December 11 - Consecration of Our Lady of Victories to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (France, 1836) I am the Mother of Ipalnemohuani (III) On Sunday, December 10th, after attending mass, Juan Diego [...] that some other sign was necessary if he was actually to believe that Juan Diego was sent by the Queen of Heaven. So Juan Diego went back to the Blessed Virgin and told her the bishop's answer. She replied [...] Diego to return the next day, but he did not obey her because his uncle was very ill, on the verge of death. During the night, his uncle asked him to fetch a priest to confess him before dying. So he left
Lady of Consolation and Providence (1749) - Fraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Notre Dame of Victories Church (Paris, 1836) Consecrate Your Parish to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) [...] December 3, 1836, the feast day of Saint Francis Xavier at 9:00 a.m., I began Holy Mass at the foot of the altar of the Blessed Virgin; I was reciting the first verse of the psalm, when terrible thoughts [...] (I) The parish of Notre Dame of Victories, located in the business center of Paris, near the Stock Exchange, is surrounded by theatres and nightclubs and had become the central point for political demonstrations
November 25 - Mary Comforter of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) - St Seraphim of Sarov Terror of Demons Despite the fact that Satan seduced Eve and lured Adam into the same sin, God not only gave us a Redeemer [...] who by dying defeated death, but in the person of the Woman, the Mother of God, Mary ever-Virgin, who crushed in herself and the whole human race the head of the serpent, he lent us an indefatigable advocate [...] sinners. It is because of this that she is called "the Terror of demons," for it is impossible for the devil to cause a man to perish as long as the latter has recourse to the help of the Theotokos.
the World to Mary's Immaculate Heart (1942) The Dogma of the Assumption In 1946, Pius XII sent a letter to all the bishops of the world to ask if he should proceed toward defining the Dogma of the Assumption [...] positive, the pope announced that he was of the mind to confirm "the unanimous teaching of the ordinary Magisterium of the Church and the unanimous belief of the Christian people." On May 1, 1950, a 6 [...] walking outside in the gardens of the Vatican, saw the sun "dance" in the sky, just as it had happened in Fatima in 1917. The Pope was further encouraged by the mighty ray of the sun which surrounded him
these decades of the Rosary all the facts that make up the life of the individual, the family, the nation, the Church and mankind. Personal matters and those of one's neighbor, and particularly of those who [...] October 16 - The Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - John Paul II becomes Pope (1978) The Rosary Beats the Time of Life The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity [...] main episodes in the life of Jesus Christ pass before the eyes of the soul. They are composed altogether of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries, and they put us in living communion with Jesus through
Dedication of the Saint Mary Basilica at Chartres (France) In the Silence of God The Prince of this world was ignorant of Mary's virginity and of her giving birth, and even of the death of the Lord: three [...] three resounding mysteries which were accomplished in the silence of God.
22 - Saint Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) It's Always the Time of Miracles A fact, true and wonderful, which thousands of people can attest and certify even today, is the apparition of the Blessed [...] the sake of France, (...) and of the whole world. All this to warn them that the wrath of her divine Son was ablaze against men, especially on account of three sins: blasphemy, the profanation of Sunday [...] attachment to religion and to refute those who, perhaps out of ignorance, wish to set a limit to the power and mercy of God by saying that the time of miracles is over.
Aug 15 - Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven The Holy Ark Enters the Temple of God Today, the Holy Ark, inhabited by the living God, who conceived within herself her Creator [...] Spirit and who, to the wholly spiritual salutation of the Archangel, without sensual pleasure and without union of the flesh, became the Mother of the Son of God; she who gave birth to Him painlessly, she [...] heavenly dwellings. (...) Eve, who gave her assent to the serpent's suggestions, is condemned to the pangs of childbirth and death. Her body was deposed into the earth's womb. But this truly blessed Virgin, who
July 31 - Ethiopian Church: Feast of the Densata (Conception of Mary) At the Hour of Our Death Saint Alphonsus of Liguori is the author of The Glories of Mary, an absolute best-seller which was published [...] certain spirituality, as well as popular prayers and devotions of other saints. Each chapter ends with an edifying example: usually the story of an apparition or a miracle. In total he told forty different [...] different such stories. His intention was to demonstrate the role of the Blessed Virgin in the Church and among the faithful, using facts void of a negative historical slant. On July 31, 1787, at about 6:00 pm
August 1 - Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Saint Alphonsus of Liguori O Mother of Mercies Most holy and immaculate Virgin Mary, my Mother, I, the most miserable of all sinners, have recourse to [...] Mother, by the love that you have for God, I pray that you will always assist me, but most of all at the last moment of my life. Do not abandon me until you see me safe in heaven, occupied to bless you and [...] to you today, the Mother of my Lord. I venerate you, O great Queen, and thank you for all the graces you have obtained for me, especially for having delivered me from hell, which I have so often deserved
