day one of these so-called “refractory” priests, named Father Chaminade (1), was about to be arrested for refusing to sign the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The priest managed to escape the state agents [...] priest (during the French Revolution, this was the name given to those who refused to take the oath of loyalty to the state and remained faithful to Rome). Geneviève Veuillot, writer Excerpt from his book Le [...] April 10 – Our Lady of Virgins (Italy, 1584) The beautiful Lady dressed in white hid him from his persecutors During the French Revolution (1789), state officials hunted down Catholic priests. One day
March 20 - Our Lady of Calevourt (Belgium, 1454) Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue (I) Lovely Lady dressed in blue Teach me how to pray! God was just your little boy, Tell me what to say! Did you lift Him up [...] up, sometimes, Gently on your knee? Did you sing to Him the way Mother does to me? Did you hold His hand at night? Did you ever try Telling stories of the world? O! And did He cry?
March 20 - Our Lady of Calevourt (Belgium, 1454) Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue (I) Lovely Lady dressed in blue Teach me how to pray! God was just your little boy, Tell me what to say! Did you lift Him up [...] up, sometimes, Gently on your knee? Did you sing to Him the way Mother does to me? Did you hold His hand at night? Did you ever try Telling stories of the world? O! And did He cry?
January 22 – Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) In 1926, a Welsh boy was rescued from drowning by a Lady in blue Catholics in Wales celebrated the restoration of a much-loved shrine that marks the place [...] The shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes—inaccessible for almost a decade—in Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales, was rededicated on October 20, 2019 by the Archbishop of Cardiff, George Stack. Landscaping work [...] ned confluence of the Rivers Taff and Cynon. When he returned home, he said that he had been rescued from the water by a Lady in blue – the Lady on his religious medallion. A shrine to mark the miracle
sadness of not being able to turn to the Blessed Virgin Some Slovak Protestant authors have written about their sadness at not being able to pray to Our Lady because their church forbids them to do so. [...] my desire is, To burn thyme at your feet, And to tell you—Lead me, full of grace! But for me, you are, like the stars, inaccessible. This desire is only a dream and will not be fulfilled, To God I must go [...] go the way of lonely suffering, By a narrow path, all cluttered with thorns. (1) Maria Razusova Martakova was a Slovak poet and writer (1905-1964). Encyclopedia Maria Volume IV Beauchesne 1956
Mary Help of Christians (1815) – Beginning of Mother Teresa's novitiate (1929) I will continue to pray to Mary until my son’s illness is completely gone! One day a friend gave me the Novena to Mary Undoer [...] will continue to pray to Mary Undoer of Knots until my son’s illness is completely gone. I hope that my witness will help many families. My message to others is: we should pray every day to our mother, who [...] illness and more. A few days ago, I prayed a novena for my son who was undergoing serious medical treatment for epilepsy. On the last day of the novena, he called to tell me that his neurologist was decreasing
October 24 - Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted (Russia) - Our Lady of Regla (Cuba) - Saint Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (d. 1870) [...] Marian apparitions for our times Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres, a 16th-century Spanish nun living in Quito, Ecuador, received apparitions of "Our Lady of Good Success" (or "of the Good Event") between [...] Salvador de Ribera de Quito consecrated the statue of the Madonna in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on February 2, 1611. Devotion to Our Lady of Good Success and the apparitions were also supported
day to the Heart of Jesus, without changing our ordinary activities (work) and uniting the offering of our daily life to the offering of the Blood and the Water that sprang forth from the Wound of Jesus' [...] October 14 - Our Lady of the Fountain (Italy, 1320) Let us ask Mary for the courage to suffer for the truth Today is Friday, the day of the sorrowful mysteries. Let us meditate on the 2nd sorrowful mystery [...] the Honor Guard of the Sacred Heart Note: Formed as an Association of the Faithful, the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart began on March 13th, 1863, at the Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary at B
October 27 – Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) Mary’s Assumption, a message of hope for all The Lord sends a message hope to the faithful through the Assumption of Mary, the Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna [...] Delivering a homily during the mass celebrating the Assumption of Mary – the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven at the end of her earthly life – Archbishop Scicluna explained the meaning [...] from corruption, was asked to become the Mother of God, the archbishop said. He underlined that her resurrection is an assurance that when our time comes, we will also be called to join God. Mgr Scicluna noted
October 19 – Crowning of a pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima by the archbishop of Ottawa, projected to visit 7 dioceses in 50 days (Canada, 1947) An 8th sword piercing Mary’s heart A certain youth practiced [...] devotion of visiting every day an image of the sorrowful Mary, in which she was represented with seven swords piercing her heart. One night the unhappy youth fell into mortal sin. Going next morning to visit [...] saw in the heart of the blessed Virgin not only seven, but eight swords. As he stood gazing at this, he heard a voice saying to him, that this sin had added the eighth sword to the heart of Mary. This softened
