never appeared to a Protestant," a reader wrote back: Except in a small village called Notre Dame de l'Osier (Our Lady of the Reed), in France! In March 1657 the Virgin Mary appeared to a Huguenot called [...] in front of the "Beautiful Lady" who appeared to him. But she finally dispelled his incredulity when she mentioned his approaching death. Deeply moved, he accepted to receive the sacraments of the Catholic [...] Mary Patroness (Italy, 1837) Mary appears to a Huguenot In response to a letter by the Protestant pastor Michel Leplay published in the French newspaper La Croix of March 22, 2018, which contained this a
The Epiphany of Our Lord and the Queenship of Mary (II) In one of the homilies attributed to Origen, Elizabeth calls Mary "the Mother of my Lord" and even addresses her as "Thou, my Lady." The same thing [...] collecting the testimony of past ages, writes these words with evident devotion: "Because the Virgin Mary was raised to such a lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and [...] The Angel therefore addresses her as 'Lady' to preclude all servile fear in the Lord's Mother, who was born and was called 'Lady' by the authority and command of her own Son." (...) For all these reasons
She asked for three novenas of petition: one to Our Lady of Cotignac in Provence, one to Our Lady ( Notre Dame ) of Paris, and one to Our Lady of Victories. The apparition was quickly recognized as authentic [...] multiplied prayers and pilgrimages to obtain an heir who had been awaited for 22 years. The Mother of God responded by appearing to a friar called Brother Fiacre at Our Lady of Victories parish in Paris. She [...] consecrated France to the Virgin Mary. He also instituted an annual public procession to take place every August 15th, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, in all the churches of all the dioceses of the Kingdom
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 [...] 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 [...] peacemakers. In Christ, the Church 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
moment, Our Lady was there on the holmoak, exactly the same as in May. “What do 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 [...] soon. But you are to stay here some time longer. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.” “Am I to stay here alone [...] 13 - 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
February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia*) I used to think of the Rosary as a boring repetition of prayers As a "good practicing Catholic girl", I had heard about Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) [...] happenings only increased my sense of unease around alleged miracles. However, it was curiosity and the desire to know the Mother of the Church better that pushed me to go to Medjugorje. I thought, why not [...] the discovery of the Rosary. I was impressed by the fervor of the faithful and the pilgrims who came from far away places, and by the sweetness and power of the Rosary. I, who used to think of the Rosary
October 20 – Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1646) The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God The dogmatic constitution on [...] Mary, Mother of God: “The entire body of the faithful pours forth instant supplications to the Mother of God and Mother of men that she, who aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers, may now, exalted [...] ("Light of Nations"), published on November 21, 1964, is one of the four conciliar constitutions drafted by the Second Vatican Council. We find this short exhortation of the council Fathers to pray to Mary
April 27 - Saturday of the 4th week of Easter: Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted (Luxembourg) - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain) - Our Lady of Vilnius (Lithuania) The Milk Grotto in Bethlehem, Palestine [...] Herod ’s Massacre of the Innocents , Mary spilled some drops of her breast milk which turned the cave’s walls to a chalky white. People still drink the powder of the limestone rock of the cave walls, known [...] Virgin Mary milk powder, to cure their infertility. The faithful often share stories of miraculous births after praying at the grotto, reported the BBC. At the entrance of the Chapel of the Milk Grotto there
century) - Our Lady of La Vang (Vietnam, 1798) - Our Lady of Soufanieh ( Syria, 1982) - Our Lady of Quinche (Ecuador) No grace is impossible to obtain if you ask Mary My story with Mary Undoer of Knots goes [...] back a few years. I had made a novena and asked her to be able to buy an image or statue to honor her. On the ninth day of the novena, I received a great grace: a friend of mine who is a nun gave me a package [...] I opened it, I was amazed and delighted to see that it contained a statue of the Virgin Mary! I am sharing this story today to keep my promise to Mary, Undoer of Knots, because she granted me an urgent
September 9 - Our Lady of Cavadonga and Aranzazu (Spain) - Blessed Alan de la Roche (d. 1475) - Our Lady's 9th apparition at Pellevoisin (France, 1876) Pray to receive the treasures of Mary’s Son Jesus [...] calm.… I was waiting for this act of submission and obedience from you. For a long time the treasures of my Son have been open. They must pray." Our Lady had a Scapular of the Sacred Heart on her breast and [...] Virgin, who appeared to her at the end of her Rosary. There is no doubt that poor Estelle must have felt uneasy when she heard the Blessed Virgin reproach her: " You deprived yourself of a visit from me on
