February 3 - Our Lady of Saideneida (Damascus, Syria) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (I) Saint Bridget saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and [...] Blessed John the Baptist appeared to her and said, "Pay close attention to what all this signifies. The crown signifies that she is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels. Her hair hanging down [...] shoulders, a golden tunic gleaming indescribably bright, and a mantle of the color of azure or of a calm sky. While Bridget was all full of wonder at this lovely vision and in her wonderment was standing there
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The [...] obedience; the fourth, patience; the fifth, steadfastness; the sixth, kindness, for she kindly gives to all who ask; the seventh is mercy in necessities, for in whatever necessity a person may find himself
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The [...] obedience; the fourth, patience; the fifth, steadfastness; the sixth, kindness, for she kindly gives to all who ask; the seventh is mercy in necessities, for in whatever necessity a person may find himself
March 8 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God (1495-1550) At the foot of all our crosses, stands Mary, our Mother The Virgin Mary is the patron saint of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint [...] Saint John of God. Brother Jesús Etayo is currently the Superior General. He has this to say about the constant protection of the Virgin on the Order: "Since the time of Saint John of God, our founder, the [...] mercy to one of his brothers. At the foot of the cross she learned to console her son while he was dying (see Jn 19:25). She continues to be present at the foot of all the crosses that crucify her suffering
When we ask the Blessed Virgin to pray for us "now and at the hour of death" fifty times a day, we come to understand that this "hour of death" is the most important hour of our lives. So we tell the faithful [...] August 30 - Our Lady Mediatrix (Belgium) - Santa Maria de Cárquere (Portugal) At the hour of our death, the Blessed Virgin Mary will be at our side In the Middle East, Jordanians, like other Christians [...] are very attached to the Blessed Virgin. As priests, we try to promote the praying of the rosary, because it is a very concrete devotion which brings the believer into the life of Jesus and Mary. We even
Holy Saturday – Our Lady of Sorrows (Peru, 1906) With your own hands, you laid Him in the tomb Suffering mother, here you are preparing yourself for the ultimate sacrifice, of having to bury your son Jesus [...] O Beloved Son, this is the last relief I have left to soften my pain: to pour out my love infinitely on the wounds of your humanity, to adore them, to kiss them. And now, that too is being taken away from [...] buried in you and to take your Life in me, your sorrows, your reparations, and all that you are. Only an exchange of Lives between you and me can give me the strength to make the sacrifice to separate me from
June 16 – The Most Holy Trinity – Our Lady of Sorrows (Pescara, Italy) - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) Mary gives Padre Pio a spiritual daughter It was January 18, 1905, in Italy. Padre Pio remembers: [...] appeared and said to me: ‘I entrust this creature to you. She is like a diamond in the rough, you will need to polish her until she shines beautifully, because one day I want to add her to my crown. She will [...] confession to a Capuchin monk she had never met and who advised her to go to San Giovanni Rotondo. She went there and was quite surprised to recognize that the Capuchin who had heard her confession in St Peter's
September 5 – Our Lady of Pedancino (Italy) – Death of French Catholic poet Charles Péguy (d. 1914) A Lady in white stopped me at the edge of Hell In the 1930s in Brazil, as a Freemason was dying, his [...] when a Lady in white stopped me on the edge, to give me time to confess!" Then, addressing his brother and his wife: "You were the ones who sent the priest away three times, he who came to visit me to close [...] family and friends kept close watch of the house to prevent any priests from entering. A priest tried to come three times but was sent away without the knowledge of the dying man. The latter’s condition
October 17 - Our Lady of Chartres (grotto dedicated in 46 AD by St Pontianus, France) Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victorious Lady of Schoenstatt (I) The International Apostolic Schoenstatt Movement [...] "Covenant of Love" according to the biblical model of God's covenant with man. The Blessed Mother, the woman who is close to God and all people, plays a central part in that Covenant of Love. Through that [...] responsibilities of the covenant partners are very important, the Blessed Mother is petitioned to work especially in Schoenstatt as Mother and Educator of Christians, that she may lead them to a profound and
October 17 - Our Lady of Chartres (grotto dedicated in 46 AD by St Pontianus, France Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victorious Lady of Schoenstatt (I) The International Apostolic Schoenstatt Movement [...] "Covenant of Love" according to the biblical model of God’s covenant with man. The Blessed Mother, the woman who is close to God and all people, plays a central part in that Covenant of Love. Through that [...] responsibilities of the covenant partners are very important, the Blessed Mother is petitioned to work especially in Schoenstatt as Mother and Educator of Christians, that she may lead them to a profound and
