moments of salvation history are relived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. With Mary the heart is oriented towards the mystery of Jesus. Christ is put at the center of our life, of our time [...] so that, at the school of Mary, the lamp of faith may shine ever more in the hearts and homes of Christians. Pope Benedict XVI – At the beginning and the conclusion of the Month of May (2008) [...] itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." … The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a Biblical
She then took the name of Josephine, after her baptismal godmother, while keeping the names of Fortunata and Bakhita, and added that of Mary to place herself under the protection of the Blessed Virgin. Dressed [...] in the white garment of her baptism, she made the consecration to Our Lady, and received the medal and the blue ribbon of the Daughters of Mary. Bakhita had a deep devotion to Mary: “The Blessed Virgin [...] April 16 – Tuesday of Holy Week – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Death of Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Nevers, France, 1879; her body is incorrupt) "I felt a mysterious force inside me that
name of the country) to his Mother as the tithe of the universe. In a special sense every Abyssinian feels that he is a child of Mary. On account of this tradition, after the defeat of Adoua (city of northern [...] – Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1866) - Saint Cyril of Alexandria "When my mother has said so, I cannot say no anymore" Ethopian Christians believe that Christ once gave the Negus's empire of Abyssinia (former [...] freedom. But you will say to your mother: ‘it was not Menelick who liberated me, but Our Lady Mary.’ You see, Mary is really my mother, and when my mother has said so, I cannot say no anymore. Go, and may
canon law and author of a Guide of Marian Shrines, there are 2900 shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary in France. "There are some in every department of the country. Very few have less than ten," he said [...] Apparitions of the Great Mediatrix of Graces to Bärbel Ruess (Marienfried, Germany, 1946) John Paul II: Marian shrines are like "oases in the desert" According to Bishop Dominique Le Tourneau, professor of canon [...] been so often visited by Mary," says Le Tourneau. "The shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary, scattered all over the world, are like millennia-old milestones built to mark the time of our earthly journey,"
January 12 – Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - Saint Aelred of Rielvaulx This prayer is a gold mine! Millions of Catholics recite the Hail Mary every day, sometimes in a hurry, without thinking about the words [...] and many other saints insisted that Mary never refuses to hear the prayers of her children. Why do we ever refuse the love and consolation that the sweet Mother of God offers us? Hugh Lammer was a Christian [...] explanation of the Hail Mary that he really liked, and he started reciting it every day. Then all his anti-Catholic animosity disappeared as if by magic. He converted, became a priest and a professor of Catholic
root of the Eucharist therefore we find the virginal and maternal life of Mary, her overflowing experience of God, and her journey of faith and love, which through the work of the Holy Spirit made of her [...] June 18 – The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) – Our Lady of Prada (Italy, 1747) - Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal from 1961-1965 (examination ongoing) This most [...] the priceless gifts of the Risen Lord for us, they will always retain within themselves, as a fragrant Bread, the taste and aroma of the Virgin Mother. Saint John Paul II Angelus of June 5, 1983, on the
November 17 - Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) "Go to the rue du Bac!" My name is Yomin, I am 53 years old. I was born into a Protestant family and was baptized at the age of 6 months. Since then [...] for me because of all my medical treatments. At over thirty years old, I was still without children! One day, a lady with whom I was doing a training course told me about the Virgin Mary of the Rue du Bac [...] when I was 33. Today, I have two daughters aged 19 and 21! Thank you Virgin Mary! Yomin T. Testimonial submitted to Mary of Nazareth on August 8, 2022
Saint Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) - Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) What happens when we invite the Blessed Mother into our spiritual warfare On an enlightening episode of The Catholic Gentleman [...] his spiritual warfare, Fr. Klimek found an arsenal of holy weapons. Firstly, the Rosary is depicted not just as a series of prayers, but as a symbol of resilience, compassion, and a divine bridge between [...] bouquet of roses that you're offering to the Mother of God. It's beautiful, it's tender. And from a masculine perspective, the Rosary is a sword, a spiritual weapon." Secondly, the constant “presence of Mary”
each of us, even through times of desolation and sadness. I think of that on days when it seems this pandemic will always be with us, when there seems to be suffering happening in so many parts of the world [...] be the mother of His Son, truly understood sorrow and grief and sadness. There’s no grief we can bring to her that she doesn’t understand. Maybe that’s why I love the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows—and I [...] division. Whenever I look at this painting, I think back to the first years of our marriage, when we were members of Our Mother of Sorrows parish in Centreville, Md. As we began to realize we were on an
Why has the Virgin Mary been so present in our midst since the 20th century? Father René Laurentin—born on October 19, 1917, six days after the last apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima—has traveled [...] January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (India, 1599) – Transfer of the Virgin’s funeral shroud to Constantinople (452) Why does she come to warn us? The 20th century is marked by Marian apparitions: [...] reasons why the Virgin Mary appears and comes to warn us," he said. "The world has rejected God. People casually surrender to sin. It is as if we were cutting off the branch of the tree on which we are
