on the Mount of Tepeyac. A shrine full of trust, hope, and love of Jesus growing stronger each day. Mary, you have chosen to remain with us by giving us your most wonderful and holy self-image on Juan Diego's

and the people had been making for a century. "I came to the King of France from the Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan said to her judges. Her childhood home is a rustic shrine outside Domrémy: Our Lady of Bermont

across my ideas about her. In the first place, I would have shown how little is actually known about Mary’s life. Of course, I believe that we must not say incredible or made-up ideas about her; for example

herself to speak with two shepherds (...) Some people have not approved of the fact the fact that Mary spoke to us in such length. It is such a pity that these people feel so miserly towards a poor shepherdess

envy them for, because I have a Mother, a real one, the one I had been lacking. My Mother’s name is Mary, God said. Her heart is absolutely pure and full of grace, She is a virgin and her body is inhabited

Lady of the Highest Grace (Dominican Republic, 1506) O Sorrowful Mother “O sorrowful Mother, Saint Mary, tell me something of the Passion of your Son; you saw more than any other saint because of your great

the English mystic, Julian of Norwich: “See what deep respect God has for his creation”. The Virgin Mary could have said ‘no’, and the course of history would have been different. But God had known for all

February 23 - Our Lady of the Rocks (Spain, 434) Seat of Wisdom (I) Before the Annunciation, Mary had already given herself entirely to God. She is an offering, giving herself completely, she is poor,

would henceforth be the privileged 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

pious solicitude that we invoke Saint Joseph to protect Christianity as he once protected Christ and Mary. In addition to the March 19th feast, the Church also honors the saintly patron of workers on May