Joseph, of the House of David, and the virgin's name was Mary (Lk 1:26). "Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you!" (Lk 1:28). "Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your [...] month of May, in thanksgiving for her graces! Saint Louis de Montfort, also, wrote that every time we recite the Angelus, Mary feels the same joy as the one she felt when she received the visit of the Archangel [...] April 30 - Our Lady of Africa (Algiers, 1876) - 2000: Canonization of Sister Faustina The Angelus Comes Straight From Saint Luke "In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee

August 7 - Feast of Our Lady of the Kings (“Los Reyes”, Seville, Spain) A powerful testimony about Medjugorje Here's the most amazing part of my return to "normal" life after my pilgrimage to Medjugorje [...] told them everything, and also that I had prayed for all of them. The words flowed out of my mouth, without any effort on my part! The power of the Holy Spirit is perfect: my friends were listening and [...] thinking of you while you were gone. We want to hear more!" I feel so small... The great Grace of Medjugorje for me is above all a call to proclaim my faith, a call to the mission and a realization of my littleness

in response to the request of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the world to attain genuine and lasting peace. “The world is currently undergoing purification because of the sin of mankind, but in the end the [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph,” Rev. Fr. Homer Prieto of the Fatima Parish Church in Cubao, Quezon City said when asked about the troubles happening around the world today, on the eve of the 102nd a [...] raging conflicts.” “The path of purification, like persecution, is really meant to happen even if it grows because of the sin of man. But in the end, good will triumph over evil,” he said. The Catholic

his patroness, the Virgin Mary. In gratitude to Mary, for whom he had a special devotion, he founded a perpetual mass to be said at 7am every day of the year in the church of Marsat. A painting commemorating [...] Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist - Last public apparition of Our Lady at Laus (France, 1664) At the Marsat shrine, a perpetual mass founded by King Louis XI To mark the 600th anniversary of the birth [...] birth of French King Louis XI (1423-1483), a Louis XI Day was celebrated on June 25, 2023, in Marsat, a French commune in the Auvergne region. Marsat is home to one of the oldest in France and once quite famous

A true son of Francis of Assisi, the new Blessed did not tire of instilling in the faithful a tender, profound devotion to Our Lady, rooted in the true tradition of the Church. At the end of his life, he [...] June 16 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) Padre Pio: "Love Our Lady and make her loved" At the beatification of Padre Pio on May 2, 1999(1), Pope John Paul II did not [...] not fail to note the "tender and constant devotion" to Mary of the new Blessed: "His devotion to Our Lady was evident in every manifestation of his life: in his words and writings, in his teaching and

Legion of Mary chapter sponsor. He professed a great love for the Blessed Virgin, a love that he taught to his students, many of whom were later arrested and executed for belonging to the Legion of Mary [...] " She came back with a cup of water with a heedful look. I poured some water on the dying boy's head, saying, "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." "Why did you [...] Jesus through Mary. Here is a story he shared: In 1950, I spent several months in solitary confinement in a communist prison, without ever being accused of anything. One day the chief of police inspected

part of my work with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ work to aid the Church in formerly Soviet countries, I met an elderly woman who had witnessed the brutal communist takeover of her [...] the Church. Enlisting the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this ongoing effort will ensure the graces we need to be missionary disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bishop Donald J. Hying [...] April 26 - The first icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is placed in the Redemptorist Church (Rome, Italy, 1886) The Rosary is often the only method for persecuted Christians to hang onto the Faith and

have invoked the light of the Spirit of Truth, for the glory of Almighty God who has lavished his special affection upon the Virgin Mary, for the honor of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages and the Victor [...] sin and death, for the increase of the glory of that same august Mother, and for the joy and exultation of the entire Church; by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and [...] November 1st - Queen of All Saints - Pius XII Proclaimed the Dogma of the Assumption (1950) A Divinely Revealed Dogma "After we have poured forth prayers of supplication again and again to God, and have

I make petitions to Mary every day. I entrusted to her the diocese of Saint Louis de Caceres in Mato Grosso (Brazil) and I also offered the Virgin Mary the diocese of Saint John of Boa Vista in Sao Paulo [...] entered the seminary at the age of eleven. There, the devotion to Mary was strong: daily Rosary, first Saturdays, the month of May had many events organized to give thanks ... Mary was present in the challenges [...] April 24 – Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) I entrusted my dioceses to her My experience with Mary began the day I was born! My mother had already lost three children during pregnancy. She almost lost me

was being asked of me. Marian consecration, from what I could tell, was a practice of consecrating oneself - giving one’s whole person - to Jesus through Mary. It involved taking Mary as a spiritual model [...] tradition of Marian consecration, so the language itself was alien. What could it mean? I wasn’t sure I wanted to know, which exposed the deep-seated unease I still harbored toward Mary - the real Mary, not [...] Through Mary, the Incarnation is made known to us. Mary, then, is a mediator between Christ and humankind, in a way that is both analogous to from Christ’s mediation to the Father. This notion of a human