April 25 - Our Lady of Good Counsel (Italy, Genazzano, 1476) Mary Our Mother of Love Needless to say, Our Lady is the mother of humankind and she particularly favors mothers and those who live and care [...] towards Him. The way to God is through Jesus (cf Jn 14:6) and His mother wants to lead us by the hand to her Son, where we will find eternal peace and joy. It is through the love of Jesus that we experience [...] Son and husband. Mary's love is the love of a mother for us her children and the love of Jesus' mother for her Son. It's the pure love which brought up the Savior of the World and which now points us, her
February 17- Our Lady of Constantinople (Turkey, 566) The Mother of God Asks for Our Collaboration Modern times will be dominated by Satan and the future will be even more so. The combat against Hell cannot [...] the Promise of the Victory over the Demon from God. However, since she was raised to Heaven, the Mother of God asks for our collaboration. She seeks souls that will be devoted entirely to her and become [...] become efficient and sure instruments between her hands, to inflict Satan’s defeat and establish God’s reign on this earth.
February 17- Our Lady of Constantinople (Turkey, 566) The Mother of God Asks for Our Collaboration Modern times will be dominated by Satan and the future will be even more so. The combat against Hell cannot [...] the Promise of the Victory over the Demon from God. However, since she was raised to Heaven, the Mother of God asks for our collaboration. She seeks souls that will be devoted entirely to her and become [...] become efficient and sure instruments between her hands, to inflict Satan's defeat and establish God's reign on this earth.
May 25 - Our Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) - St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Carmelite nun and mystic The Diocese of Gap in southern France is to be consecrated to the Virgin Mary In September [...] September 2020, the diocese of Gap in Hautes Alpes, France, will kick off a Marian year to prepare for the consecration of this French department to the Virgin Mary. This time of spiritual renewal will include [...] The Diocese of Gap, unlike many others dioceses, has never before been consecrated to the Virgin Mary or to the Sacred Heart. For example, because of the current pandemic, the diocese of Marseille recently
April 14 – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) To stop the pandemic, bring your prayers to Mary with Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal [...] the coronavirus pandemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths worldwide, and more than a third of the world's 7.8 billion people are forced to remain confined to their homes. Adapted from : Vatican News [...] 4, 1919, at the age of 10 in the family home. Little Jacinta breathed her last on February 20, 1920, at the age of 9, alone, in the Dona Estefania Hospital in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, where she
seeks our downfall, to turn us away from God. It is he who sets everything in motion to distance us from God. In speaking of the devil to children, it’s not necessary to have recourse to images of horned [...] 17 – Our Lady of Pontmain (France) When speaking of Satan to children, don’t forget to remind them about Mary The devil exists. And not only does he exist, he’s not a detail, a bit player in our spiritual [...] stronger.” When we speak of the devil to children, when we respond to their questions about him, don’t ever forget to remind them of the One whom God chose to crush the head of Satan underfoot: the Virgin
Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (1943) It’s up to the Virgin Mary to take care of it Charles Péguy (1873-1914), a French writer and mystic, was an atheist and a fervent socialist before converting to Catholicism [...] able to pray for my enemies ... My child is saved, I offered all three of them to Our Lady. I can’t take care of everything myself ... My children are not baptized. It’s up to the Blessed Virgin to take [...] seriously ill, Peguy made a vow to God to go on a pilgrimage to Chartres. He wrote afterward to his friend Lotte: "I believed it to be serious. I made a pilgrimage to Chartres ... traveled 90 miles in three
September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) A papal visit of a few hours to Fatima to pray for peace in Ukraine Francis is the fourth pope to visit Fátima, after Paul VI, John [...] ,” putting her also onto the path to sainthood. The pope apparently opted not to read his prepared speech or the prayer to Our Lady that had been given in advance to journalists. Instead, “I prayed in [...] Pope Francis specifically asked to come to Fátima during his visit to Lisbon for World Youth Day, and that he expected the pope’s prayer at the shrine to be “a moment of great intensity.” He recalled that
Holy Eucharist becomes our greatest treasure, our "pearl of great value", and Christ our "immeasurable wealth" (Eph 3:8). Let us not pay attention to the miserable condition of our soul, as Mary did not [...] October 29 - Our Lady of Follina (Italy, 1150) Let us give ourselves to Mary to obtain the gift of detachment Today is Saturday, the day in which we celebrate the joyful mysteries. Let us meditate on the [...] not pay attention to the miserable condition of the stable. Mary is there to help us to turn away from our miseries, so we can contemplate Jesus, in whom we find our dignity and identity through his boundless
October 24 - Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted (Russia) - Our Lady of La Regla (Cuba) - Saint Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (d. 1870) The 10 blessings [...] blessings of the Rosary according to the Magisterium of the Popes Sinners obtain forgiveness; Thirsty souls are satisfied; Those who are bound see their fetters broken; Those who weep find joy; Those who are
