January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) A worldwide prayer chain in tribute to Mary On December 8, 2018, the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, the Lourdes Shrine hosted the [...] Virgin Mary in the grotto of Lourdes, each year on December 8th, at the same place where Our Lady had said to Bernadette, on March 25, 1858: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Notre Histoire avec Marie [...] of Our Lady of Lourdes. Father André Cabes, the shrine’s rector, reminded listeners that the Virgin Mary appeared there with two yellow roses, one on each foot, matching the color of her rosary. By this
January 11 – Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin (Rome, 6th century) A Marian response to the scandal of sin “A spiritual D-Day” is a description Doug Barry uses in referring to the “Rosary [...] In his video endorsement, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, added, “As children of Mary, we want to grasp the hand of our heavenly Mother in order to have protection against the visible
January 13 – Baptism of the Lord – The Council of Trent declared Mary to have been exempt from original sin through a special grace (1547) - Saint Hilary The powerful Children’s Rosary for Peace Filipino
the Gospa (the Virgin Mary) to read. As soon as I began reading, I felt great inner peace and strong confidence. I knew that these messages really conveyed Mary’s words. I felt Mary’s real presence and I [...] January 16 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) Start with the Holy Rosary I had been a priest for 4 years and I had never prayed a Rosary. I did not like it or understand [...] it. I also had difficulty accepting and understanding Mary. I did not have a “special relationship” with her. In a moment of spiritual aridity, a brother priest gave me some homilies by a priest from
Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot (French laywoman, foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Association, d. 1862) How the Virgin Mary saved Saint Mary of Egypt At the [...] the age of twelve Mary the Egyptian ran away from her parents to the city of Alexandria. Here she lived an extremely dissolute life, causing scandal around her. After 17 years of this life, it took her fancy [...] pilgrims to Jerusalem, where they were going to celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Once there, Mary tried to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the celebration, out of curiosity, but she was
December 26 – Mary weeps for Saint Stephen (Jerusalem) - Synaxes of the Mother of God (Byzantine Church) The normal course of things has been upturned Looking at the sleeping Child, Joseph and Mary understand [...] Child, it was for him that the world was created; for him that the prophets spoke; for him that they, Mary and Joseph, themselves have been attracted to virginity, then marriage. A great light enveloped them [...] people the child is the one who must be grateful to his parents for the life he has received from them, Mary and Joseph gave thanks to the Child and to God his Father... And it gets better: This Child from above
January 1 – Mary Mother of God Because Mary is truly the Mother of God Theotokos is the title that was officially attributed to Mary in the fifth century, to be exact, at the Council of Ephesus in 431 [...] Christ is God and truly was born of Mary as a man: in this way his unity as true God and true man is preserved. Actually, however much the debate might seem to focus on Mary, it essentially concerned the Son
December 17 – The first church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) This new saint learned to love Jesus and Mary from his grandmother Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio, who died at the age of 19 from bone cancer, was [...] Gaetano Errico, an Italian priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who promised him he could enter the religious order when he was old enough. However, Sulprizio contracted
Isaiah, John the Baptist, and the Virgin Mary. Isaiah, because he is the champion of hope and messianic joy; John the Baptist, because he designates the Messiah; and Mary, because she is the one in whom the [...] First Sunday of Advent – Pope Gregory XVI established the Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Notre Dame des Victoires (Paris, France, 1838) Behold, the virgin will conceive and bear a son
spirituality is intended to support the novena to "Mary who restores married couples," which is also an initiative of the Institute for the Family in Europe. The Mary of Nazareth Team Source: Karol Wojtyla Institute [...] December 1 – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) A new Marian shrine dedicated to married couples The Church was lacking a shrine dedicated exclusively to marriage, with all its ups and downs; a special [...] by the Institute for the Family in Europe (IFE). To this end, the IFE has commissioned a statue to "Mary who heals couples." At the end of 2017, the statue will be installed at the parish church of Solesmes
