connected live to the Rosary in the Vatican Gardens, including the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne in Nanterre, France, Our Lady of Sorrows in Kibeho, Rwanda, and the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes [...] how to untie the knots of our existence, and know the desires of our hearts, come to our aid. We are certain that, as in Cana of Galilee, you will ensure that joy and celebration will return to our homes [...] Benedict of the Cross (Edith Stein) - Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) Worldwide prayer marathon to Mary, Undoer of Knots in 2021 was the first of its kind The pope led the recitation of the Rosary
July 30 – Our Lady Promoter of Peace (Le Puy, France) - Saint Peter Chrysologus (d. 451) If we forget to pray to Mary, we lose our identity Since the recent war against Isis, more and more women in Sy [...] mother is the Virgin Mary. If we forget to pray, we lose our identity." "Mary suffered too as a mother. She accepted to lose her son, Christ, by embracing the will of God. Wearing this dress gives me strength [...] wearing a piece of clothing known as “Mary’s dress” during the month of May each year. This garment is a blue dress belted with a white drawstring at the waist that symbolizes the doves of peace. Before
consolation of the wretched, the redemption of the captive, the freedom of the condemned, the salvation of your entire race, of all the children of Adam. Hasten, then, O Lady, to give your answer; hasten to speak [...] 24 – 3rd Sunday of Lent – Our Lady of the Thorn (Châlons-sur-Marne, France, 1400) Hasten, O Lady, to give your answer! The angel awaits your reply, for it is time that he should return to God, Who sent him [...] him. We, too, are waiting, O Lady, for a word of mercy we, who are groaning under the sentence of condemnation. See, the price of our salvation is offered to you; if you consent, we shall at once be delivered
February 22 - The Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle - Blessed Isabella of France (d. 1270), founder of a convent dedicated to the "Humility of Our Lady" The Rosary is a weapon against our common enemy In an interview [...] 5-decade rosary is only a part of the whole Rosary, which consists of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries." La Croix: "And have all the Popes been attached to this prayer?" Father William: [...] great Pope of the Church's social doctrine, wrote no less than eleven encyclicals on the Rosary? Not to mention the letters and decrees in which he insists that the People of God go back to praying the
never despair. Let us present to Him all our sufferings, including the most secret ones, the anxieties of our spirit, the tears of our heart, and even the infirmities of our body. Let us tell him, with [...] day to the Heart of Jesus, without changing our ordinary activities (work) and uniting the offering of our daily life to the offering of the Blood and the Water that sprang forth from the Wound of Jesus' [...] the Honor Guard of the Sacred Heart Note: Formed as an Association of the Faithful, the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart began on March 13th, 1863, at the Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary at B
March 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1603) - Saint Casimir – 15th apparition in Lourdes The presence of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary In this month of Saint Joseph, which began on March 1st [...] inaugural Mass of his pontificate on March 19th, feast of St Joseph, and in the first year after his election, he promulgated a decree to add the mention of Saint Joseph to the canon of all Eucharistic [...] beginning of the 21 st century, the reported apparitions of Itapiranga in Brazil recommended the devotion to St Joseph's very chaste heart, on the Wednesday following the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Tuesday of Holy Week - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1897) - St. Francisco of Fatima (d. 1919) Sprouts of faith in Mongolia under the loving and protective mantle of Mary (I) Can the path of conversion [...] poor woman, mother of 11 children, fights tooth and nail to wrest a shred of life and hope for herself and her large family from the vast expanse of waste: food still good enough to eat or objects miraculously [...] religious sisters, who spoke to her about Our Lady and taught her the Hail Mary. Once she realizes who this beautiful woman is, the poor woman takes the statue to the small Catholic community, which puts it on
May 21 – Our Lady of Ergotism Victims (Arras, France, 1105) – Our Lady of Vladimir (Russia) Marian devotion is a perfect response to our culture Many people today are tempted to view Marian devotion as [...] is not an obsolete form of piety! On the contrary, it engages a vision of mankind and the history of salvation that presents a relevant answer to the anguished questions of our post-modern culture. (1) [...] The book tells the beautiful story of the Shrine of Our Lady of Bargemon (Haut-Var), today in full renewal.
January 26 - Our Lady of Life (France, 1891) - Birth of Cardinal Charles Journet So that Mary’s Mystery is not Reduced Down to Our Size We should tremble at the idea of touching the mystery of the Blessed [...] luminous, that a person who lacks the necessary to approach her - which is the case of each one among us, because of the resistance and heaviness of our hearts - will only draw her down and deform the [...] or her own perspective. May the Blessed Virgin herself open our hearts and make them transparent so that her mystery is not reduced down to our size, but that we ourselves are transformed into her light
June - Our Lady of Mercy (Italy, 1850) - 2nd visit of John Paul II to Poland (1983) Our dear Saviour has nothing else on earth to leave us but His own most holy Mother His Body He has delivered up to the [...] upon us the happiness of having Thee for our Elder Brother, and Mary for our Mother. I humbly beseech Thee, since Mary is my Mother, to give me grace to regard her as such, and to serve and love her with [...] with all the tenderness of a true son. Take courage, devout soul, lift up thy eyes to our Crucified Jesus, listen to His voice, and hear how lovingly He says to thee, “Son, behold thy Mother.” Look at this
