February 24 - The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (Italy, 1879) - Paul Claudel (d.1955) Thank You, Mother of Jesus Christ "It's twelve noon. The door of the church is open. I must enter. Mother of Jesus Christ, I'm [...] I'm not coming to pray. I have nothing to offer and nothing to ask for. I come only to look at you, Mother. To look at you, cry out of happiness, knowing that I am your son and you are there. Just for a [...] finally returned to grace, the creature in her prime honor and final flourish - just as she came out of God on the morning of her original splendor: ineffably intact because you are the mother of Jesus Christ
April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) Lourdes, one of the most visited Marian shrines by popes Saint John Paul II was the first Pope to visit Lourdes Shrine in France, in 1983. He came back for a [...] Pius XII (1939-1958) came to Lourdes in 1935. As for Cardinal Roncalli, he went there to consecrate the Basilica of St Pius X, built on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions, shortly [...] managed to preserve the original meaning and evangelical significance of this Marian shrine. Centered around the example of Mary Immaculate and with her intercession, this pilgrimage allows a renewal of faith
May 2 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1895) - Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373) The great power of the scapular In May 1957, a Carmelite priest in Germany published a striking story, of how a house [...] scapular attached its door. Hundreds of people came to see the house protected by the Virgin Mary and were witnesses to the power of the scapular and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Marie de [...] escaped destruction from a fire by the power of a scapular. A whole row of houses had caught fire in Westboden, near Dusseldorf, Germany. The occupants of a house, who were two devout families, seeing
"obligatory memory" of Our Lady of Sorrows – on which the Church invites us to meditate more profoundly during this Octave of the Nativity of Our Lady – serves to remind us of the incredible sort of martyrdom that [...] September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Why Mary is Queen of Martyrs On September 15th, the liturgy of the Church invites us to remember the sufferings of the Virgin Mary, Mother of our Savior. “Your pain, [...] suffered as co-redemptrix of the human race. Painters represent her Heart pierced with seven swords, the seven principal sorrows of the Mother of God. Here is the list: 1. The prophecy of the Old Man Simeon (Luke
April 20 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Quito, Spain) The Sweet Fruitfulness of Mary’s Womb Let us linger on the association between the Blessed Virgin and honey that led Hildegard of Bingen to write, in a letter [...] letter to Bernard of Clairvaux, that the Father “sent the Word with sweet fruitfulness into the womb of the Virgin, from which He soaked up flesh, just like honey is surrounded by the honeycomb.”
April 20 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Quito, Spain) The Sweet Fruitfulness of Mary’s Womb Let us linger on the association between the Blessed Virgin and honey that led Hildegard of Bingen to write, in a letter [...] letter to Bernard of Clairvaux, that the Father "sent the Word with sweet fruitfulness into the womb of the Virgin, from which He soaked up flesh, just like honey is surrounded by the honeycomb."
September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary is recorded both in Simeon's prophecy and in the story of the Lord's Passion. "This child is here", [...] says the holy old man of the Child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction, and you yourself - he is now speaking to Mary - a sword will pierce your soul." Blessed Mother, it is true that a sword pierced your [...] your soul. And it was only by piercing your soul that it was able to penetrate the flesh of your Son. After your Jesus gave up his spirit, the cruel spear that cut open his side obviously couldn't reach
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (d. 1862) The memory of Mary did not leave him, even during his sleep Brother Gabriele dell'Addolorata (St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows) was the name in religion of Francis [...] professed an ardent devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and at 18 he entered the Passionists. Because he so loved the Blessed Virgin, he asked to be named after Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. He lived a holy life [...] slept, often seeing the Mother of God in his dreams. A few moments before he breathed his last, he asked for the image of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. He first covered it with kisses, then placed it on his
In 1233, the Order of the Servants of Mary, known as the Servites, instituted their rosary known as the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. The form is used with a chaplet of seven decades. In 1422 [...] June 16 - Our Lady of Sorrows ( Italy ,1892) - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) The power of this Catholic prayer “is beyond description” The Rosary as we have it today originated in the mid- to late fifteenth [...] repetitions of the same prayer, at first the Lord’s Prayer, using knots on a rope to keep count. In ninth century Ireland, the laity began using a string of beads to keep count of the one hundred fifty Our Fathers
April 20 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) – Meeting of the victorious Christopher Colombus with the King and Queen of Spain "The Virgin of Guadalupe protects my prince" André-Pierre Gignac, born on December [...] religious country, Gignac chose a picture of his son Eden in front of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the very famous and popular image of the Our Lady in Mexico. "The Virgin of Guadalupe protects my prince," Gignac [...] who now plays for the Mexican club Tigres of Monterrey as a striker. André-Pierre Gignac literally wears Mexico on his skin. Since his arrival at the Tigers of Monterrey in 2015, Mexico’s new soccer idol
