January 22 - Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) Jesus and Mary, nothing more and nothing less! Sometimes I envy those who are fortunate enough to study theology! But isn't prayer, or divine contemplation [...] power, to the most advanced studies? Experience is more profound, more luminous, and more fruitful than science. As far as I am concerned, all my theology and all my science is love, the union of my soul
January 16 - Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners Above All Other Created Souls (III) May the Blessed Virgin Mary, then, the most holy Mother of all the members of Christ, to whose Immaculate Heart we have trustfully [...] cease to beg from Him that copious streams of grace may flow from its exalted Head into all the members of the Mystical Body. May she throw about the Church today, as in times gone by, the mantle of her
August 6 - Our Lady of Copacabana (Bolivia) - The Transfiguration The Blessed Virgin Protects Karol Wojtyla The 6th of August 1944, the feast of the Transfiguration, will be remembered at Krakow as Black [...] combing the city, picking up young people to prevent a repeat of the Warsaw uprising. Archbishop Sapieha immediately summoned the members of the secret seminaries so as to hide them at his residence. (...) When [...] Yes he was, although during the previous day's raid, the Gestapo had searched the first two floors of #10, Tyniecka. Karol remained behind a locked door in his basement flat, his heart pounding, praying
younger. The serious degree of a homicide cannot be measured in terms of how much the victim weighs. The most illustrious physician of all time (Saint Luke) has given us an idea of this marvel that is early [...] childhood, in just a few words. Go back to the story of the Visitation: How old was the little prophet who leapt inside Elizabeth at the approach of Mary carrying Our Lord? He was 6 months old. Saint Luke [...] March 12 – Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) Saint Luke puts it so perfectly Fighting against something doesn’t achieve anything; it is fighting for a cause that is worthwhile. A doctor fights for life
and in one of the poor devil's pockets he found three pieces of gold! Good people! The man you met in this story, in great danger of being hanged, is you and me, is sinful humanity! On the day of the Last [...] Last Judgement, nothing will save us, not the mercy of God, or the intercession of the Virgin, or the merits of the Saints, unless we have three ducats of goodwill on us... [...] June 14 - Our Lady of Arras (France, 371) The 3 Ducats (II) The king opened his satchel and took out eight hundred ducats. As for the queen, she searched carefully through her bag, but she could only find
January 10 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1546) She Far Surpasses all Creatures The Virgin Mary, who at the message of the angel received the Word of God in her heart and in her womb and gave Life to the world [...] the Mother of God and Mother of the Redeemer. Redeemed by reason of the merits of her Son and united to Him by a close and indissoluble bond, she is endowed with the high office and dignity of being the [...] the Mother of the Son of God, by which account she is also the beloved daughter of the Father and the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because of this gift of sublime grace she far surpasses all creatures, both
June 10 - Our Lady of Saint Luke (Italy, 1857) The Key Which Opens the Doors O my holy Lady, Mother of God, full with grace, you, the Glory of our nature, the Channel of all goods, the Queen of all things [...] Trinity… the Mediatrix of the world after the Mediator. You, the mysterious Bridge which connects the earth to Heaven, the Key which opens the doors of paradise for us. Our Advocate, our Mediatrix, look at [...] your power and mercy. Mother of the One who is true mercy and goodness, receive my heart in its misery and, by your intercession, make me worthy to be on the right-hand side of your only Son one day. Amen
November 14 - Our Lady of the Grotto (Lamego, Portugal) The Blessed Virgin's Predestination (III) In this instant was decreed first of all, that the Divine Word should assume a soul and a body; second [...] what is the most immediate reality to his divinity, as is the hypostatic union; that the Word would be the head of all the creatures, and that by him they would come to their Creator. [...] humankind; from that moment all men were present in God's thought. The hypostatic union of the second Person of the Holy Trinity with human nature thus was the first work ad extra, since after God had
June 10 - Our Lady of Saint Luke (Italy, 1857) The Key Which Opens the Doors O my holy Lady, Mother of God, full with grace, you, the Glory of our nature, the Channel of all goods, the Queen of all things [...] Trinity... the Mediatrix of the world after the Mediator. You, the mysterious Bridge which connects the earth to Heaven, the Key which opens the doors of paradise for us. Our Advocate, our Mediatrix, look at [...] your power and mercy. Mother of the One who is true mercy and goodness, receive my heart in its misery and, by your intercession, make me worthy to be on the right-hand side of your only Son one day. Amen
search of God's presence and power." "The Head of State has consulted with Church leaders on the decisions to be taken that affect the life and faith of the people. Even though the consequences of the pandemic [...] July 24 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy) - Saint Charbel Trust in Mary is stronger than Covid-19 On March 22, 2020, Madagascar, like most countries in the world, declared a state of health emergency [...] central moment of the Christian faith: the last week of Lent—known as Passion Week—before celebrating Holy Week," Father Martial Ramiakadaoro, national director of the Pontifical Missionary Works of Madagascar
