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 [...] 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 Son."
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 to the 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. To save them [...] God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace... I shall come to ask for... the Communion of reparation
Feast of Our Lady's Espousals to Saint Joseph (1546) - Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo Prayer to the Mother of Jesus O Holy Virgin, I beg you, enable me to receive Jesus from the Spirit, according to the same [...] soul possess Jesus thanks to the Spirit through whom you conceived Jesus. May the grace to know Jesus be granted to me through the Spirit who enabled you to know, To have and to bring forth Jesus. May my [...] lowliness show forth the greatness of Jesus in virtue of the Spirit in whom you recognized yourself to be the servant of the Lord, choosing that it be done unto you according to the angel's word. May I love
January 28-Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas to the Blessed Virgin O most blessed and sweet Virgin Mary, Mother of God, filled with all [...] tenderness, Daughter of the most high King, Lady of the Angels, Mother of all the faithful, On this day and all the days of my life, I entrust to your merciful heart my body and my soul, all my acts, thoughts [...] entire life and death, So that, with your assistance, all may be ordered to the good according to the will of your beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ....
September 9 - Feast of Our Lady of Covadonga and Aranzazu - Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1478) I Have Chosen You to Fight Under the Flag of Jesus Christ! (I) One day, in a Dominican church in Paris, during [...] up to now. I have chosen you to fight like a brave man and a hero under the flag of Jesus Christ, not like a parody of a soldier! You will stand next to me under my banner. As for the moments of spiritual [...] emanates from each one of us will brighten.” So Alain made the sign of the cross and the light of the apparition grew brighter. “O my son, doubt no more! I am your virginal bride,” Our Lady told him. “I have
September 30 - John Paul II makes Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1979) Salute to Irish Faith and Endorsement of Knock In Knock, a tiny rural village, on August 21, 1879, fifteen people reported [...] inquiries of 1879 and 1937 reported that "the testimony of all, taken as a whole, is trustworthy and satisfactory," although like all private revelations, an apparition never becomes part of Catholic teaching [...] and La Salette. Pope John Paul II said at Knock, "Here I am at the goal of my pilgrimage to Ireland." He recalled his own devotion to Mary and took his theme from Mary's words at Cana, "Do whatever he tells
September 11 - Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) The Consecration to the Mother of God The consecration to the Mother of God is a total gift of self, for life and for eternity; it is not just a formal or [...] in the intensity of a Christian and Marian life, in the apostolic life by the spontaneous overflowing of a super-abundant interior life which shows itself in all the exterior works of solid devotion, in
loving Heart of Jesus and Mary; Thee we adore, Thee we praise, Thee we glorify, To Thee do we give thanks Thee we love, With all our heart, With all our soul, And with all our strength; To Thee do we offer [...] September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, 1854) The Salutation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Hail, Heart most holy, Hail, Heart most meek, Hail, Heart most humble, Hail, Heart most pure [...] offer our heart, We give it, We consecrate it, We immolate it; Accept and posses it entirely, And purify it, And illuminate it, And sanctify it; That in it Thou may live and reign both now and forever,
necessary to my life." Is it possible to dream of a better definition of what Mary has brought to the world? To a world completely abandoned to proud egoism, Mary teaches the humility of Bethlehem. To a world [...] January 10 - Our Lady of the Guides (Constantinople, 1570) The Incarnation of the Human Values Necessary to My Life A German Catholic priest told that one day he saw a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary [...] poverty of Nazareth. To a twisted, dishonest world, she brings truth and simplicity. To a world that gets more and more hardened by hatred every day, she repeats her lessons of gentleness. To an impure
July 21 - Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) The love of the Trinity leads us to Mary God is very close to us, but he is also the "all-different" whose love is like a devouring fire. The more [...] constantly turns our focus towards her Son. At the same time, the more we put prayer at the center of our lives, the more we feel the need to rely on Our Lady's supplications. The burning love of the Trinity [...] clear: the goal is of course Jesus Christ. Even when our prayers are addressed to Our Lady, the saints and the angels, they are, fundamentally, meant only for God. When we teach children to pray, it is important
