Founding of the Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of Hermits in Einsiedeln (Switzerland, 948) One never prays Mary in vain In 1749, a great and desperate sinner, in the kingdom of Valencia, in order to
July 15 - Maronites and Syriacs: Feast of Mary Mediatrix - Saint Bonaventure Never had she looked so beautiful! On July 16, 1858, Bernadette (the seer of Our Lady of Lourdes) felt mysteriously drawn to [...] time: “It felt like I was right in front of the cave, just like before. I only saw the Virgin, and never had she looked so beautiful!” Lourdes summons images of healings, miracles, masses and processions
February 7 – Blessed Pius IX, the Pope who issued the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (d. 1878) Never speak against the Immaculate Conception Every year, a French organization called “The Children's Rosary” [...] theologians of the University of Paris in the Middle Ages took an oath, in the Saint Séverin Church, never to speak against the Immaculate Conception! But it was above all through the great Marian apparitions
January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France, 1856) With our Mother Mary, we will never be alone "I don’t have anything extraordinary to share about our Mother Mary, but I can say that, as one of her [...] shortest way to find Jesus, her divine Son, who brings us to the Father. With our Mother Mary, we will never be alone, and we have her blessing and protection as Mother of the Church." Dom Luiz Carlos Eccel
December 29 – Our Lady of Flowers (1336) Let us never forget to go through Mary! My brothers, the Church reminds us of our duty to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ without which no one can be saved. "For [...] as the Holy Spirit affirmed through the mouth of Saint Peter (Acts 4:12). But to do this, let us never forget to go through Mary! "To preach Jesus alone is arid and fruitless work," said Saint Francis
December 19 – Holy Mary of Remedies (Portugal) Never leave the Mother’s side "Never go away from the Mother," and "never abandon the Rosary": these are the exhortations of Pope Francis at the closing of [...] and to the Church in those days." "Never be afraid," the Pope also said, "God is better than all our misery and he loves us very much. Continue to go forward, never leave the Mother’s side: like a child [...] She is our safeguard." Then the Pope searched his pockets, pulling out a rosary, and recommended: "Never give up the Rosary! Recite the Rosary as she asked." Zenit
September 16 – Our Lady of Las Lajas (Latin America) Mary, the Mother who has never let me down! My experience with Mary started right at my mother’s breast! Mary, the Immaculate Conception, has always [...] you." Today the Virgin Mary is ever-present in my episcopal ministry. I can testify that she has never let me down, especially at the three keys moments of my life: when I had to leave my father's house
July 18 – Consecration of Canada to the Holy Family (1666) I never again doubted my vocation I was 15 years old, and attending the Sacred Heart of Jesus Seminary in Corupá (Brazil), when I came to the [...] thought of my vocation to be a priest and religious that I understood that my place was there. I never again doubted my vocation after that. Archbishop Murilo Krieger Vice President of the Conference of
Maximilian Kolbe They Have Never Stopped Honoring You Here, in this land of France, I entrust to your motherly love, O Mother of God, the sons and daughters of this nation. They have never stopped honoring you
August 7 - The Relic of Our Lady (Chartres, France) They will Never See Their Likes Again It was at Chartres that men could be seen bodily dragging carts laden with stone, wood, provisions and all the [...] church whose towers were under construction. Those who were not present to witness these wonders will never see their likes again, neither here, or in any other country. Humility and pain were seen everywhere
