July 7 - Pius XII consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1952) How Jesus and Mary protect us At the outbreak of WWI in 1915, a French priest was on his way to celebrate Holy Mass at a Marian
the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Already in June 2016, Pope Francis exhorted young people, the sick and newlyweds "to pray with particular intensity to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary." His appeal [...] the center of Mercy," said the Pope. "When Pope Pius XII published his encyclical on the Heart of Jesus, some said, "that’s for nuns to do." Well, maybe nuns actually do understand this better because they
self-giving to Jesus through Mary: O Mother, I consecrate myself to You, wholly to You, now and forever. Living in your spirit and in that of St. Joseph, I will live in the spirit of Jesus, with Jesus, Joseph [...] experience in prison: When I ask myself what Mary meant in my radical choice for Jesus, the answer is clear: on the Cross Jesus said to John: "Behold your mother" (Jn 19:27). After the institution of the Eucharist [...] Mother: the one Jesus gave me. The first reaction of a child when he is in pain or afraid is to cry out "Mamma." This word, for a child, is everything. Mary lived entirely and exclusively for Jesus. In the hardest
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and on establishing a feast in honor of the Most Chaste Heart of Joseph on the Wednesday following the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The messages [...] Joseph, who was on earth the protector of Jesus and Mary, has "a great mission" to accomplish, and that this devotion to him will hasten the triumph of Jesus and Mary. Saint Joseph also gave a special [...] May 7 – Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) This devotion to Saint Joseph was willed by Jesus and Mary The Virgin Mary has been appearing in Itapiranga, Brazil (state of Amazonas) since 1994, to seers
April 13 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy) 24 countries were consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, 24 [...] 24 countries were consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a ceremony presided by Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, at the famous Portuguese [...] us from the pandemic that is afflicting us.” The ceremony of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary took place behind closed doors in the Basilica of Our Lady of
freedom of God who has called and the freedom of those who have answered reside—Jesus’ Amen and Mary’s fiat . Both Jesus and Mary found a safe refuge in Joseph's modesty. Joseph not only practiced modesty [...] March 20 – Our Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1603) Jesus and Mary found a safe refuge in Joseph’s modesty Joseph is a model of modesty. His modesty was made of silence, natural reserve and meditation. He preserved [...] preserved the privacy of his adopted son, Jesus, and respected his wife Mary's unique vocation in the mystery of her virginal conception and divine motherhood. Joseph's modesty enveloped and protected
(1983-1990). In December 2014, Jesus himself appeared to Bishop Oliver Doeme in Nigeria and handed him a sword that miraculously transformed into a rosary! To his bishop, Jesus emphatically stated that the [...] March 21 – Our Lady of Nowy Swierjan (Russia) What Jesus says about the Rosary In the 19 th and 20 th centuries, there occurred more reported Marian apparitions than any other era in the history of the
(Chartres, France) – Our Lady of Fossolovara (Italy) In Chartres, Mary was venerated before the birth of Jesus! In Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral, 55 miles southwest of Paris, a statue of the Madonna and Child
February 2 - Presentation of Jesus in the Temple By divine will, the Mother gives Jesus to mankind In the episode of the Presentation we can glimpse the meeting of Israel's hope with the Messiah. We can [...] of Mary who gives the Child to the holy old man Simeon. By divine will, it is the Mother who gives Jesus to mankind. In revealing the Savior's future, Simeon refers to the prophecy of the "Servant" sent [...] 49:6). In his canticle, Simeon reverses the perspective and puts the stress on the universality of Jesus' mission: "For my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples
Pietatis (Italy) – Death of French mystic Marthe Robin (d. 1981) Marthe Robin’s motto was: "All to Jesus through Mary" Marthe Robin (March 13, 1902 - February 6, 1981) was a French Catholic mystic, who lived [...] throughout the year in the Foyers de Charité . Marthe wrote on February 3, 1930: “My motto is: All to Jesus through Mary, mediatrix of all graces. My life is all in union with Our Lord through union with his