apparitions and the pilgrimage were officially recognized by the diocesan authority and construction was soon begun on a church large enough to accommodate pilgrims who were becoming more and more numerous [...] August 31 - Our Lady of the Founders (Constantinople) My Name is Lady Mary (III) In September 1665, an investigation into the apparitions in The Laus was undertaken by the vicar-general of Embrun, Father [...] of an ulcer in his hand. Even today miracles, both physical and spiritual, happen to those who are confident in the intercession of Our Lady and use the oil from The Laus with devotion.
Carquere (Portugal) My Name is Lady Mary (II) Finally, one morning at the end of September, the shepherdess, who had left her sheep and goats to graze on a river bank, saw Lady Mary in the distance, glowing [...] The next day, Benoite went to the village of The Laus and found the small chapel. She entered and saw the Virgin Mary standing on the altar. Mary congratulated her on having searched without losing her [...] lacking-she would see clean linens, candles, and other ornaments in place of the filth. She added that she wanted a church to be built there in honor of her and her most beloved Son. Many sinners would be
Carquere (Portugal) My Name is Lady Mary (II) Finally, one morning at the end of September, the shepherdess, who had left her sheep and goats to graze on a river bank, saw Lady Mary in the distance, glowing [...] The next day, Benoite went to the village of The Laus and found the small chapel. She entered and saw the Virgin Mary standing on the altar. Mary congratulated her on having searched without losing her [...] lacking-she would see clean linens, candles, and other ornaments in place of the filth. She added that she wanted a church to be built there in honor of her and her most beloved Son. Many sinners would be
was that all the Cistercian abbeys, from the beginning, bore the name of Our Lady. I was touched that my monastery was named after Mary! During my novitiate, I was very impressed that we sang the Salve [...] a very large cloak sheltering the religious of the Order and welcoming them all. All this particularly marked me and helped me to receive Mary as my Mother. Orani João Tempesta, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro [...] December 20 – Our Lady of Folgoët (France) “I was touched that my monastery was named after Mary” Marian devotion has been very present throughout my entire life, from the time that I was an altar server
faithful the name of Mary at their baptism. He knew that Jesus is born in each Christian soul by faith, following the example of Mary: "Every soul that believes (like Mary), conceives and gives birth to [...] July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) The Christian name of each soul is "Mary" Saint Augustine (354-430) said that Mary first conceived the Word in her heart through faith, before she conceived Him in her [...] Christ is the fruit of all… When this soul begins to convert to Christ, it is called Mary: that is to say, it receives the name of the one who gave birth to Christ. It has become a soul that generates Christ
397) gave the newly baptized the name of “Mary”. The soul of every Christian begets Jesus through faith, after Mary's example: "Every believing soul (like Mary) conceives and gives birth to the Word of God [...] (Syracuse, Italy, 1953) When a soul is baptized in Christ, its new name should be “Mary” Saint Augustine (354-430) teaches that Mary first conceived the Verb in her heart through faith, before she conceived [...] Christ is the fruit of all"; "When this soul begins to convert to Christ, its name is Mary: that is, it receives the name of the one who gave birth to Christ: it has become a soul that begets Christ in
bishop of Le Puy and took the name of Lorda (“rose” in Arabic), which was transformed into "Lourdes." Marquis de La Franquerie In La Vierge Marie dans l’histoire de France (The Virgin Mary in the History [...] 1858) – Our Lady of Walsingham (England, 11th c.) Mirat the Muslim changed his name to Lorda Charlemagne had placed his glory and his salvation under the protection of Our Lady. In 778, after his famous campaign [...] Lady ever, Holy Mary of Le Puy, Mother of God. I am her servant, be her knight." Without hesitating, Mirat declared that he was ready to surrender his arms to the servant of Our Lady and to receive baptism
saying Rosary novenas, and on March 3, 1884, the Virgin Mary appeared to her under the name of Our Lady of Pompeii. She was sitting on a throne, with the baby Jesus on her lap and holding a rosary. She [...] would often recite this novena, and recommended it to all who were asking for graces. "This is my testament and my legacy: love and make the Blessed Virgin loved; pray and ask others to pray the Rosary." [...] Holy Rosary,’ I can no longer refuse the favor you petition; for this name is most precious and dear to Me. Make three novenas, and you shall obtain all." A month later, during a second apparition, Fortuna
zodiac. And the conjunctions of the stars, the time, the season, the calculation of the hours passed and of the astronomic combinations had told them the name and the secret of the star. Its name: «Messiah» [...] Valtorta was a Catholic Italian mystic and writer. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ. She lived [...] Louisiana, USA, 1809) The name of the Magi's star was "Messiah" (II) In these excerpts from Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as Revealed to Me (1), Maria saw the Magi arrive and prostrate themselves before
acknowledge her and that the praises of God’s great work in her should be sung in poetry and that cathedrals should be built in her name. For unless Our Lady is recognized as the Mother of God and the Queen [...] Cathedrals are built in her name All generations must call her blessed because they all receive through her whatever supernatural life and joy that is granted to them. And it is necessary that the world [...] the saints and angels and as the hope of the world, faith in God will remain incomplete. Thomas Merton, OCSO, American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of
