May 18 – Our Lady of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Let us follow him with Mary Let us go to Mary, since she is our mother, the mother of each one of us! Let us go to her, since she is the universal mediatrix [...] profit of humility, on the demands of charity, on the wisdom of obedience, on the sweetness of abandonment to God, and on the joys of trust. She is a mother, and as a mother, she is so eager to fly to the [...] mediatrix between God and us. Oh! If we knew how to make ourselves very small! If we only knew how to turn our eyes and our hearts towards the one who loves us so much! What good virtues, what good counsels
states) to witness the miracle of the water that can be seen flowing from the feet of Christ on the cross and from the rocks below in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Dantoling. The sacred image of Jesus [...] threatened to kill us, so that they could welcome Jesus." Every year the Marian shrine attracts thousands of faithful, Catholics and non-Catholics, especially during the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on [...] February 5 – Our Lady of Chernigov (Ukraine) At this Marian shrine in India water flows miraculously from a giant crucifix Thousands of pilgrims arrive every day from all over Orissa (one of India’s 28 states)
October 23 - Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Gardia, Italy) Reciting the Rosary (I) Do you remember when you were a child When your irate father raised his hand high To punish you for some serious error, Your [...] stopped his arm ready to spank. In the pious account that cannot mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: “Here is your son!” This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness [...] forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave her this mysterious gift, He bequeathed Christian humanity to her. Your mother, O Lord, is all mine.
Sept 4 - Our Lady of Haut (Belgium, 1419) Holy Dependency In going to Jesus through Mary, we are really paying honor to our Lord, for we are showing that, because of our sins, we are unworthy to approach [...] his infinite holiness directly on our own. We are showing that we need Mary, his holy Mother, to be our advocate and mediatrix with him who is our Mediator. We are going to Jesus as Mediator and Brother, [...] same time humbling ourselves before him who is our God and our Judge. In short, we are practicing humility, something which always gladdens the heart of God.
October 23 - Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Gardia, Italy) Reciting the Rosary (I) Do you remember when you were a child When your irate father raised his hand high To punish you for some serious error, Your [...] stopped his arm ready to spank. In the pious account that cannot mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: "Here is your son!" This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness [...] forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave her this mysterious gift, He bequeathed Christian humanity to her. Your mother, O Lord, is all mine.
July 25 - Our Lady of Lac Bouchet (Quebec, 1920) Two Youngsters and the Madonna (I) The parents of Gianni and Franco lived in one of the poorest districts of Genoa, near the port where their father worked [...] next morning, to their mother’s great surprise, both boys got out of bed before 7 o’clock and quickly disappeared. “What mischief are they going to get into today?” the mother thought to herself. The coal [...] Franco were delighted by the idea of the upcoming procession of the “Madonna della Guarda”, because they loved the Blessed Virgin with all their heart. They wanted to light candles on their window sills
each of us, in the quiet of our hearts, towards a greater generosity of time in Adoration of her Eucharistic Son, in the praying of her Rosary, in the reception of the Sacraments, in obedience to her son’s [...] March 21 – Our Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The present Church crisis and Mary Does the Mother of Jesus have any relevance to the present Church crisis? Mary brings the Divine Redeemer into the world [...] little child in true need of the ongoing interior conversion which alone can make the external living of the Gospel, obediently, chastely, and joyfully, possible in our times. Our Lady, with a unique and personal
July 25 - Our Lady of Lac Bouchet (Quebec, 1920) Two Youngsters and the Madonna (I) The parents of Gianni and Franco lived in one of the poorest districts of Genoa, near the port where their father worked [...] next morning, to their mother's great surprise, both boys got out of bed before 7 o'clock and quickly disappeared. "What mischief are they going to get into today?" the mother thought to herself. The coal [...] Franco were delighted by the idea of the upcoming procession of the "Madonna della Guarda", because they loved the Blessed Virgin with all their heart. They wanted to light candles on their window sills
anniversary of the apparitions, the year that the Basilica of Saint Pius X was inaugurated. Also when I discovered Fatima, on the way back from a vacation in Morocco. And the feast of Our Lady of Bouzanne [...] fulfillment of the words spoken to her from the Lord!" (Lk 1:45). This is what fascinates me the most in Our Lady—how she continues to believe in God’s Word when, before her eyes, the exact opposite of what was [...] Berry region of France. I can’t think of times that can be called out-of-the ordinary …except one, maybe. I was 15 years old. We lived in Joinville then. After going to confession at St Anne of Polangis,
out to you ‘Rocky Mountains,’ and there is Our Lady in the midst of that,” said Father Nathan Siray, pastor of Our Lady of the Rockies Parish. “That’s kind of our No. 1 devotional image to Our Lady of the [...] August 18 – Our Lady of Rejoicing (France) A new Marian shrine in Canada Canmore, Alberta, has a new shrine called Our Lady of the Rockies Church. Bishop William McGrattan of Calgary celebrated Mass at [...] families of Our Lady of the Rockies Parish were “ecstatic” that the church building was completed and dedicated in May, which the church devotes to Mary. “It’s going us take time to understand our new identity
