May 27 – Madonna del Popolo (Italy, 1645). Saint Augustine of Canterbury (d. 604 or 605) The scapular preserved a house from the flames In May 1957, a raging fire engulfed an entire street in Westboden
May 14 – Saint Matthias the Apostle – Our Lady, patroness of Bavaria (Germany) Pope Benedict pays tribute to Bavaria’s patroness Today, I would like to think back to the various moments of the Pastoral
May 16 - Saint Simon Stock, (1164-1265, the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) The Sabbatine privilege of the Brown Scapular In the year 1251, in the town of Aylesford in England, Our Lady appeared [...] appeared to Saint Simon Stock, a Carmelite. She handed him a brown wool scapular and said, “This shall be a privilege for you and all Carmelites, that anyone dying in this habit shall not suffer eternal
May 13 – First apparition of Our Lady at Fatima (Portugal, 1917) – Attempted assassination of Pope Saint John Paul II (1981) Never stray from the Mother Never stray from the Mother and never abandon the
April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) He who finds Mary finds life God wishes to reveal Mary, his masterpiece, and make her more known in these latter times: (1) Because she kept herself hidden [...] snares for Mary's faithful servants and children whom he finds more difficult to overcome than others. Saint Louis de Montfort In Treatise on True Devotion to Mary (50)
May 1 – Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker – Our Lady of Laus (France, 1664) The world's breath broke against Joseph Mary says: “I, whom the Eternal had destined to be the Queen of his angels, had two angels
rock cliff in Colombia. This image depicted the Virgin Mary giving a friar’s cord to Saint Francis and a rosary to Saint Dominic. Mystified by its appearance, the people of Colombia earnestly tried to ascertain [...] April 25 – Saint Mark the Evangelist – Apparitions of the Mediatrix of All Graces to Bärbel Ruess (Marienfried, Germany, 1946) Miracles of the Rosary in South America (II) In 1754, an image that came to
April 21 - Saint Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (d.1109) Thanks to Mary, the universe rejoices with indefinable loveliness Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and ni [...] creation from its Creator, but the Creator himself has been blessed by creation. From a sermon by Saint Anselm, bishop (Oratio 52: PL 158, 955-956)
April 4 – Saint Francisco Marto of Fatima In Zeitoun the Virgin Mary appeared to Christians and Muslims alike (II) Cardinal Stephanos I Sidarous, patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church (united with Rome)
April 16 – Our Lady of the Vines (Genoa, Italy, 1816) – Saint Bernadette Soubirous (except France and Canada) "I promise to make you happy ..." What were the Virgin Mary’s first words to Bernadette in [...] doesn’t refer only to the happiness of Heaven. Why? Because it would negate the Christian message. Saint Paul says that "the kingdom of God is a matter of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" [...] This life with God is accompanied by a mysterious joy, a particular wisdom, which we see in the saints and martyrs, and which is like God’s very signature. Lying on her bed of suffering and holding a
