often: 'Sweet Heart of Mary, be the salvation of Russia, Spain and Portugal, of Europe and the whole world.' And at other times: 'Through your pure and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, obtain for me the conversion [...] Coromoto The link between the Sun King and the message of Fatima One of our readers wished to clarify a point regarding our June 17, 2022, issue of A Moment with Mary: “On June 17, your article stated: We [...] brought by the nun St. Margaret Mary to King Louis XIV, asking him on behalf of Our Lord for the consecration to his Heart. Louis XIV did not carry out this consecration, and 100 years later, to the day,

not to be afraid, and entrusted her with the following message: "It has been granted to me to save Christians from the imminent and deserved punishments of Divine Justice, and to come and announce Peace." [...] Christians from imminent and deserved punishments" The Shrine of Santa Maria del Fonte (St. Mary of the Spring, also called Our Lady of Caravaggio) was built between the 16th and 18th centuries, near the [...] apparition of the Virgin Mary on May 26, 1432, to a young peasant girl of the region, Giannetta de'Vacchi. Mary appeared to her dressed as a queen. She introduced herself as Mary, Mother of God, told the

Mount Carmel to Lourdes and Fatima The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was established by the Carmelites around 1380, to commemorate both the end of the opposition to their order and the vision received [...] Stock on July 16, 1251, during which the Virgin Mary gave him the scapular. In 1587, Pope Sixtus V extended this feast to the whole order, including men and women Carmelites. In 1726, Benedict XIII added [...] apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, they ended on July 16, 1858, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. On that day, Bernadette tells us, the apparition remained silent and looked more beautiful than

young, the elderly, the sick and the newlyweds (attending in their wedding attire and masked) he entrusted them "to the maternal protection of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ and our mother, so that each [...] to the Virgin Mary," he added; "it is a contemplation of the stages of the life of Jesus the Savior, with his Mother, Mary. " "In her apparitions," the Pope told the Poles, "the Virgin Mary has often exhorted [...] making use of "a weapon that protects us from evil and temptations." In greeting the Arabic-speaking faithful, the Pope invited them to pray the Rosary, "and to carry it in your hands or in your pockets."

(Venezuela, 1652) Our Lady and the Church The Virgin Mary is both holy and blessed, and yet the Church is greater than she. Mary is part of the Church, a member of the Church, a holy and eminent - the most eminent [...] body undoubtedly is greater than she, one of its members. This body has the Lord for its head, and head and body together make up the whole Christ. In other words, our head is divine - our head is God.

when the parish priest, Father Thomas, prayed to the Virgin Mary to be healed of tuberculosis. His prayer was answered, and in thanksgiving to Mary, he commissioned a monumental statue in her honor. A work [...] 1876) - 2nd apparition of Lourdes (1858) The tallest statue of the Madonna and Child in Europe A monumental statue of the Madonna and Child stands in the village of Mas Rillier, in Central France. This 106 [...] ft). In March 2020, this statue officially became a historical monument. To project a little hope and joy in the region during the pandemic, the city council decided to illuminate it with sparkling lights

that at Nazareth Jesus was subject to Joseph and Mary (Lk 2:51). This dependence shows us Jesus open, willing to receive the educational work of his mother and Joseph, who exercised their duty also by virtue [...] showed constantly. It was Mary, with Joseph, who introduced Jesus to the rites and prescriptions of Moses, to the prayer to the God of the Covenant through the use of the Psalms, and to the history of the [...] January 21 – Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic, 1650) A father and a mother who raised their son Mary's motherhood was not limited to the biological process of giving birth, but as it happens

1356) The Immaculate Conception and the Mediation of Christ Mary did not contract original sin, because of the excellence of her Son, inasmuch as He is Redeemer, Reconciler, and Mediator. For the most perfect [...] mediator would perform the most perfect act of mediation on behalf of any person for whom he mediated. And Christ is the most perfect Mediator. Therefore, Christ showed the most perfect possible degree of mediating [...] He was. But for no other person did He exhibit a more excellent degree of mediation that He did for Mary...But this would not have happened if He had not merited that she should be preserved from original

almost inevitable to associate Mary in a special way with the Sabbath. In Jewish tradition the Sabbath is seen as a bride, and is referred to as the "Sabbath Queen." And it is understood to be the forecourt [...] Lady of La Salette, Reconciler of Sinners (France, 1846) Our Lady of La Salette and "Sabbath the Bride" The Virgin Mary appeared at La Salette (French Alps) on September 19, 1946, on a Saturday late afternoon [...] the Shabbat personified in the feminine (the Shabbat queen) : As a Jew I was struck and deeply moved when I read that Mary's words at La Salette were: "Six days I have given you to labor, the seventh I have

the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people sit at the school of Mary and are led to c [...] March 13 - Our Lady of the Rose (Italy, 1635) Our Lady’s Rosary and Abundant Grace The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, [...] contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer