June 2 - Feast of Our Lady of Edessa, Asia Minor in honor of the statue that spoke to St Alexis (400) The House was Filled with the Fragrance During the long periods John Paul II spent in his private chapel

June 1st - Coronation of Miraculous Image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) Mary, the New Eve We realize that Jesus became man through the Blessed Virgin, and the disobedience caused by the snake ended in the

May 1st - Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker Mary’s Husband, the Carpenter Leo XIII wrote, "Joseph, of royal descent, united in marriage with the most sublime and saintly of women, the putative father of

April 1st - Palm Sunday - Our Lady of Tears (Sicily, 1953) The Virgin’s Hymn at the Foot of the Cross Little did I think, my Son, that one day I would see you thus, Little would I have believed, Even seeing

April16 - Our Lady of Victories in the Church of St Mark (Venice, Italy) At Notre-Dame des Victoires During her pilgrimage to Rome, St Therese of Lisieux experienced Mary’s faithful tenderness, through

March 1st - Our Lady of Della Croce (Italy, 1873) Our Lady’s Messenger (II) (The evangelist) says: "The angel Gabriel was sent by God". His name is not without meaning to the message with which he is charged

March 29 - Apparition of Our Lady to St Bonnet (7th C.) Mary’s Tears (I) The tears of the Mother of Sorrows fill the Scriptures and flow down across the centuries. All of the weeping mothers, widows and

February 14 - Pellevoisin 1st Apparition (France, 1876) Our Loving Mother of Mercy (II) The second part of the apparitions in Pellevoisin began on the 1st of July 1876. At 10:15 p.m., as Estelle kneeled

November 9 – Dedication of the St John Lateran Basilica Why is Mary called the New Eve? As Pope Saint John Paul II often pointed out, "the comparison Eve-Mary constantly recurs in the course of reflection

obtains for us grace; for, as St Bernard, St Bonaventure, St Bernardine of Sienna, St Germanus, St Antoninus, and others say, it is the will of God to dispense through the hands of the Blessed Virgin whatever [...] August 1 - St Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists, Doctor of the Church (1696 - 1787) Jesus is the mediator of justice and Mary obtains for us grace Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains [...] Blessed Virgin is very powerful by grace; she obtains whatever she asks for. It is impossible, says St Antoninus, that this mother should ask any favor of her Son for those who are devout to her, and the