November 5 - Mary Throne of Wisdom (“Sedes Sapientiae”, Cologne, Germany, 1280) Saved from shipwreck, a child evangelized pagans with the Rosary In the early 19th century, a priest entered the islands [...] child was fortunate enough to find his parents, who had also escaped the shipwreck. He told them of Mary's kindness to him, and the prodigious effects of the Rosary during the exile in which he had suffered
June 22 - Proclamation of the dogma of Mary Mother of God at Ephesus (431) The Virgin Mary is an answer to the questions of our postmodern culture For many of our contemporaries, the temptation is strong [...] strong to dismiss the legitimate veneration of Mary as outdated and obsolete. According to some, Marian piety conveys a simplistic, rather emotional faith, marked by superstition or a dolorous, Saint-Sulpician [...] prayer of great significance, destined to bear fruits of holiness." In spending time with the Virgin Mary, we discover a vision of man and of salvation history that offers a pertinent response to the anguished
Blessed Virgin Mary. He was often seen trembling in his mother's arms when she pronounced the sweet name of Mary. All it took to soothe his cries was to present him with an image of the Virgin Mary. He was not [...] monasteries. The Church added his last words - "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death" - to the Hail Mary. Adapted from: www.viechretienne.catholique.org [...] May 16 - Saint Simon Stock receives the brown scapular from Mary (1164-1265) "Receive this scapular as the sign of a close covenant with me" Saint Simon Stock was born into an illustrious English family
patron saint of Europe Mary did not have another Virgin Mary to lean on! There are moments in life when one is weary, when one needs rest and shelter. In these moments we can turn to Mary, to her Immaculate [...] stopping! ... Yet Our Lord gave something to us that he did not grant to his own Mother: Mary did not have another Virgin Mary to lean on! Happy is the soul who knows how to find this shelter, this refuge! All [...] Mother, I want to rest near you... Please bring me peace, shelter from the storm. Please shield me..." Mary protects us, shelters us, even lulls us to sleep like a good mother who sings to her child and cradles
July 30 – Our Lady Promoter of Peace (Le Puy en Velay, France) Mary’s promise to every soul who faithfully prays the "Three Hail Marys" Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-1299), a Benedictine nun from [...] received three visions of the Virgin Mary. Concerned for her eternal salvation, she begged the Virgin to be present at the hour of her death. During these apparitions, Mary reassured her and taught her how [...] According to Saint Gertrude the Great (1256-1301), the Blessed Virgin Mary promised this: ''To every soul who faithfully prays the Three Hail Marys, I will present myself at the hour of death in splendor so ex
May 1 – Saint Joseph the Worker In May, Mary’s month, try praying to “Mary who undoes knots” The devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots is a recent and now widespread devotion. In the last thirty years, it has [...] This is significant. Father Zacharie Kpossou, pastor of St. Mary Mother of God Parish in Gangban, Benin, notes: "It is remarkable to see that Mary Undoer of Knots speaks to every man and woman, young and [...] saved by Mary, and whose descendant later commissioned the famous painting from Bavarian Baroque painter Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner (1625-1705). During the month of May, A Moment with Mary will bring
Lourdes (France, 1858) Eve and Mary, Mary and the Eucharist Drawing from the parallel between Eve and Mary, St. Peter Damian describes the relationship between the Virgin Mary and the Eucharistic body of [...] abundant flow of the new blessing has blotted out the contagion of the old curse."[1] The body that Mary conceived, gave birth to, nourished and raised with maternal care and love, is the same body that [...] food on account of which she condemned us to the hunger of an eternity of fasting; on the contrary Mary made a food that opened the entrance to the banquet of Heaven to us."[2] L. Gambero [1] Saint Peter
(Cuba) He chose Mary. Long live Mary! Near my home, in Italy, there is a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy. I am a religious of the Holy Family, and we know the determining role of Mary in the story of [...] give us Jesus, but he chose Mary! So be it! Long live Mary! Bishop Ettore Dotti Bishop of Naviraí - MS - Brazil Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary [...] the first diocesan church to the Immaculate Heart of Mary… All of the above, I think, should give you a picture of my great devotion to the Virgin Mary: I constantly invoke her intercession, I call her the
July 21 – Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln Greeting Mary with Hail Mary’s is like offering her roses The practice of the Rosary dates back to the 11 th century, when the illiterate religious recited Pater [...] could not read recited 150 Ave Marias , in lieu of the 150 psalms: this was called the Psalter of Mary. The Dominican Alain de la Roche spread the recitation of the Rosary in the 15 th century. The Catholic [...] meaning "field of roses," denoted a collection of poems that a knight dedicated to his lady. To greet Mary with Ave Marias is like offering her roses by meditating with her on the gospel. Pope Francis is very
1875)May 9 - Feast of Our Lady of the Woods (Italy, 1607) Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (II)Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (III) Every day, from one end of the earth to the other, in the highest heaven and [...] unceasingly call out to her, "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God." They greet her millions and millions of times each day with the angelic greeting: "Hail Mary", while prostrating themselves before her [...] and in the lowest abyss, all things speak of and proclaim the wondrous Virgin Mary. The nine choirs of angels, men and women of every age, rank and religion, both good and evil, even wicked demons themselves
