April 30 - Feast of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (1786-1842) The Messenger of Providence (II) The lady was at Father Joseph Benedict’s side for no more than a minute when she began to comfort him in [...] noble lady whom I did not dare to look at twice straight in the face?” “That lady,” answered the saint, “did not come from down below as you may suppose, but from above. It was the Blessed Virgin Mary

April 21 - Saint Anselm, Doctor of the Church (+1109) The Mother of God is Our Mother Saint Anselm's great love for Mary is recorded in Alloquia Caelestia, a treatise in her praise. He says: “O woman admirably

April 28 - Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort God’s Paradise I declare with the saints: Mary is the earthly paradise of Jesus Christ the new Adam, where He became man by the power of the Holy Spirit, in

devinrent moines, et la communauté grandit rapidement, sous la protection de la Très Sainte Vierge qui accorda à Saint Laurent la grâce d'accomplir de nombreuses guérisons en faveur des Chrétiens et aussi [...] March 7 - Saint Laurence of Salamis Island (+ 1707) The Monastery of the Mother of God on Salamis Island [Translate to EN (English):] Le vénérable Père Laurent, fondateur du monastère de la Mère de Dieu [...] construire une église dans l'île de Salamine, il restait toujours indécis et plein de doutes. La Toute Sainte lui apparut alors de nouveau et lui montra d'un ton sévère le plan précis de l'église et du monastère

March 8 - Saint John of God (+ 1550) The Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (I) The Spaniards besieged Fontarabia, which was occupied by the French. The besiegers, in their idleness, fell into plundering

March 10 - Beginning of Novena to Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary The Smack of the Rosary was an Amazing Grace Father John Ogilvie was condemned as a traitor, but during a long imprisonment no tortures could

March 11 - Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (d. 639) The Incarnation in the Virgin’s Womb Concerning the Incarnation, I believe that God the Word, the only Son of the Father, who was born before all centuries

Cromwell’s persecution. On March 17, 1697, at the 6 o’clock a.m. mass, on Saint Patrick’s feast day, (Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland), at a time when religious persecution had come to a head in Ireland [...] March 17 - The Madonna of Ireland (1697) - Saint Patrick (+ 464) The Madonna’s Tears of Blood Ireland and Hungary! Two martyr countries which, through the centuries, suffered for their faith and fought [...] large crowds come to venerate the image hung above the high altar of the cathedral, especially on Saint Patrick’s Day and Ascension Day.

December 4 - Saint John of Damascus, Doctor of the Church (d. ca. 749) - Immaculate Mary of Sameiro (Portugal) The Church is a female figure Women are not ordained priests or deacons in the Catholic Church [...] role too. We also have the symbolism of nuptials used by Christ Himself, and further deepened by Saint Paul, in which Christ stands as the Bridegroom. So, if Christ is the Bridegroom of the Church, how [...] Having said that, I am all in favor of giving more responsibilities to women in the Church. Popes Saint John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis have already emphasized this, and this policy is already being

February 26 - Our Lady of the Fields, consecrated by Saint Denis (Paris, France, c. 250) My Father’s Faith Obtained the Miracle The following is the testimony of a Marist brother: The Blessed Virgin protected