December 19 - Our Lady of Toledo (Spain, 657) What Did Joseph and Mary Do Near the Manger They looked at, contemplated and admired the Christ Child. That is all they did near the manger. They were deep [...] the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar of the manger. They blessed and thanked God who gave us his Son out of his love for us. Nobody will ever be able to understand or explain what went on inside Mary
March 06 - Our Lady of Nazareth (Pierre Noire, Portugal, 1150) O Mary, O My Sweet Mother O Mary, O my sweet Mother, obtain for me from Heaven, on this beautiful day, complete abandonment, perfect abandonment [...] abandonment, abandonment full of love for Love. May I, through you, with you, in you, Blessed Virgin, love, pray, plead and suffer with always more love. May my life be nothing more that a loving "yes" (. [...] ..) May I be nothing more than a soul (...) completely devoted to Jesus.
July 4 - Our Lady Refuge of Sinners You Can Be Certain Bertram! A Cistercian Chronicle reports that in the 12th century, Blessed Bertram, an Italian monk, from the Cerredo Abbey in Lombardy, “was charmed [...] Virgin Mary, surrounded by the patriarchs, the apostles and the other troops of the celestial fatherland”. The Mother of God said to him: “You can be certain Bertram that I was glorified in body and soul and
January 22 - Eve of Our Lady’s Espousals, approved by Pope Paul III (1546) My Science is Love! Sometimes I envy those who have the good fortune to be theologians! But doesn't prayer - divine contemplation [...] more fruitful than science. As far as I am concerned, my theology - my science - is love, the union of my heart with God’s through Jesus-Christ and the Blessed Virgin. Nothing more and nothing less!
July 4 - Our Lady Refuge of Sinners You Can Be Certain Bertram! A Cistercian Chronicle reports that in the 12th century, Blessed Bertram, an Italian monk, from the Cerredo Abbey in Lombardy, "was charmed [...] Virgin Mary, surrounded by the patriarchs, the apostles and the other troops of the celestial fatherland". The Mother of God said to him: "You can be certain Bertram that I was glorified in body and soul and
entered forever into the glory of Heaven, she is completely free from the limitations of space and time and can be intimately present to all members of the Mystical Body of Jesus. True Marian devotion does [...] and Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus in 1883 in Lisieux. And yet, neither of them contemplated the fullness of Mary's maternal tenderness. If they had seen it, they would have died of happiness. Only in [...] August 25 – Our Lady of Rossano (Italy, 1040) "Mama, we do everything better when we know you're here!" When Mary lived on this earth, she could probably not have been simultaneously in Nazareth and in
September 13 - Our Lady of Quiche (Equator) - Saint John Chrysostom (d. 407) Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women Blessed art thou amongst women! Because you were found worthy to house such a Lord, because of your heart’s [...] pure place where salvation is carried out and because you were a worthy carriage for the entrance of our King into life. Because you became the pearl’s spiritual case, you are blessed amongst women!
December 1st - Our Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, 1842) - Blessed Charles de Foucauld First through Mary, then through Joseph You have decided that the providential channels of your graces would be your saintly [...] through Joseph. And so, Lord, you gave us your own parents as our parents. You make us receive from whom you received, you make us ask those you used to ask, and you make us love in a filial way the parents you
Sept 2 - Our Lady of Nettles (Germany, 1441) You Are the Dawn You are the window, the door and the veil, the courtyard and the house, the ground. You are the enclosed garden and the fountain of the garden [...] garden that washes those who are soiled, purifies those who are corrupted and gives life back to the dead. You are the King's palace and God's throne. You are the star that shines in the East and clears away [...] away the darkness in the West. You are the dawn announcing the sunrise and the day that is unaware of the night.
September 13 - Our Lady of Quiche (Equator) - Saint John Chrysostom (d. 407) Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women Blessed art thou amongst women! Because you were found worthy to house such a Lord, because of your heart's [...] pure place where salvation is carried out and because you were a worthy carriage for the entrance of our King into life. Because you became the pearl's spiritual case, you are blessed amongst women!
