Consecration of Our Lady of Victories to the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (France, 1836) I am the Mother of Ipalnemohuani (III) On Sunday, December 10th, after attending mass, Juan Diego returned to the bishop's [...] was very ill, on the verge of death. During the night, his uncle asked him to fetch a priest to confess him before dying. So he left the house taking another path in order to avoid letting the Blessed Virgin [...] and that some other sign was necessary if he was actually to believe that Juan Diego was sent by the Queen of Heaven. So Juan Diego went back to the Blessed Virgin and told her the bishop's answer. She
“We call upon Our Lady to guide and protect our country in the years to come, that the people of our country may work together to build a common good, as we seek to embrace the truth of the Gospel that [...] – The martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist – Last public apparition of Our Lady in Laus (France, 1664) In 2020, “the personal gift of the faith of the people of England to the Mother of God” Next year, [...] England will be dedicated anew to Our Lady of Walsingham. It will happen on the Solemnity of the Annunciation at Walsingham, the ancient shrine that has been a place of pilgrimage for more than 1,000 years
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Luke 2:34-35) For this reason Mary is often invoked under her title of “Our Lady of Sorrows,” but this passage is also closely connected to her title of the “Immaculate [...] 1641) – Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) Ask Mary for help to bear your heavy burdens In the Gospel according to St. Luke, a man named Simeon saw the Virgin Mary bring her son, Jesus, to the Temple [...] ever open to those who ask for your prayer. We trust to your gentle care and intercession, those whom we love and who are sick or lonely or hurting. Help all of us, Holy Mother, to bear our burdens in
January 3 – Our Lady of the Wall (Italy). The bishop of Fatima asks Sister Lucia to write down the third Secret of Fatima (1944) An end to the war? During the first apparition of Our Lady in Fatima, at [...] from a human point of view, our modest actions may seem to have little chance of succeeding. But to these concrete actions, God asks us to add our prayers. Without this, all efforts to restore peace will [...] end of the brief exchange with Lucia, just before rising to Heaven, the Blessed Virgin said: "Say the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and an end to the war (WWI)." This idea seems to be a
Baptism of the Lord - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1546) - Saint Gregory of Nyssa Mary is the first living Tabernacle The prayer of the Rosary or five decades of it, after the Sacred Liturgy of the Most [...] Father to the Angels when He sent them to sing it beside His Word who was just born, and it is a hymn to the Holy Trinity. The Our Father was dictated to us by the Son, and it is a prayer addressed to the [...] whole of the Hail Mary is imbued with meaning both with regard to the Trinity and to the Eucharist: the first words were dictated by the Father to the Angel when He sent him to announce the mystery of the
28 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) Consecration of the Diocese of Tulle to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On September 30, 2018, Bishop Bestion will dedicate the diocese of Tulle [...] several Sundays prior to the day of Consecration, parishioners and families will have the opportunity to take one of these images of the Virgin home for a week, along with a small booklet of proposed prayers [...] Tulle (France) to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. To prepare for this, the diocese chose and replicated a local image of the Virgin Mary, to help families pray in preparation for the Consecration. These pilgrim
April 4 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1897) – Saint Francisco Marto, seer of Fatima (d. 1919) "I have a rosary for you!" One day in 1942, prisoners were walking in a line inside the Nazi prison yard in [...] captivity I learned how much strength and joy there are in the mysteries of the Rosary to obtain help and protection from Our Lady." According to the German Jesuit magazine Maria , 1959 [...] for half an hour. Even those who used to mock this devotion now looked at it as a chain to cling to God. An inmate later confessed: "In the old days I didn’t want to hear anything about the Rosary. But in
done to me according to your word (Lk 1:38) – has been extended to the Church, to the human race, and finally to the whole of creation, embracing us in the essential vocation of a spouse, who is available [...] June 16 - Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) Humanity is fundamentally feminine Mary’s very feminine "Here I am" – Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done [...] for a woman—provided that she is called to it—the religious consecration of her whole person is a privileged enhancement of her deepest being, of what she is, and of what she represents in the Church and
June 16 – Our Lady of Sorrows (Italy, 1892) - Canonization of Padre Pio in 2002 Saints are made in Spanish prisons In the prison of Vitoria, Spain, a priest came to visit a prisoner and found him shivering [...] prison! This is where I learned to pray and to weep over my sins." On November 28, 1951, Juan-José was sentenced to death. Alone in his cell, with the passing of time he came to accept his fate. Near the bed [...] hair-shirt. One night he saw Saint Therese of Lisieux in a dream: she promised to intercede for him. At the beginning of 1953, he obtained the apostolic blessing from Pope Pius XII for his last hour. He
the city of Genoa for the anniversary of this event: "Genoese, bow down to Columbus, not only to the bold navigator who overcame opposition from scientists and the fury of the ocean, but also to a great [...] April 20 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Peru, 1906) - Victorious Christopher Columbus came before the King and Queen of Spain (1493) The Santa Maria Discovered the New World On April 20, 1493, Christopher [...] sublime gesture, also fell to their knees. All three then sang the Te Deum, thanking God for the success of the expedition. It was said that Our Lady had been the polar star of these explorers and missionaries
