January 19 – Our Lady of Gimont (Toulouse, France) The March for Life in Paris (France) is tomorrow For 13 years, the annual Paris March for Life (marchpourlavie) has gathered all those who seek to pressure [...] this year). When we look at Mary, we need to meditate on her Yes at the Annunciation, a true Yes to life, despite her fear and questions. How was this going to be done? The angel Gabriel reassured Mary [...] into passing laws in favor of the unborn child. This year the march will take place on January 20th. The political and legislative landscape will unfortunately give more reasons to protest, especially against
August 12 – Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) – St Jane Frances de Chantal Saint Clare’s love for Mary The new life of Saint Clare, from her conversion to her entrance in heaven, was marked by [...] process of canonization, “she hurried towards Saint Mary of Portiuncula… the church of the Virgin Mary.” “This is that place – narrates the author of Saint Clare’s life – in which the new legion of the poor [...] with little thoughtful acts of love. Because it was possible to receive Communion only seven times a year, she wanted her Sisters to do so always on the feast of “the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin” and
‘Honey, what’s wrong?’ And it occurs to me: ‘This ain’t the maid! This is Terrance Malick’s wife! I believe that the intercession of Our Lady led to the first major role of my career in The Thin Red Line. We [...] decade, so I decided to press on. Hail Mary, full of grace…Hail Mary, full of grace… When I finally finished the ‘Hail, Holy Queen,’ it is 6:10 pm. I jump out of the car, dash up to the house, but I realize [...] fiddling around with them in front of the director, so I turned and raced back to the car to dispose of those beads. I opened the car door and made a deliberate move to drop off this rosary, when I get a
March 9 – Our Lady of Miracles (Treviso, Italy, 1510) - Saint Dominic Savio (1842 - 1857) My friends will be Jesus and Mary! Dominic Savio (a young Italian saint) made his first Holy Communion at age 7 [...] consecration to the Blessed Virgin and renewed the promises of his first communion: "Mary, I give you my heart; let it be yours forever. Jesus and Mary, always be my friends, but I beg you to let me die [...] rather than have the misfortune to commit one sin." His life was so completely transformed from that day, that Don Bosco began to write down his actions in order not to forget them. In 1857, Dominic fell
what to do: Should he continue walking or go back to pick it up? He made up his mind and ran back home, then ran to work. He nevertheless ended up being 10 minutes late for work. His workmates had to wait [...] for him because as the head of the team he had the keys to the gate. Together, they started for the mine. Just as they were about to go down, they heard a sound similar to distant thunder. The men looked [...] September 27 – Our Lady of Girolamo Emiliani (Italy, 1511) - Saint Vincent de Paul (d. 1660) The Rosary made him late… and saved many lives! In 1932, my grandfather worked as a slate mason in a German
April 23 – Our Lady of Penha (Brazil) The "Healing Rosary for the World" The “Healing Rosary for the World” is an initiative of the Manila Cathedral to be done every Wednesday night during the global lockdown [...] “In these trying days, while humanity trembles due to the threat of the pandemic, I would like to propose to all Christians that together, we lift our voices towards Heaven,” Fr. Marvin Mejia, CBCP secretary [...] post, the Manila Cathedral said the move is for the big number of Filipinos who joined their worldwide Rosary prayer last week. “Please go to our Facebook page and press the LIKE and FOLLOW buttons so you
April 14 - Our Lady of Guam (1825) The Myrrh-Streaming Icon (III) Returning to his home in Montreal, Canada, Jose placed the Iveron Mother of God in his icon corner. At about 4 o’clock AM on 24 November [...] the smell of an intense perfume, the fragrance of roses or, more exactly of holy chrism used for the sacrament of chrismation. This chrism or myrrhon is actually an extraordinary synthesis of different [...] that night of November 1982, saw that the perfume was coming from the icon, a type of oil or myrrhon was actually exuding from the hands of the Christ Child. Then the icon was solemnly taken to the small
December 3 – Our Lady of Victories (France, 1836) An eminently Marian season The highlighting of the significance of Advent as "a time particularly suited to the worship of the Mother of the Lord," does [...] "month of Mary." In Eastern Christian liturgical calendars, the preparation period to the mystery of the event (Advent) of divine salvation (Theophany) in the mysteries of the Nativity-Epiphany of the only [...] pertaining to the Virgin Mary are Christological mysteries, that is to say, they refer to the mystery of our salvation in Christ. Thus, in the Coptic rite, during this period the faithful sing the praises of Mary
April 14 - Our Lady of Guam (1825) The Myrrh-Streaming Icon (III) Returning to his home in Montreal, Canada, Jose placed the Iveron Mother of God in his icon corner. At about 4 o'clock AM on 24 November [...] the smell of an intense perfume, the fragrance of roses or, more exactly of holy chrism used for the sacrament of chrismation. This chrism or myrrhon is actually an extraordinary synthesis of different [...] that night of November 1982, saw that the perfume was coming from the icon, a type of oil or myrrhon was actually exuding from the hands of the Christ Child. Then the icon was solemnly taken to the small
life of John Paul II” (1), writes that the Blessed Virgin Mary addressed to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, abbess of the Royal Monastery of the Immaculate Conception in Quito (Ecuador), from 1594 to 1634 [...] abyss of hell." Mary also said: "Even if the sun were to disappear, we should trust in God's plan of salvation ... Even when history seems to be finished for men, Heaven would still have a lot of time [...] January 21 – Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic, Caribbean region, 1650) "Then I will drive Satan from his throne ..." Polish author Wincenty Laszewski, in his book on “The miracles of Mary in the
