cards. He began to read the cards of the people present, who confirmed the accuracy of his statements. Everyone was impressed. Then he began to tell the future of some of the guests. At that moment, I felt [...] December 16 - Our Lady of Deliverance (France) The power of just three Hail Marys When I was in my thirties, a colleague invited me and some people from the office to a party at her house. Although she [...] impressive, but definitely not of God... Doesn’t God say somewhere in the Bible that these practices are an abomination (1)? Not knowing what to do, I began to pray to the Virgin Mary in my heart. No sooner had
shrine will be an icon of the Virgin Mary with the words “Mother of the Persecuted” written in Aramaic, believed to be the language of Jesus. [...] Fr. Kiely envisages the London shrine becoming a magnet for [...] faith in the past year alone. “ Many Catholics just aren’t aware of the intensity of worldwide persecution. So this is part of that process of trying to raise awareness, but having the spiritual at the very [...] November 16 - Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Poland and Lithuania) A new shrine in London dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians Fr. Benedict Kiely, the English priest behind the project, believes
Albert the Great, Doctor of the Church (d. 1280) - Our Lady of Piety (Byzantine Church) Esther, a figure of Mary We read in the 4th chapter of the Book of Esther, that in the reign of King Assuerus, there [...] commanding the death of all the Jews. Then Mardochai who was one of the condemned, committed their cause to Esther, that she might intercede with the king to obtain the revocation of the sentence. At first [...] herself this office, fearing that it would excite the anger of the king more. But Mardochai rebuked her, and bade her remember that she must not think of saving herself alone, as the Lord had placed her upon
religion holds the key to the meaning of the history God wrote with the nations baptized in the Spirit of Christ. " In answer to the prayer of little children, the Virgin Mary will save France ", Marthe Robin [...] is never written in advance. Father Patrick Faure, pastor of the parish of Saint-Eugène Sainte-Cécile in Paris. Adapted from his meditation of April 24, 2015 [...] November 12 - Saint Josaphat (d. 1623) - Holy Miraculous Icon (Russia) Mary saves us in times of tribulation Christians in the East and in Africa are subjected to Islamic violence. In France, they have
ourselves to Mary in order to obtain the virtue of poverty, for Mary wasn't troubled by the poor and humiliating circumstances surrounding the birth of her child, nor by the indifference of the outside [...] 3rd joyful mystery, the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem (Mt. 2:1-12; Lk. 2:1-20), whose fruit is the spirit of poverty. The Holy Eucharist is the continuation of the Incarnation of Jesus. When we come to the [...] "pearl of great value", and Christ our "immeasurable wealth" (Eph 3:8). Let us not pay attention to the miserable condition of our soul, as Mary did not pay attention to the miserable condition of the stable
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy 1836) - St. Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (d. 1885) Mary is the secret of God Because Mary remained hidden during [...] the supreme masterpiece of Almighty God and he has reserved the knowledge and possession of her for himself. She is the glorious Mother of God the Son who chose to humble and conceal her during her lifetime [...] loved her above all men and angels. Mary is the sealed fountain and the faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit where only he may enter. She is the sanctuary and resting-place of the Blessed Trinity where God dwells
XIII declares October as the month of the Rosary (1883) In times of crisis in the Church, it is imperative to pray to Mary and Joseph! At this proximity of the month of October, which We have already consecrated [...] consecrated to the Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary, We earnestly exhort the faithful to perform the exercises of this month with, if possible, even more piety and constancy than heretofore [...] promptitude to the aid of His Church, We judge it of deep utility for the Christian people, continually to invoke with great piety and trust, together with the Virgin-Mother of God, her chaste Spouse,
regeneration without our sinful seed for those of whom it is said, Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:13). What mind can grasp this mystery, [...] – Dedication of the church of Our Lady of Benoite-Vaux (France, 1138) Through the virginal womb of Mary God unites Himself to man “The Word became flesh” does not signify that the nature of God was changed [...] beginning of a new creation, and in the form of His birth started the spiritual life of mankind afresh, that to abolish the taint of our birth according to the flesh there might be a possibility of regeneration
17 – Our Lady of Town Squares (Crozant, France, 1664) Mary is "the figure of the Church, who is immaculate yet espoused" Where do we find the first mention of the expression "Mary, Mother of the Church" [...] Leo the Great, give us the first glimpses of it. The first affirms that Mary is "the mother of the members of Christ"; the second says: "The whole community of the faithful was begotten with Christ at the [...] Bishop Dominique Le Tourneau, author of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mary, explains: "This community of the faithful is none other than the Church, who was born from Mary's womb when her head, the Christ
operation of the celebrations. [...] The annual celebrations at the Shrine to Mary’s birth last for one week and begin at May’s end. The Marian shrine is also one of the major stations on the “Way of the Holy [...] Family”, which connects the places where Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus traveled during their escape from Herod. The Church of the Virgin Mary, Jabal al-Tayr (“Hill of the Birds”) was built at Queen Helena’s [...] August 23 – Estelle Faguette, seer of the Pellevoisin apparitions (France, d. 1929) A million pilgrims at the Marian Monastery-Shrine of Jabal al Tayr celebrate Mary’s birth More than one million Egyptian
