river in Zaragoza (back then known as Caesaraugusta) Mary appeared to him accompanied by thousands of angels, to console and encourage him. The Virgin Mary, with the Child Jesus in her arms and standing on [...] Marian apparition in the history of Christianity and is the only one that happened while the Virgin Mary was still alive. Although it was technically a bilocation of Our Lady, because she was living with

January 17 - Our Lady of Pontmain (France) Our Lady of Hope ends a war During the Franco-Prussian War, Mary appeared to six children on January 17, 1871, in the village of Pontmain, France. She told them to [...] week later, the war ended. All of the Pontmain citizens who fought in the war returned safely home. Mary was dressed in a star-studded robe of dark blue with slippers of the same colour. A black veil on [...] A large basilica was built at Pontmain and consecrated in 1900. It was entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. When they came to the United States, the Oblates founded a shrine for Our Lady of Hope

June 13 - Saint Anthony of Padua (d.1231) The Virgin and the Allegory of the Bee Our Lady, Blessed Mary, gave birth to the Son of God without corruption, because the Holy Spirit came upon her, and the power

the greatest miracles. How highly then do we glorify God when to please Him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.

Leon one day saw two ladders: a red one, on which Jesus-Christ stood; the other a white one where Mary was standing. He then saw souls who tried to climb the red ladder. They managed to go up a few rungs

September 29 - Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel The earth has given forth its fruit The earth is Mary Most Holy, who comes from our earth, our lineage, from this clay, from this mud, from Adam. The earth

inviolate womb of the Virgin, so he rose from a closed tomb. Just as his birth did not cause the Virgin Mary to lose her virginity, so his Resurrection did not break the seals of the tomb. Saint John Chrysostom

prayer moves His heart powerfully. The Rosary prayer rises like incense to the feet of the Almighty. Mary responds at once like a beneficial dew, bringing new life to human hearts. St Therese of Lisieux

and you will give me the same joy again." In the same way, our beloved Mother welcomes every Hail Mary that we offer her with the same joy as that with which she heard the greeting from the mouth of the

just as all the different precious flowers fell to the floor, the beloved image of the ever-Virgin Mary, the holy Mother of God, became the sign, printed supernaturally on his tilma. Despite the fact that