seal of the Redemption of Christ. By inscribing their names in the book of the saved and blessed, the Church wanted to recognize the exemplarity of their virtuous life, the heroism of the death of these [...] February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) From Mary's "Fiat" to the "Yes" of the Blessed Martyrs of Algeria On December 8, 2018, the Church beatified 19 new martyrs, who were murdered between [...] desires to worship the living God: and the glory of God is the person who receives from him the fullness of life. This fullness of life, the Virgin Mary experienced it in an incomparable way, when the Archangel

- 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 [...] in East Asia, a 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 [...] attention: the Sisters shared it with Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Missionary of the Consolata and Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar (capital of Mongolia), who was extremely struck by it. “I immediately thought that

April 5 - Wednesday of Holy Week - Our Lady of Graces (Italy,1897) Sprouts of faith in Mongolia under the loving and protective mantle of Mary (II) Over time, the Cardinal grew in his conviction that the [...] the discovery of the statue of Mary in the garbage symbolizes the Virgin’s attitude, “always ready to meet us even in places of desperation, rejection, pain, abandonment”. He revealed that he spoke about [...] Conception, when Cardinal Marengo decided to consecrate all of Mongolia to Mary. The event took place in the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar, in front of the statue from the landfill, which for the occasion had been enthroned

words, 'Hail Mary, full of grace'. Full of grace. We can be so full of many things, we can even be full of ourselves. We can be full of a beautiful meal like you receive in hotels. In Mary, there is no [...] December 11 - Our Lady of Consolation (Italy) “In Mary totally full of grace, there is room for nothing but the love of God” When [Mary] was told, she is the mother of God, she didn't immediately began [...] room for anything, but the love of God. Room for nothing else. So perhaps during our time here in Lourdes, we might think of that. At the Grotto, think of Mary totally full of grace. In her there is room for

the “wisdom of old age is the place of our gestation, which illuminates the lives of children, of young people, of adults, of the entire community.” “I would like to conclude the cycle of catecheses on [...] November 3 - Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) The mystery of the Assumption of Mary sheds light on our final destiny In concluding the cycle of catecheses on old age on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, Pope [...] this image of the Virgin assumed into heaven….We recently celebrated the Assumption into heaven of the Mother of Jesus. This mystery illuminates the fulfillment of the grace that shaped Mary’s destiny, and

9 - Dedication of the Lateran Basilica A statue of Mary intact after the bombing of Namur As we approach Armistice Day, the commemoration of the ending of WWI on November 11, 1918, one of our readers shared [...] center. The planks of the vault broke off and fell at the foot of the statue of the Blessed Virgin in the middle of the church. The statue was not harmed, even though it stood among piles of debris. After that [...] bishop of Namur in French-speaking Belgium, Bishop Thomas-Louis Heylen(1), wrote this: " On August 23, 1914, during the bombing of Namur (Belgium), a shell exploded on the roof of the church of Saint-Nicolas

Lady of the Castle (Dalmatia) A Jordanian pilgrimage site where a statue of Mary wept tears of blood in 2010 On Friday, June 18, 2021, the Catholic Church in Jordan marked its annual celebration of the [...] note that on May 6, 2010 the statue of Our Lady of the Mount shed tears of blood. This sanctuary has thus become part of a holy route in Jordan, visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. It is related [...] Patriarchate, who built the first sanctuary in memory of the passing of Lord Jesus Christ in this place. Fr. Ne’mat brought a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Jerusalem and enthroned it in the shrine. The

rescue of the Shroud from Turin Cathedral fire (1997) Completely imbued with the Word of God, Mary is able to become the Mother of the Word Incarnate Outstanding among the saints is Mary, Mother of the Lord [...] portrait, so to speak, of her soul—is entirely woven from threads of Holy Scripture, threads drawn from the Word of God. Here we see how completely at home Mary is with the Word of God, with ease she moves [...] and out of it. She speaks and thinks with the Word of God; the Word of God becomes her word, and her word issues from the Word of God. Here we see how her thoughts are attuned to the thoughts of God, how

Virgin of Saint Theodore (Russia) - Saint Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress of Germany (Germany, d. 968), patron saint of large families The Visitation of Mary, for the conversion of Muslims Although Mary is [...] they would discover the truth of Jesus Christ. For Father Abdeljalil, despite her ambivalent features, the Mary of the Coran "constitutes a kind of interior preparation for the total and pure truth, provided [...] towards Muslims, par excellence, is that of the Visitation." So why not dedicate the recitation of this mystery to the conversion of Muslims? In other words, just as Mary once brought Jesus physically to her

earth. In front of the palm of Our Lady’s right hand was a heart encircled by thorns which pierced it. We understood that this was the Immaculate Heart of Mary, outraged by the sins of humanity, and seeking [...] Feast of the Ascension in the Byzantine Catholic Church (Julian calendar) - 2nd apparition of Our Lady in Fatima (Portugal, 1917) June 13, 1917: The consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the [...] you want of me?” I asked. “I wish you to come here on the 13th of next month, to pray the Rosary every day, and to learn to read. Later, I will tell you what I want.” I asked for the cure of a sick person