Hail Marys without having to hold my rosary beads, I have picked ten titles of Our Lady, and taking them in alphabetical order, I pray for a particular intention at each invocation: 1. Holy Mary, Mother [...] the faithful can count, in their joys as in their sorrows. 7. Mary of the Magnificat. Remember Bishop Helder Camara, who admired that Mary praised God for overthrowing the powerful from their throne, even [...] even though he himself had been called a communist when he gave the same praise. 8. Mary of Nazareth. The "historic" Mary, the very humble girl of Nazareth, called by God to fulfill her unique and sublime

February 17 – The seven founding saints of the Servants of Mary – Father Maximilian Kolbe is arrested by the Nazis (1941) Haiti places itself under Mary’s protection This year, the feast of the Immaculate Conception [...] struggles. As in 1882, the bishops, in communion with the priests, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, implored mercy for Haiti. According to the Catholic Church, the country is in a deeper crisis than

February 12 – The Virgin Mary honored through the Iverskaya icon (Russia) The Rosary during the elections During the general election in India’s western state of Gujarat, held on December 9-14, 2017,

February 4 – Saint Joan of France, foundress of the Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary or the Annonciades (d. 1505) The day that Ireland was encircled by the Rosary The Rosary on the Borders [...] replicated. First by a the National Rosary in Italy on Friday, October 13th, "to follow the teachings of Mary and to follow the very good example given by our Polish brothers," then more recently in Ireland on [...] with them to have them blessed by the priests and bury them on the seashore, while asking the Virgin Mary to intercede to protect Ireland against evil. Olivier Bault Source: Coastal Rosary Ireland

February 10 – King Louis XIII consecrates France to Mary (1638) An icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave Suspended at almost 4,000 feet of elevation on top of an impressive cliff, the Sümela monastery in Turkey

February 2 - Purification of the Virgin Mary and Presentation of Jesus in the Temple When Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son "It was the feast of the Purification of the Virgin. I [...] Foligno, at the church of the Friars Minor. And the voice spoke, saying to me, "This is the hour when Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son.” My soul listened with great love, and, having

January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) All the parishes dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! Archbishop Cattenoz of Avignon, in southern France, consecrated his diocese to [...] your maternal mercy. Amen." This prayer is followed by 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be and 3 times the invocation: "O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you." Infocatho [...] to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on December 8, 2017, and invited each parish priest to do the same. Each day of the novena leading up to December 8th, the diocesan faithful were invited to recite the following

January 23 – Wedding of the Holy Virgin Mary with Saint Joseph - Saint Ildefonso of Toledo (607-667) "Mother of my Lord, give me the Spirit of my Redeemer" "O Our Lady, my Sovereign, you who direct me

January 16 – Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) A Marian apparition during Mary's lifetime! The first Marian apparition took place in 40 A.D., only a few years after the death [...] death and resurrection of Jesus: the Virgin Mary then appeared to one of the apostles, St James the Greater, brother of St John, who at the time was in Zaragoza, Spain. This apparition is known as Our Lady [...] of the Ebro river, he was suddenly enveloped in a great light and had a vision: he saw the Virgin Mary, standing on a column of jasper. The Virgin spoke words of encouragement, assuring him that his apostolate

fortunate." The exceptional grace given by God to Mary is the ability to say a perfectly free "yes"! (From a talk about Mary and the Protestants) Source: Mary’s Perfect Holiness [...] The Council of Trent declares that Mary is free of all sin by a special grace (1547) – Saint Hilarius Free from all sin by a gift from God Obviously it was not Mary who exempted herself from original sin: [...] "The Almighty has done wonderful things for me," Mary sang in the hymn of the Magnificat (Luke 1:49). Why would it be impossible for God to do for Mary what he had done for Eve? Before original sin happened