May 31 - Visitation of the Virgin Mary – Mary Mediatrix Mary’s perfect faith moves mountains As soon as Mary received the Word in her womb, she quickly went to see her cousin to be of service to her. Thus [...] womb of Mary, the mountains jump like rams, the hills leap like lambs (Psalm 114: 6). How lovely on the mountains are the feet of the one who carries in her the Good News! (see Isaiah 52: 7). The Mary of Nazareth [...] God. The Virgin of the Visitation gives us a sublime example of this truth. We can also interpret Mary’s speedy journey through the mountain of Judah in an allegorical and mystical way. Its seems that the
May 3 – Mary Queen of Poland – Poland’s Act of Consecration to Mary (1966) Missionary of the Rosary on Arabic television Yacoub, a young 23-year-old Palestinian singer, native of Jerusalem, with a busy [...] did not cost him the victory, quite the contrary. Knowing the happiness and the luck that Jesus and Mary would bring him, he kept those religious signs on him, wrapped around the hand that held the microphone
May 3 – Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles – Mary, Queen of Poland – Act of Consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) Poland’s love for Mary made her the bulwark of Catholicism In Poland, a country with [...] intercession of the Virgin Mary, because without God that very work would not have been possible. The first church built in Poland was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and this devotion, spread [...] strong popular devotion to Mary. From the moment that Poland, who was surrounded by pagan populations, realized that she was the bulwark of Catholicism, she proclaimed Mary "Queen of Poland” in 1656.
Blessed Virgin Mary - Message of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary (1689) Our Lady of Fatima: "God wants to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart" The feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is celebrated [...] Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Gospel reveals the Heart of Mary because it shows how Mary sought and followed Jesus: purity of heart is to follow Jesus! Mary did not understand everything instantly, but she meditated [...] Bernard, the private revelations to St. Gertrude and St. Mechtilde, and the visions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century, and was initiated by St. John Eudes in Autun in 1648. The Augustinians
- Our Lady of the Road (Italy, 1617) - 10th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) - Blessed Mary of Jesus (Marie Deluil-Martiny), foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (d. [...] occurring before and two after. Another sign of the decisive importance of this period is the fact that Mary spoke to Bernadette for the first time during the apparition that followed Ash Wednesday, the first [...] Then a 3-week break, before the 14th and last apparition during Lent, the one in which the Virgin Mary gave her name and pronounced the key phrase of her visits to Lourdes: "I am the Immaculate Conception"
May 24 - Mary Help of Christians (1815) - Mary Mother of the Church Since Mary is the Mother of the Head, she is also the Mother of the Body It was Blessed Pope Paul VI who decided to venerate the Virgin [...] bishops had wanted a dedicated text on the Virgin Mary. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Council Fathers chose to present the Virgin Mary as part of the mystery of Christ and as an eminent [...] appropriate to call upon the Church's liturgy to understand the mystery of the Virgin Mary. At the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary became the Mother of the Son of God made man, who was to receive the name Jesus
and Saint James - Feast of Mary, Queen of Poland - Act of consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) - Apparition of Our Lady of Trois-Épis (France, 1491, approved in 1495) Mary, Queen of Poland at the request [...] promises that your fathers made at Jasna Góra, in these difficult times you should also faithfully follow Mary's timely invitation and "do whatever Jesus tells you" (cf. Jn 2:5). May her blessing accompany each [...] your families and all the Polish people," the Argentine pontiff said in his personalized greeting. Mary was declared "Queen of Poland" by King John II Casimir Vasa during the oaths of Lwów in 1656, which
Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) - St. Mary Rivier, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) "I did everything with the rosary" Saint Marie Rivier (1768 - February 3, 1838) [...] Virgin Mary and obtained her cure four years after the accident. Very soon a real dialogue was established between Our Lady and little Marinette (as she was called by her relatives) who promised Mary: "If [...] closing, Marie Rivier, who was only 28 years old, opened her own in Thueyts (Ardèche department), where she also had a school, in 1794. On November 21, 1796, the feast of the Presentation of Mary in the
Afflicted (Russia) - Our Lady of La Regla (Cuba) - Saint Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (d. 1870) The 10 blessings of the Rosary according to the Magisterium
May 3 – Saint Philip and Saint James, apostles – Mary, Queen of Poland - Act of consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) - Apparition of Our Lady of Trois-Epis to Thierry Dietrich and Schoeré the blacksmith [...] bright ray of light, in the middle of which appeared a delicate and vaporous form. It was the Virgin Mary, wrapped in long white transparent veils, holding three ears of wheat in her right hand and a small