Incarnation of the Word in my womb, it revealed these secrets to me and made me understand the fecundity of my maternity: I did not become only the Mother of Jesus, but also the Mother of all creatures [...] live this motherhood under the double sign of suffering and of love. Luisa Picarreta, Italian mystic (1865-1947) From her book The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will (1) This book was written [...] century) "From the moment of her immaculate conception, Mary knew that she was to become our Mother" In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book(1), the Virgin Mary recalls the nine months during

November 7 - Feast of Saint Anne (Coptic Church) Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary Saint Anne was the wife of Saint Joachim, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and grandmother of Jesus our Redeemer [...] nothing about the parents of the Virgin Mary. The oldest document mentioning her is the apocryphal Gospel of James, which contains a Judean tradition dating back to the first half of the second century. The [...] Rome, at the parish church of Saint Anne in the Vatican; in Jerusalem; in Quebec at the basilica of Saint Anne de Beaupré; in the Republic of the Congo (Africa), at the church of Saint Anne in Brazzaville;

cousin: son of Mary (Mk 15:40; Mt 27:56) the wife of Alpheus (cf. Mt 10:3; Acts 1:13) and the sister of Mary, the Mother of the Lord. Jerome also made this comment to Helvidius: "You affirm that Mary did not [...] September 30 - St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d. 420) St. Jerome and the perpetual virginity of Mary and Joseph Concerning Helvidius's (1) mention of Jesus' "brothers", St. Jerome explains that this [...] another degree of kinship, as in Gen 27:46; 29:1-12; 31:17. Jerome rejected the idea suggested in the Protoevangelium of James, that the "brothers" were the sons of a first marriage of Joseph. He explained

Bartolo Longo, who established the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii (d. 1926) - Saint Faustina Kowalska Mary, help us to enter into the new life of the risen Today, Wednesday, the day in which [...] mystery: the Resurrection of Jesus. During the great Easter Vigil that celebrates the Resurrection of our Lord, the Church has us renew the promises of our baptism. She reminds us of St. Paul's teaching: "We [...] radical conversion of our life to Christ; for "to all who have received him, he has given the power to become children of God" (Jn 1:12). Meditation written by a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault

and Raphael "The unique privilege of the Virgin Mary" "The Blessed Virgin Mary’s unique privilege is to have been exempt from the original stain and to be the Mother of God. But even so, regarding this [...] an extra sweetness for us, and such a lesser sweetness for her!" Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897) in Saint Therese of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations [...] this last point, Jesus told us: ‘He who does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, my sister, my mother’ (Mt. 12, 50). On the other hand, we are happier than she is, because... she did not have

September 30 - Saint Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d. 420) "I never got tired of repeating those 'Hail Marys'" In 1976, the great French writer and communist convert André Frossard published a book entitled [...] it seemed so short to me. I didn't tire of repeating those 'Hail Marys' - which become wonderfully exploratory when you let them go to their destination, instead of holding them back with your rosary beads [...] priests, nor devotions, nor pious images, Frossard contemplates the Virgin Mary in her dazzling purity. He writes: "The 'Hail Mary' is sometimes challenged even by preachers who would sooner believe in little

September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle (France, d. 1885) Jesus at San Nicolás de los Arroyos: "Souls will come to me through [...] through the means of Mary’s Immaculate Heart." (II) Gladys has shared about 1,800 messages from the Virgin Mary. Many focus on topics like peace, repentance, returning to the sacraments, and drawing people [...] point, Mary said, "Many hearts do not accept my invitation to prayer and to conversion. That is why the work of the devil is growing and expanding." The warnings said that mankind is "in the process of falling

some wounded Germans only identified her when they later saw a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mrs. Bongard, wife of a former mayor of Barcy and a hospital volunteer, told her daughter: "The wounded Germans [...] otre-dame/ (3) About the "Miracle of the Marne", Bishop Marbeau died in 1921 before being able to accomplish his vow of September 8, 1914, but a statue of Our Lady of the Marne with the Child Jesus was [...] September 9 - Our Lady of Cavadonga and Aranzazu (Spain) - Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1475) Mary came to the help of France during WWI and told visionary Marcelle Lanchon: "See how I cherish your beloved

September 15 - Our Lady of Sorrows The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary The martyrdom of the Virgin Mary is recorded both in Simeon's prophecy and in the story of the Lord's Passion. "This child is here", [...] says the holy old man of the Child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction, and you yourself - he is now speaking to Mary - a sword will pierce your soul." Blessed Mother, it is true that a sword pierced your [...] Do not be surprised, brothers, to hear that Mary is a martyr in her soul. Those who are surprised may forget - as they have heard - that Paul counts lack of affection among the pagans' greatest crimes

Virgin. As priests, we try to promote the praying of the rosary, because it is a very concrete devotion which brings the believer into the life of Jesus and Mary. We even know Orthodox people who pray the Catholic [...] Blessed Virgin to pray for us "now and at the hour of death" fifty times a day, we come to understand that this "hour of death" is the most important hour of our lives. So we tell the faithful that they must [...] 30 - Our Lady Mediatrix (Belgium) - Santa Maria de Cárquere (Portugal) At the hour of our death, the Blessed Virgin Mary will be at our side In the Middle East, Jordanians, like other Christians in the East