alone too long. And he was led to the gallows of the good city of Toulouse between the executioner and Consuls, amidst a crowd of naughty, curious boys, who had come running to see what awaited them on the [...] retinue, made a sign for the executioner to stop, and turning to the consuls, said: "Distinguished Consuls, the queen wishes to ask you, as a token of your hospitality, to pardon this man." But the consuls replied: [...] "According to the custom of the country of Toulouse, a sentence can be cancelled for the sum of one thousand ducats." "True," answered the consuls, "but where do you want this poor fellow to find such a
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
done" - the FIAT of the Annunciation and the FIAT of the Cross took Mary to the FIAT of the Ascension. Jesus disappeared before her eyes of flesh. She was forced to accept this mystery of separation, which [...] Apostles enter the silence of meditation with her. Let us contemplate the mystery of Jesus, Son of God and Son of man. Until the end of time, Mary will continue to encourage her Church to penetrate into this [...] May 17 - Our Lady of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Mary Attracted the Living Spirit upon the Apostles Everything that happened on the day of the Ascension, Mary kept in her heart. She was educated by her Son's
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
Finally, the boats broke away from ours and we reached the harbor in a nautical procession. I saw the captain of the boat next to us trying to untie the mooring. I went up to him, undid the knot and threw the [...] Oh Mary! Incredible Mary, who uses the little moments of our lives to help us understand the most important things: a piece of rope at that time of such great despair! But I understood the dual message—we [...] December 5 – Our Lady of the Annunciation (1470) Mary played a surprising joke on me! Each summer an important seaside pilgrimage takes place in Boulogne-sur-Mer (France). It begins with the blessing of the sea
January 6 – Our Lady of Cana A weekly rosary can help preserve family ties Every Sunday afternoon, my phone whistles to remind me to send a text to the “Rose-ary Chain,” a group of roughly 25 Rose family [...] Wayne, Indiana—to lead the call and response linking all of us from state to state and family to family. Each week it has become increasingly difficult for me to participate in the rosary, to find connection [...] away, our weekly Zoom rosary began. Our collective and individual grief was heavy. It was a difficult time to be isolated from each other, but there were ways we benefited from the distance as our approach
them they should have confidence in Our Lady of Machaby and pray to her. Responding to their prayer, Our Lady of the Snows (Our Lady of Machaby) appeared to the prisoners and, smiling, showed them a place [...] 1 - Our Lady of Machaby (Italy, 1800) - 12th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) How the Virgin Mary freed prisoners from bandits The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows is located near the village of Machaby [...] wooden statue of the Madonna and Child. They took the statue to the chapel of the hamlet located upstream, but the next day the statue was again found near the same bush. So they decided to build her a shrine
France, in 1858, when Our Lady appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous holding rosary beads in her hand—and even praying part of the Rosary with Bernadette—the Queen of Heaven began to appear all over the [...] March 21 – Our Lady of Nowy Swierjan (Russia) What Jesus says about the Rosary In the 19 th and 20 th centuries, there occurred more reported Marian apparitions than any other era in the history of the Church [...] appeared to Bishop Oliver Doeme in Nigeria and handed him a sword that miraculously transformed into a rosary! To his bishop, Jesus emphatically stated that the rosary-sword was to be used to defeat radical
was able to accompany the first water truck to the first village, 70 km from Gode. I can’t put into words the emotion and joy of the people! I am going to another village today and every day of the week [...] 19 – Our Lady of the Disabled (Italy, 1630) Missionaries with the Rosary! It hasn’t rained for a whole year, livestock lies dead along roadsides, and every day cholera claims more victims, because of a shortage [...] shortage of medicine and medical staff, who lack even thermometers to measure fevers while the outside temperature exceeds 113° Fahrenheit: this describes the current situation in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
encouraged him to keep praying until the end. She explained to him that the recitation of the Rosary, far from being boring, is a form of praise to the Blessed Virgin that is very pleasing to her and her [...] March 29 – Our Lady of Hope (Italy, 1755) When Marcel Van discovered the rosary One day, during the family rosary, young Marcel Van (1), who always knelt next to his mother, seemed a little unhappy. Suddenly [...] then taught him to meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary. This prayer became for him a source of strength that sustained him in his life filled with suffering and trials. Memoirs of Sister Anne-Marie
