17 – Our Lady of Holy Hope (Pontmain, France, 1871) The baby pointed and said “Zesus!” On January 17, 1871, Mary appeared in Pontmain, 40 km from a routed French army after the defeat of Le Mans (a city [...] city in western France). Pontmain was a hamlet with a population of less than 100. On the main square in front of the church from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, on a clear starry night, two children (followed by others)
moment of spiritual intimacy in your new family.” In greeting the Poles, the Pope also encouraged praying the Rosary: “It is a synthesis of Divine Mercy. In the mysteries of the Rosary, with Mary, we c [...] 2016. At the end of his address on Saint Peter's Square, the Pope greeted the young, the sick and the newlyweds who attended the audience despite the rain. “At the end of the month of October I wish to [...] January 9 – Virgin of the Annunciation (Italy, 1490) - Pauline Jaricot (d. 1862) Jesus radiates the Father’s mercy Pope Francis recommended to young people - and to all of us - to pray the Rosary, in order
February 28 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) - 11th apparition in Lourdes Would You Be So Kind As to Do Me the Favor...? Bernadette's relationship with Our Lady begins with a gesture of poverty. As Jesus came [...] humble manger, so did Mary come to Massabielle, a muddy grotto filled with rubbish that washed up from the river, dressed in pure white! Bernadette was soon to discover in one of the purest dialogues ever [...] human being and the Mother of God, that there is a poverty worse than destitution, hunger, cold, ignorance, social degradation, illness, death, and so on. This poverty is that of human sin. In her own physical
Virgin Mary. After the wonderful passing and burial of the holy Apostle John the Theologian in Ephesus (celebrated every year on the 26th of September), his tomb was found empty and became a site of miracles [...] May 8 – Our Lady of the Rosary (Pompeii, Italy, 1875) The "Holy Manna" from Saint John’s tomb On May 8th, Eastern Orthodox celebrate the synaxis (assembly of believers) of the ashes or "Holy Manna" produced [...] tomb would suddenly become covered with a sort of ash, which the Christians from the area called "Manna." This "Manna" had the virtue of curing diseases of the body and the soul for those who applied it
- Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (d. 639) She understands the sinner and loves him Mary is a luminous sign and an appealing example of moral life, who deserves the title of "Throne of Wisdom." She shares [...] to the grace of God. Having not known sin, she is able to sympathize with all weakness. She understands the sinner and she loves him with a maternal love. That is why she is on the side of truth and shares [...] shares the burden of the Church to remind all of us about moral requirements, at all times. For the same reason she does not accept that the sinner should be deceived by anyone who would claim to love him
October 25 – Dedication of the Toledo Cathedral to Our Lady (Spain, 1075) What the Rosary contains In the prayer of the Rosary, one contemplates the person of Jesus and his life, not directly and in t [...] themselves—like actually seeing the Way of the Cross—but through Mary. One contemplates that which was at the center of her life, what she saw, felt, and treasured in her heart (Luke 2:51). What the Rosary [...] Rosary contains... is the continual manifestation of a holy empathy. When someone is truly special to us, we are happy to meet a friend of his or hers. We find the beloved’s image reflected in the other
graceful, affectionate and she loved the Lord. She was also very devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was a lily of purity too beautiful for this earth, and God decided to take her to Heaven. This happened [...] June 6 - St Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers I see the Blessed Virgin coming to get me with the angels! In the 1950s, a devout Catholic couple, who were major Parisian publishers, had [...] had been unsuccessfully trying to conceive for 17 years. By force of prayers, the spouses obtained from God a little girl, and they named her Martha. They were crazy about this child, who was their life
At the Cathedral, the whole population of Lvov knelt down before the image of Our Lady of Clemency. Right at the beginning of the battle, when the left flank of the Polish Army began to give way, the sky [...] shouting "Long live Jesus Christ! Long live the Blessed Virgin Mary!" This was on the 25th of August - the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa. [...] Our Lady of Rossano (Italy, 1040) [Translate to EN (English):] Notre-Dame de Czestochowa défend la ville de Lwow In 1675, at Lvov, Poland, a strange atmospheric phenomenon, recorded by a number of witnesses
way the most Holy Rosary of Mary came into being, which Saint Dominic used forthwith against the Albigensian heresy. Queen Blanche of Castile immediately adopted this new form of devotion, to which she [...] August 8 - Our Lady of Kuehn (Belgium) - Saint Dominic Preach from My Psalter According to the account of the Blessed Alain de la Roche, the Holy Mother of God appeared to Saint Dominic in 1214 after he [...] the chief instrument of our salvation." Then our Lady replied, "I want you to know that the principal weapon has always been the Angelic Psalter, which is the foundation-stone of the New Testament. Therefore
both interior and external, and even the value of all my good deeds past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception [...] "Totus tuus." These words summarize the Marian Consecration that is at the heart of Montfort's doctrine: "In the presence of the heavenly court, I choose you this day for my Mother and my Queen. I surrender [...] pleasure, for the greatest glory of God, in time and eternity. Amen." Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort invites us, by the Marian Consecration, to imitate Jesus by taking Mary as our Mother, and by entrusting
