May 2 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1895) - St Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d. 373 or 374) To battle Satan, count on Mary and the Rosary In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we [...] ng. Now raise that person to a far higher pitch of ontological perfection, and you will have some idea of what a devil is like. Jesus has entrusted to his Church the means to apply this victory, the weapons [...] “drive out many demons.” When I was coming of age in the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was common, even in seminaries, to dismiss such talk as primitive superstition—or perhaps to modernize it and make it a literary device
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Passionist (1838-1862) Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother O angelic young Gabriel, who, by your ardent love for Jesus Crucified and your compassion for Our Lady [...] Lady of Sorrows, were on earth a mirror of innocence and an example of every virtue; we turn to you full of confidence to implore your aid. Oh! How many evil things and afflictions, O how many dangers, assail [...] Saint, to obtain this particular grace for the greater glory of God and for the good of souls (here mention your request). Finally, obtain for us from Jesus Christ Crucified, through Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows
April 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1897) – Saint Francisco of Fatima (d. 1919) To love the Virgin Mary more One morning of last year, I decided to say the Rosary every day. I had already noticed that [...] party. I entrust people and special intentions to Mary. Sometimes I recite it only "for the mysteries." The Rosary is prayed for Mary’s sake, and that leads us to love her more. Sybille, 19, a student in H
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Passionist (1838-1862) Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother O angelic young Gabriel, who, by your ardent love for Jesus Crucified and your compassion for Our Lady [...] Lady of Sorrows, were on earth a mirror of innocence and an example of every virtue; we turn to you full of confidence to implore your aid. Oh! How many evil things and afflictions, O how many dangers, assail [...] Saint, to obtain this particular grace for the greater glory of God and for the good of souls (here mention your request). Finally, obtain for us from Jesus Christ Crucified, through Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows
April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) In China, the Rosary to fight against the coronavirus Chinese Catholics celebrate the Sunday liturgy by praying at home, sitting on a sofa or kang (the bed-stove) [...] and underground Churches, pray intensely to the Lord to spare China from its current trial. Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing asked members of his congregation to read the Bible, recite the Rosary, pray [...] choose one day a week to fast, and ask God for the grace of healing China. Our Lady of All Asia, pray for China! Adapted from Asia News
March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) – 15th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Vatican II made great strides forward with regard to both Marian doctrine and devotion The Second Vatican Council [...] well as those special bonds which continue to unite me to the Mother of God in ever new ways. Saint John Paul II, Vittorio Messori. “Crossing the Threshold of Hope ” (1994) p.373 [...] Council made great strides forward with regard to both Marian doctrine and devotion. It is impossible to include here in its entirety the marvelous eighth chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen
March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) - Saint Casimir (1458-1484) – 15th apparition in Lourdes He held in his hands a hymn to the Blessed Virgin Deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin and inviolably [...] inviolably attached to chastity, Prince Casimir (now Saint Casimir, patron of Lithuania) tamed his passions by leading a life of austere mortification. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis in Grodno, Poland, on March [...] March 4, 1484. When his tomb was opened in 1604 to be transferred into a church that Sigismund III, King of Poland, had just built in his honor and dedicated to him, Casimir’s body was found still supple and
housing problem. I was going to be evicted, with no place to go. I was desperate. I had a week to myself, so I decided to walk an hour each day to visit a special statue of Mary in a grotto that had many [...] March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) – 15th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) "I prayed out loud, pouring out my heart to Mary" I was baptized and my family on my mother's side is Christian. [...] I am also of Celtic heritage. One night, to my surprise, I saw Mary in a dream. She just said to me, "If you want your life to get better, pray to me." The next day, when I was at my mother's house, I
October 29 – Our Lady of Follina (Italy, 1150) Caring for the sick, Lori discovered her calling from Our Lady Lori Ehrman has always had a great devotion to Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes and [...] asking for persons to come to Lourdes, France, to do volunteer service for a few weeks at the shrine of the Virgin Mary. “The only qualifications for volunteers were that you be human and of good will .” Lori [...] calling from Our Lady of Lourdes. ”Nursing seems like a natural extension of being a wife and a mother—it’s an extension with love,” she said. Lori looks on her nursing career as a kind of mission—whether
the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the company: “The success of Ferrero we owe to Our Lady of Lourdes; without her we can do little.” And indeed, a small statue of the Virgin is present [...] February 4 – Saint Joan of France, founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d. 1505) A chocolate empire, a billionaire, and Our Lady Michele Ferrero, 89, creator of Nutella, died on [...] went on pilgrimage to Lourdes, taking his top manager. He also organized a visit to the French shrine for his employees. According to The Guardian UK newspaper, which published a profile of him in 2011, the
