22 - Our Lady of Narni (spoke to Blessed Lucy, Italy,15th C.) An Offering of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary O Jesus, only Son of God, only Son of Mary, I offer Thee the most loving Heart of Thy divine Mother [...] Mother of Jesus, I offer Thee the most adorable Heart of Thy well-beloved Son, who is the life and love and joy of Thy Heart. Blessed be the Most Loving Heart and Sweet Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and
June 3 - Our Lady of Sasopoli (Italy, 14th C.) Mary Has a Role in Jesus’ Saving Mission (I) “Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which [...] and glory for your people Israel.” (Lk 2:32) Mary and Joseph are astounded when Simeon proclaims Jesus as a “light of revelation for the Gentiles”. Mary, instead, with reference to the prophecy of the [...] silence those mysterious words which predict a deeply sorrowful trial and give the Presentation of Jesus its deepest meaning. Indeed, according to the divine plan the sacrifice offered then “in accordance
June 4 - Pope John Paul II’s First Visit to Poland (Czestochowa, 1979) Mary Has a Role in Jesus’ Saving Mission (II) Simeon’s prophecy is followed by the meeting with the prophetess Anna: “She began to
June 5 - Our Lady of Help (Italy, 1611) Imitation of Jesus Christ Our Lord The Holy Spirit could not leave such wonderful and inconceivable dependence of God unmentioned in the Gospel, though he concealed [...] Wisdom Incarnate did during His hidden life in order to bring home to us its infinite value and glory. Jesus gave more glory to God His Father by submitting to His Mother for thirty years than He would have [...] miracles. How highly then do we glorify God when to please Him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.
- Saint Rita of Cascia (1377-1457) The Church “Looked At” Jesus through Mary In their midst Mary was “devoted to prayer” as the “mother of Jesus” (cf. Acts 1:13-14), the mother of the Crucified and Risen [...] Risen Christ. And that first group of disciples who in faith looked upon Jesus as the author of salvation, knew that Jesus was the Son of Mary, and that she was His Mother, and that as such she was from the [...] mystery of Jesus - that mystery which before their eyes had been disclosed and confirmed in the Cross and Resurrection. Thus, from the very first moment, the Church “looked at” Mary through Jesus, just as
May 10 - Feast of the Madonna della S. Casa Nazaretana (Dalmatia, 1291) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (IV) Indeed, despite all this, we must still say with the saints: De Maria nunquam satis. We have still
May 8 - Feast of Our Lady of Pompeii (Italy, 1875) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (II) Every day, from one end of the earth to the other, in the highest heaven and in the lowest abyss, all things speak
May 9 - Feast of Our Lady of the Woods (Italy, 1607) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (III) The whole world is filled with her glory, and this is especially true of Christian peoples, who have chosen her
May 7 - Feast of Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (I) Saints have said wonderful things about Mary, the Holy City of God. As they themselves have admitted, they were never
been unknown up till now. This is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as He should be. If the knowledge and the reign of Jesus Christ will certainly come into the world, it can only be a necessary [...] May 11 - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, Patroness of Brazil Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (V) My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that the Blessed Virgin Mary has been [...] necessary consequence of the knowledge and the reign of the Blessed Virgin, who gave Jesus to the world the first time and will establish His reign in the world the second time.
