to read the Word of God written in the daily events of his life. In saying so we are not confusing contemplation and fatalistic resignation
clothes for myself and a little to live by. From the Revelations of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bridget of Sweden’s visions of the Virgin Mary, in "Celestial Revelations" Vol. I, ch. 10 [...] born of a Virgin, I was touched and hurt by such a great love for him, that I only thought of him and wanted only him. I stayed away as much as I could from common conversations and the presence of my parents [...] February 7 – Blessed Pope Pius IX, who proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (d. 1878) Learning that God was born of a Virgin, I was touched and hurt by such a great love Since my early childhood
the Popes ordered three strokes (in honor of the Most Holy Trinity), and the recitation of a Hail Mary at each stroke, to ask the Mother of God for the defeat of heresies. Translated from: Wordpress [...] prayer recited at the sound of the bell in the morning, at noon and in the evening, to honor the Mother of God and also to meditate on the mystery of the Incarnation. This custom of ringing a bell several times [...] orders the ringing of bells for the Angelus from that day on (1456) – Saint Martha Let us ask the Mother of God to defeat heresies Muslims turn towards Mecca several times a day in memory of its prophet. Don’t
October 27 - Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) The Rose Garden of Our Mother While nature itself made the name of mother the sweetest of all names and has made motherhood the very model of tender and solicitous [...] ruthless enemies of our salvation. In these and in all other troubles of life her power is most far-reaching. Her desire to use it is most ardent to bring consolation, strength, and help of every kind to [...] put in words what every devout soul feels, namely how intense is the flame of affectionate and active charity which glows in Mary, in her who is truly our mother not in a human way but through Christ. Nobody
