grateful to Mary for this outcome that has put love back where misunderstanding and distance reigned for a very long time. Thank you to Mary Who Unties Knots ! Amen! K. H., a reader of A Moment with Mary . Personal [...] his mother have suffered a lot because of this situation. One day, I asked my husband to pray the Novena to Mary Who Unties Knots with me, in Spanish, and ask Mary to unravel all those knots. The result [...] January 30 - Saint John Chrysostom (Eastern Liturgies) Mary unties knots and reconciles people! My husband is Spanish. His family has had big conflicts in the past, between his parents and all the brothers
September 12th, our son will be ordained a priest, praise be to God! Laurent J., a reader of A Moment with Mary [...] November 12 – Saint Josaphat (d. 1623) – Holy Miraculous Icon (Russia) Mary smiled at my grandmother This story took place in Grenoble, France, in 1940, where my grandmother had taken refuge with her three [...] offer her sufferings for priests. One night, a great light filled her room and she saw the Virgin Mary smile at her. She then fell asleep peacefully, which she hadn't been able to do for several weeks
the death of these first apostles made such an impression on the people, that the sultan had to authorize the opening of a church: it was called Saint Mary of Marrakech, the head and the mother of all the [...] October 4 - Saint Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) The Testimony of the First Franciscans Martyrs In 1220, Saint Francis sent five of his disciples to Morocco. Their preaching was quickly put to an end by martyrdom [...] the churches of Morocco.
the death of these first apostles made such an impression on the people, that the sultan had to authorize the opening of a church: it was called Saint Mary of Marrakech, the head and the mother of all the [...] October 4 - Saint Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) The Testimony of the First Franciscans Martyrs In 1220, Saint Francis sent five of his disciples to Morocco. Their preaching was quickly put to an end by martyrdom [...] the churches of Morocco.
Portaïtissa, guardian of the gate. Her presence at the monastery and on the Holy Mountain is considered to be a sign of the Mother of God’s special protection of Athonite monasticism. The Mary of Nazareth Team [...] venerated under the title of Mary Gate of Heaven. Here is the story of this icon: In the 9 th century, under the reign of Theophilus Eikonomachos, an iconoclastic emperor, the icon belonged to a pious widow [...] January 2 – Memorial of the Virgin Panaghia Portaitissa (Holy Guardian of the Gate) A column of fire on the sea The Panagia Portaïtissa icon ( Portaïtissa means Keeper of the Gate in Greek) is also venerated
" The culmination of his whole life happened with his famous “Declaration” of May 9, 1950, which constitutes the birth certificate of the European Union. "Europe is not the negation of the motherland," [...] foundations of reconciliation between our two peoples and the building of a united Europe were laid." After his funeral mass in the Metz Cathedral, his coffin was set down in front of a statue of the Madonna [...] the Mother of God. As a matter of fact, he often said that he had learned a great deal about the Blessed Virgin from the writings of Saint Louis de Montfort. Adapted for A Moment with Mary from Pourquoi
October 15 – Our Lady of France – Saint Teresa of Avila From King Louis XIII to the Pilgrim Virgins of Baillet-en-France A statue called Notre Dame de France (Our Lady of France) overlooked the Pontifical [...] demolition of the pavilion in 1938, the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Verdier, had expressed the wish that the statue of Our Lady be erected on a hill near Paris. As a matter fact the small town of Baille [...] presided over the solemn blessing ceremony. This was one of the most important Marian manifestations of the end of the 20th century. Thus, the wish of Cardinal Verdier was fulfilled exactly 50 years after
November 22 – Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnam, 1798) – Our Lady of Soufanieh (Syria, 1982) – The Virgin of Quinche (Ecuador) She asked all of us to appear cheerful Oral tradition recounts that in 1798, in [...] Shrine of La Vang came into being. Healings and conversions are alleged to have occurred there. In 1901, a church was built and blessed in the presence of 12,000 pilgrims. On this occasion, Our Lady of La [...] in a forest in central Vietnam, the Virgin Mary, surrounded by two angels, appeared to a group of persecuted Christians. "She was wearing a beautiful oriental coat, and was holding the Baby Jesus in her
Virgin Mary will never abandon me. I continue to pray to her day and night. Reine Marie (France) Healed at the baths of the Shrine of Lourdes in September 2015 Story published in ‘Lourdes, Journal of Graces’ [...] November 7 – Our Lady of the Pond (Dijon, France) A woman recovers the use of her legs in Lourdes A little over two years ago, a surgeon told me I would never recover the use of my legs. Last September [...] women who saw me get out of the bath without any help cried out: "It’s a miracle!" I was in tears and realized that I was walking by myself! They placed the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes in my arms, and
Our Lady of France (1860) Prayer to Our Lady of the Smile O Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother too, who once by a visible smile didst graciously console and cure thy child Saint Therese of the Child [...] Jesus, we beseech thee, come to us also to console us in the troubles of this life. Detach our hearts from earth, give us health of soul and body, make us strong in hope, and obtain for us at last, that
