especially cherish your dear country... My Son wishes that you make images and statues representing me and call upon me by the name of Our Lady of France. If someone answers this new desire of his Divine [...] Sept 08 - The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The French Still Love You On September 8, 1914, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, 23 year-old Marcelle Lanchon claimed to have had her first apparition [...] also stopped the Germans on the Marne, at the gates of Paris. The visionary, who later took the name of Marie-France when she became a consecrated virgin in the Pious Union of Worshippers of the Sacred Heart

July 13 - Mary Mother of God (Bistrica, Croatia) - 3rd apparition at Fatima: the vision of hell (Portugal, 1917) The shrine of Mary's prodigies A Virgin and Child was venerated in this place in Marija [...] holding a candle and asking him: "Pray with all the people that I may regain my sight". The priest found the statue, people came to pray there and many miracles were granted. Between 1688 and 1786, 1109 miracles [...] enlarged and dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows on July 13, 1731. The city changed its name to "Maria Bistrica". After a fire in 1880, the church was completely rebuilt. In 1923, it was named a minor basilica

the day of her confirmation, she added the name of Mary to her baptismal name. On May 25, 1671, Margaret Mary entered the monastery of the Visitation of Mary, in Paray-le-Monial (France). Of fragile health [...] Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1647) As a child, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque loved to recite the Rosary As a child, Margaret loved to recite the Rosary. She would kiss the ground at each Hail Mary. At the [...] has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love. In return, I … only receive ingratitude.” From then on, Margaret Mary was given the mission to establish a special

John Mary Vianney, Curé of Ars (d.1859 - Apparition of Our Lady to 14-year-old Natalino Scarpa (Pellestrina, Italy, 1716 Beit Gemal Monastery: The burial place of Saint Stephen, at whose funeral Mary was [...] stoned to death), Rabbi Gamaliel, his nephew Nicodemus and his son Abibos. Lucian wrote that Gamaliel, St. Paul’s teacher, appeared to him in his dreams and pointed to the location of his tomb in Beit Jamal [...] back of the Ottoman period monastery. The Byzantine church, St. Stephen, was named after the first Christian martyr. His name was written on a 5th-6th century Greek inscription which was found (mostly damaged)

Immaculate Heart of Mary (1954) Mary was a mountain which rose above all mountains She was a mountain which rose above all other created height, by the dignity of her election. Was not Mary a lofty mountain [...] raised above all the choirs of angels and approached the very throne of the Godhead? Isaiah, foretelling the superexcellent elevation of this mountain, says: And in the last days the mountain of the house [...] summit of the mountains . It was indeed a mountain on the mountain’s top, because the elevation of Mary shone above that of all the saints. Pope Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604) Saint Gregory the Great

hand in Jesus' and walk without fear. In difficult situations and relationships, we will always find him close to us. Let us look at him with the eyes of our heart, and ask him for strength and advice, as [...] strength to get back on our feet and keep going: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." (Mat. 11:28) A Meditation by Sister Bernaud and the Honor Guard of the Sacred Heart [...] women who mourned and lamented him. " (Lk 23:27) Under the weight of the Cross that tore his shoulder, Jesus fell three times. From earth to heaven, the pilgrimage is rough and perilous, and we often fall

salvation shine forth, and when the shadows of the Law began to recede and dissipate, while the day of grace was already beginning to blow and grow more luminous, it was necessary to build and prepare the bridal [...] of the Virgin Mary (Coptic Church) Mary's conception was not purely the work of nature When the winter of unbelief was about to end, as the author of the Canticle says (cf. Sg 2:11), and the flowers appeared [...] sterile and unfruitful, and therefore in this respect dead, how could her womb have produced the works of the living without the presence of the divine Spirit, "who gives life to the dead and calls into

abandon us. I would like our country (France) to look at Mary as a mother, as a river looks at its source, to find inspiration and momentum. Mary expresses the heart of her vocation from the first words she [...] great hope. As the Virgin Mary, the first one to do so after Jesus, experiences the joy of the resurrection, we are strengthened in the certainty that God keeps his promises and that he will never abandon [...] August 15 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – National holiday in France since 1638 (King Louis XIII’s vow) France, what if it were the time of your awakening? Indeed, the feast of the Assumption

(the Virgin Mary) to read. As soon as I began reading, I felt great inner peace and strong confidence. I knew that these messages really conveyed Mary’s words. I felt Mary’s real presence and I decided never [...] January 16 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) Start with the Holy Rosary I had been a priest for 4 years and I had never prayed a Rosary. I did not like it or understand [...] it. I also had difficulty accepting and understanding Mary. I did not have a “special relationship” with her. In a moment of spiritual aridity, a brother priest gave me some homilies by a priest from

It would be impossible for me to say what I experienced. The Virgin Mary told me how I should behave towards my spiritual director and also several other things that I must not repeat about the way I am [...] Do not be afraid. Tell everything with confidence and simplicity. Be confident. Do not be afraid. You will see certain things: share all that you see and hear. You will be inspired in your prayers: share [...] share these inspirations. The times are evil, and misfortunes are about to overwhelm France. The throne will be destroyed and the whole world convulsed by all sorts of calamities.” Our Lady looked very sad