show us both the greatness of our human nature and the all-surpassing greatness of divine grace. (...) Even the early Protestant reformers never called for a wholesale rejection of the Marian dogmas. Luther [...] later generations would Christians come to such a far-reaching rejection of Mary's place in salvation history. In fact, the roots of Marian devotion go back to the Old Testament. [...] misguided people try to claim that Catholics make a goddess of the Blessed Virgin. But that is an abominable fiction. As much as we exalt Mary above our own sinful selves, we recognize that she is more

March 27 - Apparition of Our Lord to Our Lady after His Resurrection Bread From Heaven "We believe that Mary is the Mother, who remained ever a Virgin, of the Incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus Christ" [...] eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.... For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink" (Jn 6:53-55). If only the world knew the full measure of God's love in [...] Christ" (cf Lumen Gentium, 53). By the power of the Holy Spirit Jesus became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. "In all truth I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven

mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: “Here is your son!” This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave her this mysterious [...] October 23 - Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Gardia, Italy) Reciting the Rosary (I) Do you remember when you were a child When your irate father raised his hand high To punish you for some serious error, Your

doctors told me exactly what the voice had said! Thank you Mother Mary for protecting me that day! J-L C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on December 6, 2021 [...] September 6 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) A beautiful voice told me: “Don't worry!” While preparing to leave on a recruiting mission at the Haitian police academy, I was accidentally ejected from a

Sept 4 - Our Lady of Haut (Belgium, 1419) Holy Dependency In going to Jesus through Mary, we are really paying honor to our Lord, for we are showing that, because of our sins, we are unworthy to approach [...] approach his infinite holiness directly on our own. We are showing that we need Mary, his holy Mother, to be our advocate and mediatrix with him who is our Mediator. We are going to Jesus as Mediator and Brother [...] God and our Judge. In short, we are practicing humility, something which always gladdens the heart of God.

mislead us, Jesus Christ on the cross, showing John to Mary, Said: "Here is your son!" This is why I pray, For Mary to beseech my forgiveness At the hour of my death. For, when Jesus gave her this mysterious [...] October 23 - Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Gardia, Italy) Reciting the Rosary (I) Do you remember when you were a child When your irate father raised his hand high To punish you for some serious error, Your

just “repeating a bunch of words!” In fact, one of the criticisms of the Rosary is that it is nothing more than “vain repetition.” In his book, The World’s First Love: Mary, Mother of God , Venerable Archbishop [...] love you” to God, the Trinity, to Jesus and to Mary. With each successive bead (or decade) the meaning shifts as we contemplate a new aspect of Jesus or Mary’s love. Before beginning the Rosary, we should [...] Lady of the Nettles (Germany, 1441) Do you find it hard to pray the Rosary? I’ve always found praying the Rosary to be difficult. Although I love the Blessed Mother and understand the importance of the

Gregori noticed tears of blood on the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, bought in a store at the shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The statue cried 13 times in the presence of many people who have [...] February 1 - Vigil of the Feast of the Purification Weeping Statue In Italy In February 1995, a phenomenon occurred in Civitavecchia, Italy, that could be said to be paranormal: a little five-year old [...] first heard Gregori's story. He took custody of it to clarify the case, and the statue wept while he held it in his hands. Bishop Grillo reported that an average of 3,500 pilgrims a week visit the church which

the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the line of the magisterium in his Message of 11 June 1999 for the Centenary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "The value of what took place [...] - Pope Leo XIII's Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Rome, 1899) Let Us Make Reparation (I) Pope John Paul II made a confirmation of his role of continuing to promote the devotion [...] to deepen the awareness of the intimate relationship between the Two Hearts and the value for our own day of authentic devotion and consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary." (John Paul II - Nov 23

Apparition of Our Lady to Natalino Scarpa, 14, in Pellestrina (Italy, 1716) - Saint John Vianney, Cure of Ars Our Lady guards over you! For more than forty years, the devil tormented the Curé of Ars (Saint [...] (Saint John Mary Vianney, universal patron saint of priests), rattling his bed at night and once even setting it on fire. “You have taken 80,000 souls!” he shouted at the holy priest one day through the mouth [...] mouth of a possessed woman. Another time, he raged: “Vianney! Vianney! I’ll get you, I'll get you. I am stronger than you!” And suddenly, in a transport of fury, Satan, “the grapnel” as the holy priest