August 7 - The Relic of Our Lady (Chartres, France) They will Never See Their Likes Again It was at Chartres that men could be seen bodily dragging carts laden with stone, wood, provisions and all the [...] fiercely beating their breasts and begging heaven for mercy, and all of this while numerous miracles were drawing forth songs and shouts of joy. [...] necessary for building the church whose towers were under construction. Those who were not present to witness these wonders will never see their likes again, neither here, or in any other country. Humility
November 26 - Our Lady of Los Remedios (Philippines) Mary in the Temple (VI) She spent her time praying and meditating on the Law At only three years of age, her demeanor was so assured, her speech so [...] hardly look at her. No one ever saw her angry, no one ever heard her speak ill of someone. All her words were so full of grace that one recognized God on her lips. She spent her time praying and meditating [...] so perfect, and she applied herself so ardently to praising God, that one would have taken her for a grown-up person and not a little girl. She prolonged her prayers and her face shone like snow so much
November 26 - Our Lady of Los Remedios (Philippines) Mary in the Temple (VI) She spent her time praying and meditating on the Law At only three years of age, her demeanor was so assured, her speech so [...] hardly look at her. No one ever saw her angry, no one ever heard her speak ill of someone. All her words were so full of grace that one recognized God on her lips. She spent her time praying and meditating [...] so perfect, and she applied herself so ardently to praising God, that one would have taken her for a grown-up person and not a little girl. She prolonged her prayers and her face shone like snow so much
Mary had at the foot of the Cross. On Calvary, Jesus actually asked each one of us to "Behold [our] Mother." The Eucharist is also an act of praise: Let us live it in imitation of Mary's Magnificat! Finally [...] Holy Thursday – Our Lady of Tenderness (Smolensk, Russia) Experience the Eucharist with Mary at the foot the Cross Saint John Paul II included the institution of the Eucharist as one of the Luminous Mysteries [...] Mysteries of the Rosary. Mary is the "Eucharistic Woman" because of her interior attitude. The Eucharist has a sacrificial dimension: it is a memorial of the death and Resurrection of Jesus. We should live
made; those of the kings of the earth, each one of whom has several guardian angels. I could see them bustling about making and demolishing; I saw the jealousy of some and the ambition of others, etc. [...] September 21 - Our Lady of Graces (Tresto, Italy, 1486) A Large Veil Was Lifted (II) I rose to a height which was not Heaven and perhaps I did not even change places at all; but I saw and heard everything [...] I forgot all about myself entirely. And, without desiring it, I entered the spirit of the scene presented in front of me, i.e. when I saw a sad scene, I felt sad. When I was shown a happy event, I felt
January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (India, 1599) Mary has a sovereign power over Jesus in the Eucharist "Jesus is the flower that blossoms on the stem of Jesse—if you want to pick this blessed flower [...] Jesus only on the virginal breast of Mary," says Saint Bonaventure, ofm (1217-1274). All the created graces contained in the Sacrament of the Eucharist are in the power of Mary. But this is still little—the [...] dispenses the Uncreated Grace, and that is what makes her the Mistress and Lady of the Blessed Sacrament! Mary is the treasurer of Jesus Christ. She possesses and gives Him! mediatrice
November 3 - Our Lady of Rennes (France) Prayer for a Friend We came here to pray for a poor fellow Who died senselessly this past year Almost during the week and on the day When your Son was born in the [...] your indulgence. Mother, behold him, he was of our own flesh and blood And twenty years later, he was just like one of us. O queen, receive him, through our betterment, And where grace has passed may death [...] the man wasn't the worst of the flock, In his young cuirass he had but one flaw Yet death that hounds us all Passed through the crack it made in his hide. He is now a subject of your regency. A queen and
made; those of the kings of the earth, each one of whom has several guardian angels. I could see them bustling about making and demolishing; I saw the jealousy of some and the ambition of others, etc. [...] September 21 - Our Lady of Graces (Tresto, Italy, 1486) A Large Veil Was Lifted (II) I rose to a height which was not Heaven and perhaps I did not even change places at all; but I saw and heard everything [...] I forgot all about myself entirely. And, without desiring it, I entered the spirit of the scene presented in front of me, i.e. when I saw a sad scene, I felt sad. When I was shown a happy event, I felt
center of the great Dahomean pilgrimages in honor of the Virgin Mary, he then founded the Dassa-Zoumè pilgrimage to Our Lady of Arigbo. Since then, every year, for the feasts of the Ascension and of the [...] February 11 – Our Lady of Lourdes (France) A Marian pilgrimage in Benin The Our Lady of Arigbo Grotto is a Catholic pilgrimage site located in Dassa-Zoumè, Benin. It became a place of pilgrimage in the [...] the Marian year of 1954, by decision of Bishop Louis Parisot, the first bishop of Dahomey, after a statue of the Madonna was mysteriously found in February 1954. The bishop the solemnly blessed the natural
April 14 – Palm Sunday – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) Mary, God’s first collaborator The Virgin Mary is more than the mother of a prophet of salvation. With Jesus, salvation is not just a promise [...] the merciful and unconditional love of God manifested in Jesus Christ. As He himself said to those who asked him how they could collaborate in God’s works: "The work of God is that you believe in him whom [...] has sent." (Jn 6:29) By making her heroic acts of faith, at the Annunciation and throughout the public ministry of her Son, up until she stood at the foot of the Cross, Mary is the first collaborator in
