August 15 - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Devotion to the Virgin Mary is not an option The Assumption not only tells us that Mary ascended "into Heaven", but also that she does not remain [...] with God, but also in bringing it to our fellow human beings. The truth is, devotion to the Virgin Mary is not an option or marginal tradition. It is not a devotion among a thousand others, but the means
July 26 - Saints Anne and Joachim, parents of the Virgin Mary In Asia, the Virgin Mary transcends religious boundaries Though it is generally believed that the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive [...] for a safe return to their homes. They saw the Virgin Mary as their protector during storms and other hazards. This title given to the Virgin Mary is a widespread devotion in South America, especially [...] sanctuary dedicated to Mary in South India is that of Our Lady of Health in Velankanni. According to the legend, a Portuguese ship caught in a storm at sea was saved by invoking the help of Mary. The church of
July 22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia Russia's great thirst for a return to Jesus and Mary In Russia, a country evangelized since the 10th century, the 20th century was marked by [...] reference point and foundation of the Resistance movement. The workers' resistance, the movement based on Mary, a vast conversion movement, the hunger for God, all these showed that Communism was not a workers' [...] Our Lady appeared in Moscow with an icon of the Virgin Queen (1). Soon after came the apparitions of Mary at Fatima, which the Russian resistance was able to learn about thanks to clandestine networks, despite
000 children of Mary dressed in white (1947) Saint Catherine Laboure: a humble, everyday life type of holiness Is Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-1876), the visionary of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac
Transfer of the veil of Mary The main relics of Saint Anne, Mary’s mother, are preserved in this little French town According to Tradition, we know that Lazarus, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Jesus' friends [...] Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. In the boat with them were Mary Salome and Mary Cleophas, nieces of Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, as well as the remains of Saint Anne herself. The relics of [...] ed, exclaimed with a clear voice: "Here is the body of Saint Anne, mother of the most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God!" The blind, deaf and mute boy had recovered sight, hearing and speech! The niche was
Barnabas, apostle - Leo XIII consecrates the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "one" with the Heart of Mary (1899) - Our Lady of Mantara (Lebanon) The Lebanese Shrine of Our Lady of Waiting Our Lady of Mantara [...] from the root of the Arabic verb "natara" which means to wait. According to tradition, the Virgin Mary was "waiting" for Jesus in a cave while he was preaching in Sidon, the present-day Saida. This is [...] path leading to the bottom of a cave! His anguish turned to joy when he found an icon of the Virgin Mary on an ancient altar at the bottom of the cave. He quickly exited the cave, left his flock and went
June 9 - Mary Mother of Grace (France) - St Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor of the Church (d. 373) The Favored Woman: Mary The woman is not an afterthought, as many would infer from the creation account [...] name will be called Immanuel.” It should be noted that Mary was not the only virgin in Israel. There were other virgins in the land. But for Mary to be chosen, as the vehicle that would convey Messiah [...] product of divine grace. However, Mary’s favor was necessitated by her ability to keep herself pure. No woman of broken virginity would have attracted this favor. Mary played her own role of sanctification
June 6 - Saint Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840), founder of the Little Brothers of Mary (Marists) "I have never felt so much peace as in this place" Does God exist? What is the point of living? Why make
June 12 - Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai, 1924) Lebanon: Our Lady of Waiting’s miraculous smile Several prominent figures from Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Company, his
June 8 - The Immaculate Heart of Mary - Crowning of Our Lady of Le Puy (5th century pilgrimage, France, 1856) Imitating Jesus Christ consists in entrusting oneself to Mary Imitating Jesus Christ also consists [...] consists in entrusting oneself to the Virgin Mary, in placing oneself like him, a small child in her hands, because “Jesus gave more glory to God his Father by submitting to his Mother for thirty years than [...] the greatest miracles. How highly then do we glorify God when to please him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.” Saint Louis de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed
