Domini (1650) Was Mary born in Sepphoris of Galilee? When I think of Mary the mother of Jesus I think of the forgotten city of Sepphoris. According to tradition she was the firstborn daughter of an older couple [...] The implications of this geographical fact are enormous as we seek to historically recapture hidden or forgotten aspects of the early life of Jesus. When Mary was born, around the year 18 BC, the Romans [...] into three districts, each ruled by a son of Herod the Great... Herod Antipas received the territory of Galilee, north of Judea, as well as Perea that lay east of the Jordan River. This was the same Herod

with an inexpressible force: the force of the living Spirit, the Spirit of the Father and of the Son. Marie Benoite Angot In Adorer avec Marie (Adoring With Mary), le Sarment-Fayard, Paris 2002 [...] January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) Mary attracts the love of her God It was in the silence of her home that Mary withdrew to be alone with her God. "But you, when you pray, go into your [...] Father, who sees everything, will reward you"(Mt 6:6). There was already, in Mary’s soul, a mysterious knowledge of these words of the Gospel, which her Son would later say to the Apostles and to all who listened

Lady of the Fountain (Constantinople, 460) - Benedicta of Saint Damian (Italy, 13th century), superior of the Poor Clares (after Saint Claire) Joseph, model of those consecrated to Jesus through Mary Being [...] respect her vow of virginity (see Luke 1:34). Joseph dedicated himself fully to serving Mary, whom he saw as a gift from God. He is the model of those who consecrate themselves to the Mother of God. This commitment [...] go "to Jesus through Mary." With Mary, his wife, Joseph also consecrated himself entirely to Jesus. He is therefore the model of those who consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary. You and I are invited

poor.” (1) Saint John of God was a Spanish monk of Portuguese origin, who dedicated his life to serving the poor and founded the Order of Hospitallers. Excerpt from The Glories of Mary - Saint Alphonsus Liguori [...] March 8 - Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God (1495-1550) Mary appears to Saint John of God on his death bed The Archbishop kindly came to celebrate Mass in the sick man’s room and administer [...] by the Archangel Raphael and Saint John the Evangelist. Brother John understood that Mary had arranged for all of this to take place, and struggled to find the words to thank her. But she, wiping the

- 1st Sunday of Lent - Saint Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church (d. 1072) - 6th apparition in Lourdes (France) Hoping against all hope with Mary at the foot of the Cross One of the texts of Vatican Council [...] Council II mentions Mary’s hope at the foot of the Cross as a determining factor of her maternal calling. It says that being united with Him as He died on the Cross, “ In this singular way she cooperated [...] charity in the work of the Savior .” Let us turn to the Church, that is, to ourselves. … The Church, like Mary, lives the Resurrection “in hope.” For it, too, the Cross is an object of experience, whereas

Jacinta Marto, visionary of Fatima (d. 1920) Through Christ, we have become children of Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the only human actor in the history of Salvation. Mary saw it all and lived it all [...] the heart of a loving mother who desperately wants to preserve the life of her child. Mary will do the same for us as her children by adoption. Through Christ, we have become children of Mary. While Jesus [...] all. The salvific mission of Christ cannot be complete without the mention of Mary. Hence, the Holy Church, in her wisdom under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, has meticulously preserved this devotion

the Mother of God into the evangelical Church? Are they not an irrefutable proof of the role that Mary is called to play today for our salvation? Today, in many countries, the existence of Christianity [...] February 11 – Our Lady of Lourdes Mary inspires the most delicate sentiments of Christian piety At Lourdes, Fatima and other Marian shrines, an impartial observation has been established concerning Marian [...] Reformed Church never parted with the Mother of God. She was expelled only after the Thirty Years' War and in the time of the free-thinking philosophers of the 18th century. By smothering the devotion

Feast of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) Mary's lesson of "very great importance" My soul is tortured by frightful things suggested to my imagination by Satan. … I went up to the oratory of Our Lady [...] entered the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Poitiers, France. She is the author of the famous book The Way of Divine Love in which she wrote down upon Jesus’ request many messages of Jesus who calls [...] not to let me fall. She came, at once, very motherly and said: "My daughter, I will give you a lesson of very great importance: the devil is like a mad dog, but he is chained, that is to say, his liberty

– Epiphany of the Lord – Birth date of Saint Joan of Arc (c. 1412) Saint Joan’s mission was on behalf of the Blessed Virgin Mary On January 6, 1412, wrote Bishop Debout, the inhabitants of Domrémy returned [...] her home dedicated to the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of Bermont. Marquis de la Franquerie, La Vierge Marie dans l’Histoire de France (The Virgin Mary in the History of France) [...] Joan of Arc was born! She was the divine answer to the pleas that kings and peoples had been making to God for a century. "I went to see the King of France on behalf of the Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan

Our Lady of the Milk (Italy) Like Mary, with one “yes” you can know the true joy of Christmas We must never underestimate the power of one “yes.” For example, in September 1946, Saint Teresa of Calcutta [...] December 2019 Father William Saunders is pastor of Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls and professor of catechesis and theology at Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Virginia, USA. [...] his mentor, the primate cardinal of Warsaw, Stephen Wyszynski. The wise Wyszynski reminded Wojtyla of the story of Saint Peter who is leaving Rome in “Quo Vadis,” and he said, “Accept it.” With the evening