Mariette moved the curtain she was surprised to see a light in her yard—looking closer she saw a "beautiful lady," who called Mariette to come to her. The girl wanted to go out, but her mother stopped her and [...] It was 7 pm. The Lady appeared. Mariette asked her: “Who are you, my beautiful Lady?” - “I am the Virgin of the Poor.” Then the Virgin led the child to a spring and invited Mariette to plunge her hands [...] January 19 - Our Lady of Gimont (Toulouse, France) – 3rd apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) In Banneaux, a miraculous spring reserved for all nations From January 15th to March 2, 1933, the Virgin Mary
foot of the cross stood Mary, Our Lady of Compassion. The hour of the Passion of Jesus is also the hour of the compassion of the Virgin. Pray for our hour so that it is the hour of Mary, Consoler of the [...] We hasten to convince ourselves that they are in Heaven to dispense with having to pray for their souls. Fortunately there still remains the invocation of the Hail Mary "and at the hour of our death." At [...] many of the dying spontaneously call for Mother Mary. If we pray to Mary at the hour of our death it is also because she alone, since the day of her Assumption, joined her Son Jesus in the glory of heaven
and a new force of life flowed through her. The priest took advantage of this betterment to ask her why she wanted to be baptized. She replied, "I had a dream: I saw a beautiful white lady wearing a belt [...] July 4 - Our Lady Refuge of Sinners Mary at Lesotho (II) While the catechist was preparing things for the baptism, the father asked the patient some questions to which she answered without hesitation. [...] belt the color of the sky. She smiled at me and kissed me lovingly. I wanted to get closer to her, but she said, 'Not now, but ask to be baptized by a Catholic priest and then I will come and get you.'" The
February 6 - Our Lady of Louvain (Netherlands) - Marthe Robin (d. 1981) O Beloved Mother O beloved Mother, you know the ways of holiness and love so well, teach us to often raise our minds and hearts to the Trinity [...] fixing our respectful and affectionate attention on the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And since you guide us along the path to eternal life, stay close to us poor pilgrims, open your arms to us, turn [...] and may the thought of God be always our minds. May every new minute take us deeper into the depths of your venerable mystery until the day that our fully blossomed souls, illuminated by divine union
July 01 - Our Lady of Happy Deliverance (Paris, France) Mary, the New Eve When Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to thy word," she was found to be obedient. Eve [...] proven to be disobedient: she had disobeyed while still a virgin. Just as Eve, thus, by her disobedience, became the cause of death for herself and the entire human race; so also did Mary, betrothed to man [...] become the cause of salvation, both to herself and the whole human race. The reason being that what has been tied once can only be untied if one does again in reverse order the loops of the knots. Thus
continuation of Fatima, Banneux could be seen as a renewal of the message of Lourdes. Mary appeared in similar clothes as she did at Lourdes, with a blue sash, and dedicated a spring of water to healing. However [...] Banneux is one of healing. She wants people to experience this healing in their hearts. Violence and strife cause wounds—such as anger and hatred—to fester within us but Mary wants to heal us of these afflictions [...] January 19 – Our Lady of Gimont (Toulouse, France) - 3rd apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) Mary’s message at Banneux is for all nations Nearly a fortnight following the final apparitions in Beauraing
April 23 - Our Lady of the Penha (Brazil) Saved by a Fervent “Hail Mary” (I) We had embarked on a mission with a couple of helicopters on a frigate, when we suddenly discovered the absence of a crew member [...] helicopter would soon have to turn back and land on its platform since the pilot would no longer have sufficient vision to be able to continue searching. Assailed by feelings of helplessness and despair [...] with doubt and feelings of discouragement. Cadiou, the winch operator (appointed to the position on the rescue winch) had a partial view over the ocean. After several hours of fruitless searching over
March 12 - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spain, 580) The Woman Who Crushes the Serpent’s Head In 580 Pope Gregory the Great gave the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a gift to Saint Leander, Bishop of Seville [...] himself. After the overthrow of Moorish occupation, the image was uncovered in the year 1326, subsequent to an apparition of Our Lady to a humble shepherd by the name of Gil. Our Lady's very special statue was [...] known since the 14th century, by the Arabic name of “Our Lady of Guadalupe”. During her apparition in Mexico on December 9, 1531, it is believed that Our Lady used the Aztec word coatlaxopeuh, which is pronounced
17 - Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1555) We should all adopt Mary’s faith Historians believe Mary was between 12 and 14 years old when Jesus was born. She was a teenager, which may be shocking in our modern [...] earthly mother to the world’s Savior. Mary could handle her calling because she focused on cultivating a bold faith. (...) From Mary’s example of faith, we can learn how to put our trust in action and [...] didn’t find it odd to get married and have children as a teenager. It may have been advantageous for Mary to be a teenager when she learned about God’s plan. She was still young enough to have the wonder
is (1946). The Madonna of Dong-Lu is addressed as Our Lady of China. The image was proclaimed Our Lady of China at the 1924 Synod of Shanghai. Our Lady of China [...] August 8 – Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) - Saint Dominic de Guzmán A Marian shrine in China! There are three apparitions listed for 1900 in China: one in Beijing (an apparition of Our Lady dressed in white [...] by St Michael) … A monument was erected to commemorate this. Again, during the revolution of the Boxers there was a weeping statue of Our Lady in the village of San Tai Dse. The weeping ceased only after
