and “remembered his (covenant of) mercy,” a “mercy shown from generation to generation” to the poor and the downtrodden. For Mary, history is mercy… Mary is the Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness [...] January 18 – Second apparition in Banneux (Belgium, 1933) How is Mary “anticipated mercy”? Mary’s gaze is “integral,” all-embracing. It brings everything together: our past, our present and our future [...] partial: mercy can see things as a whole and grasp what is most necessary . At Cana, Mary “empathetically” foresaw what the lack of wine in the wedding feast would mean and she asked Jesus to resolve the problem

say to Mary: "Help me to understand this mystery a little better, as you understood it." If you do this, the Virgin Mary will no longer be for you just an object of veneration for the example of perfect [...] through the Virgin Mary's eyes I am convinced that when the shepherds arrived at the grotto of Bethlehem, they did not immediately go to the baby Jesus: they first looked at the Virgin Mary, talked to her [...] the mysteries of the Gospel through Mary’s eyes. After meditating on Christ's death on the Cross, if we think that we have exhausted its depths, we should ask ourselves: "How did Mary see her Son while

In honor of his mother, who is declining from Alzheimer’s, Father Stoffer has begun to actively promote devotion to Our Lady of Confidence. He promotes it in the parish and even hands a copy of the prayer [...] seen petitions answered time and again. “I really believe Mary is doing something with this prayer,” he said. (1) The annual novena to Our Lady of Confidence starts on May 6. Marge Fenelon Our Sunday Visitor [...] May 5 – Zeitoun apparitions approved by Coptic Patriarch Kyrillos VI (Egypt, 1968) "I really believe Mary is doing something with this prayer" Sometimes, answers to novenas can come in unexpected ways. That’s

and pay the price of 2 rooms! Thank you Mom Mary for this apartment. I have been living there since April 1, 2019, and I am very happy with it! M.C. Testimonial sent to Mary Undoer of Knots [...] John I, pope and martyr (d. 526 in Ravenna) I found a home that meets Mary's standards! I am writing to give thanks to Mary Undoer of Knots, for a grace obtained through her intercession. I was looking for [...] to live, I couldn't find anything and things were getting very difficult. I made a novena to Mary Undoer of Knots, then another, without getting discouraged, but after the 5th novena, I started to lose

in Ravenna, Italy) Mary, a one-in-a-million mother Mary is a wonderful name that carries within it all the values I am particularly attached to. I don't have a special story about Mary, because I have grown [...] can’t list everything that Mary has given me and taught me throughout my life. Without realizing it, her values have taken root in me: her resilience, tolerance, acceptance of others, self-sacrifice, and [...] us true Christians: the love of our neighbor. Cecilia Attias, founder of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women

us to Mary, we can ask her for help. To enable priests to "feel the Virgin's tenderness," d'Alançon also launched, with the Society of Saint John Vianney, the project to commission a statue of "Mary who [...] provided we live according to the Magisterium of the Church. In addition to his professional work, he founded the "Louis and Zelie’s House" (Saint Therese of Lisieux’s parents), a place for families experiencing [...] June 21 - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (d. 1591) Novena to the Virgin Mary who guards priests The Church is affected by scandals and targeted by the media. It is in turmoil. In order to help respond to this

God alone. Finally, Mary took me back to her mother's house, at Sainte Anne d'Auray, protecting me from many dangers along the way. Swann Cimbe-Brianceau Pilgrim of the Marian Shrines of Europe [...] November 27 – The Miraculous Medal (Paris, France, 1830) Traveling with Mother Mary I am a student, from the town of Sainte Anne d'Auray, France. This summer I toured Europe’s Marian shrines, hitch-hiking [...] 33 days, with the Virgin Mary. The Virgin carried me through this journey and really educated me, as her child. It was in Brussels that for the first time in my life I saw Mary as truly being my mother

Thanks to Mary who made me become a mother My husband and I wanted a baby, but because of menstrual issues, I thought that I was unable to conceive. I was very sad, but I remembered the Rosary of the Seven [...] was pregnant! I was able to get close to God and Mary thanks to this wonderful gift of becoming a mother! From now on I am going to share the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows with friends who have been trying [...] all my heart, telling Mary that I wanted to become a mother, but leaving it up to her to decide the right moment. I asked her to help me accept my trial patiently. After 3 days of light bleeding and while

the favor of being made known. (2) Because, as Mary is not only God's masterpiece of glory in heaven, but also his masterpiece of grace on earth, he wishes to be glorified and praised because of her by those [...] desires something unknown. Mary then must be better known than ever for the deeper understanding and the greater glory of the Blessed Trinity. (6) In these latter times Mary must shine forth more than [...] April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) He who finds Mary finds life God wishes to reveal Mary, his masterpiece, and make her more known in these latter times: (1) Because she kept herself hidden

Saints Louis Grignion de Montfort and Catherine Labouré (1947) The Hail Mary This new hymn, the Hail Mary, is in praise of the Mother of God and is sung directly to her; nevertheless it greatly glorifies the [...] Blessed Trinity because any homage that we pay Our Lady returns inevitably to God Who is the cause of all her virtues and perfections. When we honor Our Lady we truly glorify God. God the Father is glorified