John Mary Vianney, Curé of Ars (d.1859 - Apparition of Our Lady to 14-year-old Natalino Scarpa (Pellestrina, Italy, 1716 Beit Gemal Monastery: The burial place of Saint Stephen, at whose funeral Mary was [...] Arab invasion (614 AD), as most of the churches in the Holy Land. A new monastery was constructed in 1881 in the village of Beit Jamal, near the location of the ruins of the earlier church. It served as [...] location of his tomb in Beit Jamal. Their remains were transferred to Mount Zion Abbey (Dormition) in Jerusalem. In the 5th-6th century AD a church was established on the site of the tombs. Some of its remains
August 3 - Act of consecration to Mary inspired by Saint Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) - Feast of Saint Gamaliel and Saint Abibon Beit Gemal Monastery: The burial [...] burial place of Saint Stephen, at whose funeral Mary was present (I) According to Christian tradition, Beit Gemal (also spelled Beit Jamal) was the site of the Roman village of Kefar Gamala – the village named [...] moderate person and favored the early Christians. The Acts of Apostles tell us that Gamaliel was also the teacher of Paul the Apostle, one of the most influential early Christian missionaries. (Acts 22:3):
because of our virtues, but by getting on our knees asking for the intercession of our Most Holy Virgin Mary, so that she would grant us the conversion of sinners, our own conversion, that of our families [...] their knees before the Virgin Mary so that men would once again be valued in society and for the conversion of the entire world. The general coordinator of the Knights of the Rosary apostolate in Mexico [...] others. [...] On its website, the originators of the Men’s Rosary state that the objective is to fulfill the will of the Virgin Mary, which is the will of her Son, Jesus Christ. Source (Adapted): www.
phases of salvation history: the time that precedes Christ, the period of his earthly life, and the time after Christ." Daughter of Zion who became the Mother of the Messiah, the Redeemer of man, Mary was [...] 31 - Saint Mary Odigitria (“Who leads the Way) - Saint Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) The closer we get to the end of time, the more Mary becomes present Father René Laurentin (1) wrote, "Mary is present [...] to the end of time, the more visible Mary's presence becomes in the Church. This is how we can explain the increase of Marian apparitions over the last two centuries. Marian Encyclopedia Mary in the life
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary, "the dawn before the day of Christ" Instinctively, like the apostles in the Upper Room, we place Mary at the heart of the Church. She is part of the community of grace [...] thing, but holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5:23-27). All of Mary's beauty, all of her youthfulness of spirit, all of her nobility of heart, all of her greatness as a servant come from the Resurrection which [...] lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. If Mary is indeed a member of the Mystical Body, she is an exceptional member, and in a sense, utterly apart. It is this mystery of the wonders
November 25 - Mary Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) The theme of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, is “Mary arose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39) After the Annunciation, Mary could have focused [...] herself, Mary already bore the Lamb that was slain and yet lives. She arises and sets out, for she is certain that God’s plan is the best plan for her life. Mary becomes a temple of God, an image of the pilgrim [...] experience the presence of the risen Christ in our own lives, to encounter him “alive”, is the greatest spiritual joy, an explosion of light that can leave no one untouched. Mary sets out immediately, anxious
November 21 - The Presentation of Mary in the Temple The link between the old stone Temple and the Ark of the New Covenant The feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple, celebrated in the [...] dedication of the New Church of St. Mary in Jerusalem (543). It became one of the twelve great feasts of the Byzantine liturgy: "After your birth, divine Bride, you were presented to the Temple of the Lord [...] Temple of stone and the Ark of the New Covenant, which is the most pure womb of the Virgin, upon which the shekinah, the glory of the living God, would soon descend. Homily of Bishop Emilius Goulet of Montreal
November 5 - Mary Seat of Wisdom (Cologne, Germany, 1280) The seven words of Mary recorded in the Gospel Can we conceive of anyone, among ordinary men, who was better than this one, who deserved to become [...] the seven progressions and actions of love, observing an admirable progression and order: these are like seven flames of her burning Heart. Sermon of Saint Bernardine of Siena www.riposte-catholique.fr [...] become the Mother of God, who for nine months sheltered God himself in her Heart and in her womb? What treasure is better than this divine love itself, of which the Heart of the Virgin was the ardent furnace
de education, Gladys had no great knowledge of the Bible or theology. She is a mother of two daughters and a grandmother. At various times, the Virgin Mary apparition referred the woman to several Bible [...] church. She found the statue on Nov. 27, 1983. It was in the belfry of the diocesan cathedral. The statue in question was of the Mother of God holding the Child Jesus. It had been brought from Rome after [...] "Souls will come to me through the means of Mary’s Immaculate Heart." (I) The apparitions began after some rosaries in homes throughout San Nicolas de los Arroyos in Buenos Aires Province began to glow without
bishop of Versailles from 1931, authorized and approved the Pious Union of Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of which Marcelle was one of the first members. The bishop also allowed the image of Mary, Queen [...] September 8 - Nativity of the Virgin Mary - Our Lady of the Kneeling Woman (France, 1550) Mary came to the help of France during WWI and told visionary Marcelle Lanchon: "See how I cherish your beloved [...] Community of Pieuse-Union, Marcelle Lanchon (in religion Sister Marie-France) received several apparitions (1) of Jesus and Mary during the First World War. On September 8, 1914 - the Feast of the Nativity
