Lady of Miracles of the Abbey of Vezzolano (Italy, 1226) Mary received more from God than any other saint This is often forgotten by Catholics themselves, and therefore it is not surprising that those who [...] God and in no way resisted His love and His will. Hence she received more from Him than any other saint. he was able to accomplish His will perfectly in her… She was and is in the highest sense a person

to the Immaculate Heart, by Saint John Paul II (2000) King Saint Stephen offered the crown of Hungary to the Virgin Mary There are several altar paintings depicting King Saint Stephen of Hungary offering [...] years thanks to the loving care of their Patroness. The first king of Hungary, Saint Stephen (b. 975), was baptized by bishop Saint Adalbert of Prague in 985. He established the Kingdom of Hungary, creating [...] inhabitants; but before all, I commend my soul to thy care.” Saint Stephen of Hungary died on Aug. 15, 1038. He was buried alongside his son Saint Emerick, and the two were canonized together in 1083. Contribution

May 26 – Madonna di Caravaggio (Italy, 1432) "Look, he is all flushed!" Mary said to the saints Father Jean Edouard Lamy was a French priest born in 1853, who died in 1931. The founder of the Community [...] and the more I pulled, the more I tightened them. ... "Look, he is all flushed!" she said to the saints, seeing that I was struggling." Mystics of the Church

May 4 – Pius XII establishes the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1944) Saint John Paul II, a Missionary of Mary From the Marian devotion of his childhood, the young Karol Wojtyla eventually encountered [...] the Blessed Virgin Mary" that led him to offer himself to Christ by the hands of Mary. "Thanks to Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, I realized that authentic Marian devotion is truly Christocentric [...] world. The Virgin Mary, so strongly present in his personal life, is also present in the preaching of Saint John Paul II, true to his mission of "strengthening his brothers" (Luke 22:32). The late pope invited

May 8 – Our Lady of the Rosary (Pompeii, Italy, 1875) The "Holy Manna" from Saint John’s tomb On May 8th, Eastern Orthodox celebrate the synaxis (assembly of believers) of the ashes or "Holy Manna" produced

Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) Devotion to Saint Joseph is inseparable from that of the Blessed Virgin It’s a good thing that part of the month of March, dedicated to Saint Joseph, is in Lent, since during this [...] this time each one of us is supposed to do exactly what Saint Joseph did—strive to glorify the Lord by offering ourselves to Him for the salvation of the world, in silence and humility, as we heard on Ash [...] uses in union with His own sacrifice, for the salvation of the world. Through grace, the love that Saint Joseph, guardian of the divine mystery, had for Mary as a husband and his sense of fatherhood, were

month of Saint Joseph God chose Saint Joseph to care for the virgin Mother and to be Christ’s foster father. Saint Joseph protected and served the Mother of God with virginal purity. He was, as Saint Bernard [...] pious solicitude that we invoke Saint Joseph to protect Christianity as he once protected Christ and Mary. In addition to the March 19th feast, the Church also honors the saintly patron of workers on May 1st

March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, the Spouse of the Virgin Mary Saint Joseph, Mary’s husband, is mentioned in the Eucharistic prayer Saint Joseph of Nazareth, set over the Lord’s family, marvelously [...] of that mystical body, which is the Church… Saint Pope John XXIII, in the days of the Most Holy Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, decreed that Saint Joseph’s name be added to the ancient Roman [...] virtue of the faculties granted by the Supreme Pontiff Francis, is pleased to decree that the name of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is henceforth to be added to Eucharistic Prayers II, III

September 17 - Our Lady of the Virtues and Greatnesses of Mary (La Flèche, France) Saint Thomas Aquinas: God saved the world through Mary's humility The Blessed Virgin possessed many qualities for which [...] mortals, opened the heavens, purified the world, revealed Paradise to man, and freed the souls of men! <Saint Thomas Aquinas, Sermon

August 4 - Saint John Mary Vianney, Curé of Ars (d.1859 - Apparition of Our Lady to 14-year-old Natalino Scarpa (Pellestrina, Italy, 1716 Beit Gemal Monastery: The burial place of Saint Stephen, at whose