doctrine of "Mary, Mother of the Church": The Council itself contemplates Mary as "the Mother of the members of Christ" (cf. ibid., nn. 53, 62), and consequently, Paul VI proclaimed her as Mother of the Church [...] that "a true child of the Church must have God for his Father and Mary for his Mother" (The Secret of Mary, n. 11). In Christ, the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, we are truly children of the Father, and [...] and daughters of Mary and of the Church. In a certain way, it is the whole of humanity that is reborn in the virgin birth of Jesus. "These words can be attributed better to the Mother of the Lord than
Heart of Mary (1942) How Pope Pius XII consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary The war had been raging for two years when, in March 1942, Sister Lucia, one of the visionaries of Our Lady of Fatima [...] Heart of Mary, even though He has moved the heart of His Holiness to accomplish it." The Pope had already been aware of the desire for the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through [...] Heart of Mary. She told her spiritual director, Monsignor Ferreira: "During that night of March 5, 1942, Our Lord seemed to make me feel more keenly that He was refusing to grant peace, because of the crimes
November 7 – Feast of Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary (Coptic Church) Mary's conception was not purely the work of nature When the winter of unbelief was about to end, as the author of the Canticle says [...] was not only the work of nature, but also of the synergy of the Holy Spirit. Thus, from the beginning, Mary was united to the Spirit, the source of life: not a single particle of her being came into existence [...] thing, a work of the sole power of God. Then, having come into existence in such a new way, this treasure and gift worthy of God, chosen before the ages and consecrated for the service of the terrible mystery
painted images of the Holy Apostles, passing on to the Church this pious and holy tradition of venerating icons of Christ and his saints. Saint Luke was a native of the city of Antioch the Great. Of noble birth [...] October 25 - Consecration of the Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) The first portraitist of the Virgin Mary A few days ago, on October 18, we celebrated the feast of Saint Luke (1). But what do we [...] Artemios, Duke of Egypt, and placed under the altar of the Church of the Holy Apostles, next to the holy relics of the apostles Andrew and Timothy. Adapted and translated from: Orthodox Monastery of Saints Elijah
September 10 – Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) Mary helps us make sense of our times Mary has already entered her glory, and the time of trials in our world will come to an end. Here is what our beloved [...] period. The time of anguish, persecution and trial, then, is not indefinite: in the end liberation will come and the hour of glory. […] Let us fix our gaze, then, on Mary, the icon of the pilgrim Church [...] dragon, which evokes Satan and evil, rises up against Mary and the Church, as the symbolism of the Old Testament has already indicated; red is the sign of war, slaughter and bloodshed; the "seven heads" with
September 25 – Mary, protectress of orphans – Our Lady of Saint Peter (Italy, 1751) Mary in the Economy of Salvation After this manner the Blessed Virgin advanced in her pilgrimage of faith, and faithfully [...] uniting herself with a maternal heart with His sacrifice, and lovingly consenting to the immolation of this Victim which she herself had brought forth. Lumen Gentium, chapter II, n°58
Name of Mary Let us invoke Mary, especially during dangers of historical proportion The Church celebrates the Holy Name of Mary on September 12. The feast was placed in the octave of the Nativity of the [...] feast of the Holy Name of Mary was instituted for the universal Church. A week later, on the following Sunday, the Nativity of Mary was celebrated. Later, Pope St. Pius X moved the Holy Name of Mary to September [...] the Virgin Mary to remind Christians that they can have recourse to the intercession of the Virgin Mary in times of trial, great or small, as we learn in the story of the Wedding at Cana and by the words
September 7 - The Santa Casa of Ephesus is transferred to Loreto (Italy, 1295) - Foundation of the Legion of Mary in Dublin (Ireland, 1921) A demon confesses: "None of those who persevere in her service [...] parish of Sainte-Claire in Paris. I believe that the prayer of the Rosary accompanied by a direct and explicit regular missionary proclamation is the key of the Church's renewal and the conversion of the [...] Islam. In 2015, at the beginning of my conversion, she gave me a rosary and an icon of the Holy Virgin. She had received the rosary from a Cistercian monk from the Abbey of Sénanque (France), where she had
Pope, Doctor of the Church (d. 604) - Consecration of Germany to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) Mary is the Mountain of Zion The mountain of Ephraim can designate the all-blessed Mary, always Virgin [...] Mother of God. For she was a mountain, she who, by the dignity of her election, surpasses every elected creature, however great. Was not Mary a very high mountain, she who accumulated a peak of merit, [...] future, that the mountain which bears the house of the Lord shall be set on the top of the mountains." Indeed, she was a mountain, set over all mountains, for Mary's greatness shines above all the saints. Pope
August 25 – Mary Health of the Sick – Saint Louis King of France (d.1270) How Mary defended the city of Lwow, Ukraine A strange atmospheric phenomenon in Lwow, Ukraine, attested by numerous witnesses, [...] a Turkish army of overwhelming superiority. With an unequal match of 300 000 Turkish soldiers against 6000 hussars, the outcome seemed hopeless. Before the battle, the whole population of Lwow knelt in [...] happened on the vigil of the feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa, celebrated on August 25. Encyclopedia Maria volume IV Beauchesne 1956 - p. 695
