December 16 – Our Lady of Good Deliverance Mary in the heart of Israel’s longing for the Messiah The longing for the Messiah in Mary’s prayer was the longing of all nations as the prophet Isaiah strongly [...] throb and overflow. For the riches of the sea shall be poured out before you, the wealth of nations shall come to you. Caravans of camels shall cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; All from Sheba [...] my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth" (Is 49:6). "Nations shall
December 20 - 4th Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of Folgoët (France) Mary awaited the Savior in the midst of turmoil A case unique in history, Israel was expecting the coming of a Savior Messiah after so [...] dissolution of the ancient world, keeping intact its identity and the unshakeable certainty of being the instrument of an eternal, worldwide destiny. The numerous prophecies announcing the coming of the Messiah [...] prophecies! As a small girl, Mary awaited the coming of the Messiah with her people. They awaited the Messiah who had been announced not just by a single prophet, but by a long series of prophets that kept completing
December 24 – Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord What made Mary the true Mother of the Eternal Word? Surely, what God asks of us above all else is that we offer our will to Him without reservation and let [...] the depths of our hearts: " Lord, Your most holy will be done ." When the Angel Gabriel brought the message of the august Trinity to the Virgin Mother, the exchange of words he had with Mary did not accomplish [...] to God, she immediately became the true Mother of the Eternal Word of God. Her fiat allowed her to conceive the Son of God and thus gained her the merit of having Him for her own Son, and calling herself
February 22 - Our Lady of Help (Rennes, France) According to Saint Padre Pio, Mary is the Echo of God She is the "echo", the echo of God who faithfully follows the Master's will. Thus all graces go through [...] through the hands of the One who carried out those wishes herself, in full. Saint Pio called her: "Abyss of Grace, Incomparable Masterpiece, and Woman Clothed in Light." The Light of God flows into her and [...] "O Mary, Mother and salvation of the infirm, support, protect and console the sick; make hospitals bloom with flowers and give this ravaged world true peace, and the Catholic Church the triumph of your
Immaculate Heart of Mary (II) Christians have always honored Our Lady on Saturday because of her constant faith in Jesus on that first Holy Saturday before the Resurrection. Five first Saturdays of reparation [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary: - attacks upon Mary's Immaculate Conception - attacks against her Perpetual Virginity - attacks upon her Divine Maternity and the refusal to accept her as the Mother of all mankind [...] - for those who try to publicly implant in children's hearts indifference, contempt and even hatred of the Immaculate Mother - for those who insult her directly in her sacred images.
Immaculate Heart of Mary was first mentioned by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917. After showing the three children a vision of hell she said, "You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. [...] February 12 - Our Lady of Argenteuil (Paris, 501) built by Clovis I containing a portion of the Seamless Garment First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) The First Saturday Devotion [...] the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall go to confession, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary
February 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes (France, 1858) The Apparitions of Mary in Lourdes The mountain air was cold on February 11, 1858, in Lourdes. Food was scarce and the firewood was all gone in the "cachot" [...] went out with a few friends, to gather dead wood at the grotto of Massabielle near the Gave River. Suddenly, she heard a sound like a gust of wind, and she raised her head to look at the grotto. Bernadette [...] different from ours except for its ineffable beauty. She was medium height and seemed very young. The curve of her oval face had heavenly grace and her blue eyes were so sweet that they could melt anyone's heart
January 29-Our Lady of Chatillon sur Seine (France, 1130) appears to Saint Bernard (d. 1153) The Name of Mary (I) "And the virgin's name was Mary" (Lk 1:27). Let us also say a few words about this name [...] caught between storms and tempests, tossed about in the flood of this world, instead of walking on dry land, keep your eyes fixed on the glow of this star, unless you want to perish, overwhelmed by the tempest [...] dries up vices. Mary, I say, is the distinguished and bright shining star, necessarily lifted up above the great broad sea, gleaming with merits, giving light by her example. Oh, if any of you recognizes
January 30-Our Lady of the rose (Lucca, Italy) The Name of Mary (II) If the winds of temptations surge, if you run aground on the shoals of troubles, look to this star, call upon Mary! If you are tossed [...] enormity of your sins, confused by the foulness of your conscience, terrified by the horror of the Judgment, so that you begin to be swallowed up by the pit of sadness, the abyss of despair, think of Mary [...] the winds of pride or ambition or detraction or jealousy, look to this star, call upon Mary! If anger or greed or the allurements of the flesh dash against the boat of your mind, look to Mary! And if you
Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] Luke always reminds me of the relationship that God worked between Moses and Aaron at the time of Moses' vocation. When God sent Moses to Pharaoh to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt, Moses was afraid [...] John had to say, everything that Mary had told him. Moreover, this is why the Gospel of Luke is so similar to John's. Good exegetes are well aware of this dependence of Luke with respect to John.
