intercession of your Immaculate Heart. By your example and with your assistance, we commit ourselves to follow Christ, your divine Son, in a truly evangelical life: through our worship and praise of God; [...] October 15 – Our Lady of France Prayer to Our Lady of France, Queen of Peace O Mary, immaculate Virgin, holy Mother of God, exalted by the Lord as the queen of the Universe to be even more fully conformed [...] conformed to your Son, Lord of lords victorious over sin and death, we come to you with total confidence and filial affection. We, and all the saints of our country, are delighted to call you Queen of France

"Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favor! The Lord is with you." It is also possible to imagine that he came to give force and courage to the Virgin's fiancé, this man of a humble and timorous conscience, although [...] evangelist) says: "The angel Gabriel was sent by God". His name is not without meaning to the message with which he is charged. Indeed, which angel would have been better to announce the coming of the Christ [...] he has been chosen to announce the coming of this force itself, or because he was meant to reassure a naturally timid, simple and modest virgin that would have perhaps been disturbed by the news of the

Scriptures should be completely fulfilled, he said: I am thirsty. A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had [...] John and His Mother "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus [...] spirit" (John 19: 25-30). Saint Polycarp was a disciple of John the Apostle and Evangelist. It is possible that he also knew the Blessed Virgin as she lived with Saint John. Polycarp became bishop of Smyrna

Lady of Bargemon On March 17, 1635, the Virgin Mary healed a parishioner of the small village of Bargemon in southeastern France (Var department) and delivered a message announcing conversions, cures and works [...] else in the world does the Virgin give as many graces as in Bargemon." This was the fourth time that Mary had appeared in France, after Le-Puy-en-Velay, Notre Dame des Trois Épis and Cotignac. In 1641, the [...] charity. The first of these works is the welcoming of Christian refugees from the Middle East who, along with numerous volunteers, are in turn devoting their time and energy to promote the Shrine of Notre-Dame

weapon operates with the power of God. No Christian can doubt it. People scurry about but it is God who directs History.” Pierre Barnerias, French Journalist Notre Histoire avec Marie [...] Our Lady warns, advises, shows deep concern, and weeps ... all the while churches continue to empty, with figures that would rattle the builders of our cathedrals: there are 4-5% of practicing Catholics left [...] Son, who died 2,000 years ago in appalling agony… Because of this situation, Our Lady asks us to form a great flock and unite in prayer. The Rosary remains the best of protections. In 1936, on the eve of

Akita, Japan. These messages asked her to make reparation for the sins of mankind. "Do not fear. Pray with fervor not only because of your sins, but in reparation for those of all men. The world today deeply [...] deeply wounds the most Sacred Heart of Our Lord by its ingratitude and injuries. The wounds of Mary are much deeper and more sorrowful than yours." - "Pray very much for the Pope, the bishops, and priests [...] afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console Him, to soften the anger of the Heavenly Father. I seek, with my Son, souls who will make reparation, by their suffering and their poverty, for sinners and ingrates

Banish the demon to the infernal depths, and stay closer, dear Mother, to your aged and erring child. With a gentle touch, cover the weary pupils and kindly consign to God the soul that is returning to Him [...] Constantinople (455) It Is Sweet Music It is sweet music to the ear to say: I honor you, O Mother! It is a sweet song to repeat: I honor you, O holy Mother! You are my delight, dear hope, and chaste love, my [...] burden of sadness and weeping, if you see your child overwhelmed by misfortune, O gracious Virgin Mary, let me find rest in your motherly embrace. But alas, already the last day is quickly approaching

It was in great silence and without breaking in, that a body suddenly became filled with life, and that a tomb suddenly became empty, emptied of a corpse that had become alive again. My bishop once wrote [...] love this God who, in two swift moves, surprises us with some humor in two areas we think we know best: a virgin is not supposed to give birth, and a dead person is not supposed to leave his tomb. But God [...] from all eternity, simply asked Mary if she would welcome him. Let us meditate on the resemblance between the way in which the Son of God took on the soul and body of a man in his mother's womb and the

Christians, but oddly seems to forget or leaves someone in the shadows, keeping a discreet silence about her: the Virgin Mary. She is mentioned at the foot of the Cross, and is present among the first community [...] Jesus appeared to the Virgin Mary. Even though Scripture does not mention it, it is implied, when it is written that Jesus appeared to many others. Saint Teresa of Avila had a private revelation: “Jesus [...] pierced, and she had not yet turned into herself to enjoy this joy of faith; and that he stayed with her a long time, because it was necessary to console her.” Meditations

the altar this morning with such solicitude! ... I wish I had a voice loud enough to tell all the sinners of the world to love Mary." He went on: “I feel myself burning without a fire. I feel tight and [...] Our Lady of Valvanera (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio (d. 1968) Padre Pio: “Follow this blessed Mother” In a letter dated 1912, Padre Pio wrote: “How many times have I confided to this mother the tormented anguish [...] leads to Jesus and who, by her powerful intercession, obtains innumerable graces from him. He wrote in a letter dated 1915: “Let us endeavor, like so many elect souls, to follow this blessed Mother, to walk