life. Of course, I believe that we must not say incredible or made-up ideas about her; for example, I would have never said that she went to the Temple at the age of three, “to offer herself to God, filled [...] September 16 - Our Lady of La Lajas (Latin America) She is More a Mother than a Queen (I) If I could have given just one sermon about her as a priest, that would have been enough for me to get across my [...] filled with intense feelings of love and great enthusiasm”, when the truth is that perhaps she only went there to obey her parents… Why do we say about Simeon’s prophetic words, that the Blessed Virgin
.. Our poor human intelligence, left to itself, could never have dreamt of such a Redemption. Our hearts could never have dared to believe in such a Love! ... In the astonishment and the rapture of your [...] April 10 - Our Lady of Laval (France, 1646) Thank You Again Blessed Virgin O Holy Trinity, one cannot become weary of admiring the brilliant demonstration of your infinite Greatness, your Wisdom and your [...] you” and I unite myself to all the angels and all the saints - but especially to my so dear and tender mother - because they see and understand what we only know how to stammer. To you, O Jesus, goes all
April 24 - Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) Saved by a Fervent “Hail Mary” (II) As he murmured the last words of his humble prayer his eye was attracted to a small spot between two waves. With little conviction [...] attached to the weak man’s body. Then both men were hoisted together into the cockpit. Cadiou explained his story about how he discovered the man overboard to his comrades who did not dare to mock him [...] conviction, he asked the pilot to head the ship in that direction. As they made progress in the indicated direction, the crew’s doubt turned into an insane kind of hope. Within no time, the reality was obvious;
12 - Our Lady of the Pillar, 40 A.D. (Saragossa, Spain) Mary, Show Us the Right Way Mary's message is one of hope for all the men and women of our day, whatever their country of origin. I like to invoke [...] " through the generous gift of herself, she has opened up to God the gates of our world and our history. And she invites us to live like her in invincible hope, refusing to believe those who claim that [...] invoke Mary as the Star of Hope (Spe Salvi, 50). On the paths of our lives, so often shrouded in darkness, she is a beacon of hope that enlightens us and gives direction to our journey. Through her "yes,"
life. Of course, I believe that we must not say incredible or made-up ideas about her; for example, I would have never said that she went to the Temple at the age of three, "to offer herself to God, filled [...] September 16 - Our Lady of La Lajas (Latin America) She is More a Mother than a Queen (I) If I could have given just one sermon about her as a priest, that would have been enough for me to get across my [...] filled with intense feelings of love and great enthusiasm", when the truth is that perhaps she only went there to obey her parents... Why do we say about Simeon's prophetic words, that the Blessed Virgin
April 24 - Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) Saved by a Fervent “Hail Mary” (II) As he murmured the last words of his humble prayer his eye was attracted to a small spot between two waves. With little conviction [...] attached to the weak man's body. Then both men were hoisted together into the cockpit. Cadiou explained his story about how he discovered the man overboard to his comrades who did not dare to mock him [...] conviction, he asked the pilot to head the ship in that direction. As they made progress in the indicated direction, the crew's doubt turned into an insane kind of hope. Within no time, the reality was obvious;
.. Our poor human intelligence, left to itself, could never have dreamt of such a Redemption. Our hearts could never have dared to believe in such a Love! ... In the astonishment and the rapture of your [...] April 10 - Our Lady of Laval (France, 1646) Thank You Again Blessed Virgin O Holy Trinity, one cannot become weary of admiring the brilliant demonstration of your infinite Greatness, your Wisdom and your [...] you" and I unite myself to all the angels and all the saints - but especially to my so dear and tender mother - because they see and understand what we only know how to stammer. To you, O Jesus, goes all
April 15 – Our Lady of the Wound (Italy, 1490) The greatest grace the Virgin Mary obtained for Saint Faustina During Holy Mass, before Communion, we had the renewal of vows. When we had left our kneelers [...] Mother of God. She has taught me how to love God interiorly and also how to carry out His holy will in all things, O Mary, You are joy, because through You God descended to earth [and] into my heart. Saint [...] one of the greatest graces which the Most Holy Virgin Mary had obtained for me, as for many years I had been asking this grace of Her. Since that time I have experienced an increasing devotion to the Mother
May 8 – Our Lady of the Rosary (Pompeii, Italy, 875) Mary touched their hearts It was at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France: I was a young priest, participating in a UNITALSI pilgrimage (an Italian [...] by the climate of protest of the time. On the second day, the organizers of the pilgrimage sent me to hear confessions in the chapel: after 5 hours of forgiving sins, but especially of witnessing the wonders [...] wonders of conversion of many people, I understood that it was Mary who touched the hearts of the people, and a process of spiritual renewal began in me. I have returned to Lourdes many times, and I have
29 – Our Lady of La Ghiara (Italy, 1596) Who cured her deafness? A 6-year-old deaf Italian girl has inexplicably been able to hear without hearing aids since May 11, 2016, during a pilgrimage to Lourdes [...] in both ears and had to wear hearing aids. But last Wednesday, she took them off, testified Giuseppe Secondi, president of Unitalsi sub-section of South-West Milan and director of the pilgrimage. "It was [...] them anymore.' The mother immediately took her daughter to the office of Medical Observations of Lourdes. The girl, born premature at only 26 weeks, weighed only 800 grams at birth. She had stayed three