July 27 - Canonization of Catherine Labouré by Pius XII before 10,000 children of Mary dressed in white (1947) Saint Catherine Laboure: a humble, everyday life type of holiness Is Saint Catherine Labouré [...] Labouré (1806-1876), the visionary of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac (Paris) admirable because of the prestigious nature and fruits of her apparitions? Is it not rather her service to the poor, whom she [...] own brand of "mysticism" was evangelical simplicity and openness. With Catherine Laboure, at the dawn of the 19th century, the Holy Spirit was beginning to forge, for a new era, a new type of holiness rooted
Resurrection of Jesus. In the boat with them were Mary Salome and Mary Cleophas, nieces of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, as well as the remains of Saint Anne herself. The relics of St. Anne were [...] Church: Transfer of the veil of Mary The main relics of Saint Anne, Mary’s mother, are preserved in this little French town According to Tradition, we know that Lazarus, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Jesus' [...] and the memory of the existence of the relics of Saint Anne was lost until the reign of Charlemagne, Emperor of the West (d. 814). However, in the spring of 792, probably on the feast of Easter, when the
June 12 - Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai, 1924) Lebanon: Our Lady of Waiting’s miraculous smile Several prominent figures from Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Company, his [...] gone on pilgrimage on Sunday, June 11, 1911, to the shrine of Our Lady of Mantara, south of Sidon, in the Greek-Melkite-Catholic archdiocese of Saida and Deir-Al-Kamar in Lebanon. In the evening, before [...] Virgin one last time. "They entered the grotto...when, to their delighted and astonished eyes, the image of the good Virgin smiled, probably to show how pleased and touched she was by their pious visit. She
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Italy, 1428) - St. Joan of France (d. 1505), founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary What is the future "Age of Mary"? Pope St. John Paul II commented [...] happy time and that age of Mary, when many souls chosen and obtained from the Most High by Mary, losing themselves in the abyss of her interior, will become living copies of Mary, to love and glorify Jesus [...] victory of Christ over the forces of evil (cf. Treatise on True Devotion, no. 49-59). This is not in any way a form of "millenarianism", but the profound sense of the eschatological character of the Church
December 19 - Saint Mary of Remedies (Portugal) The Rosary can change the course of history The Virgin Mary, during her apparitions, encouraged the world to say this prayer: "Say the Rosary every day to [...] recitation of the Rosary as a sure way to transform our soul into the likeness of Christ. This prayer is so powerful that it has changed the course of history many times and can also change the course of our [...] the end of war," she asked on May 13, 1917, during her first apparition in Fatima, Portugal, where she introduced herself as "the Lady of the Rosary". Thus, in 1947, when France was on the brink of civil
December 18 - Feast of the Expected Birth of the Virgin Mary (654) established at the Council of Toledo in 656 At the time of the Incarnation, God's humility was made manifest in Mary God's humility was [...] eternal humility of God. He was born to reveal what God’s power consists of: to serve the littlest ones. All other forms of power prevent a true relationship of love with God. Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant [...] him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony": each time the Eucharist is celebrated and adored, the precious blood of the Lamb is poured out on the children of Mary. Meditation written
Labouré (d. 1876) - 1st apparition of the Virgin Mary at Kibeho (Rwanda, November 28, 1981) Advent: a period of expectation unprecedented in history (I) "The time of the coming of the Messiah was foretold by [...] standstill when Augustus granted the world one of the very rare periods of peace in history, the pax romana, during which the star announcing the coming of the Prince of Peace shone above Palestine. Excerpts from [...] province. Mary carried in her heart this world-wide expectation more than any other, as she prayed to the Holy of Holies. It was to be fulfilled for her and for all Christians in the coming of the Savior
December 2 - Founding of the Fraternity of the Heart of Mary at the church of Notre-Dame des Victoires (Paris, France, 1836) "I know that Mary will be there at the time of my death" "My mother was in a [...] " Since then, when I say the rosary, I know that Mary will really be there, visibly or not, at the hour of our death. M.-F. Z Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on Sept. 20, 2022 [...] nursing home during the last years of her life. Following a stroke, she was paralyzed and dependent. She read the texts of the Mass each day. She was attentive to each of her family and caregivers. She led
November 11 - Saint Martin, bishop of Tours (397) - Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) Pope Francis has given a significant place to Mary, Mother of the Church The Catholic Church has [...] option to add the invocation of this title in the Litanies... Since March 5, 2018, by a decision of Pope Francis, each year on Pentecost Monday, the memory of Mary, Mother of the Church has been made obligatory [...] given to the Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the
October 31 - Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Mary, help us to live in a spirit of detachment Today is Monday, the day in which we pray the joyful mysteries. Let us [...] the Magi come to visit him. Mary passes from the stage of learning after her three months with her cousin Elizabeth, to that of personal experience as she becomes a mother. Mary, immaculate (who has not received [...] ourselves: Why didn't Mary give birth to Jesus in a palace instead of a miserable stable? Why did Mary remain so calm while Joseph could not find a place to give birth to his pregnant wife? Mary had complete trust
