‘bulletin of the armies’ with the long list of fallen soldiers who had died for their country. Each time, they breathed a sigh of relief: none of "their men" was on the grim list. At the beginning of 1919, [...] March 1 – Our Lady of Machaby (Italy, 1800) – 12th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary brought back all the men of this French village safely from the war On November 11, 1918, at 11:00 a.m., all [...] but they all came back. One of them was rather seriously injured, but he lived to be an old man," testified one of the oldest villagers... May God bless you, O Holy Mary, for having protected these men
February 24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the Eastern Churches (1st century) – 8th apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary never thought of herself (II) But after having always ignored herself [...] stripped of her own self, all that she could do was to give herself eternally, in this Child whom she had conceived from the Spirit, not as the glorified image of herself - but as the splendor of the Father's [...] herself, how could Mary perceive at this moment when all that had remained of herself was disappearing in him; when her whole being was forever immersed in his mystery, to be nothing but a living relationship
Our Lady of the Castle ( Italy, 1558 ) – Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich The Virgin Mary responds to the Consecration of France (I) In 1636, the Blessed Virgin asked through Mother Anne-Marie of Jesus Crucified [...] to her. The following year, King Louis XIII of France, "in the secret of his heart", consecrated his person and his Kingdom to Mary, and with the Queen, Anne of Austria, he multiplied prayers and pilgrimages [...] for his first military achievements. Mary asked for three novenas: one to Our Lady of Cotignac in Provence, another to Our Lady of Paris, and a last one to Our Lady of Victories. The apparition was recognized
12 February – Blessed Humbeline of Jully – Icon of the Mother of God Iverskaya (Russia) Healed of a congenital malformation by Jesus and Mary Hello, I would like to testify to the graces that my family [...] received by praying to Mary. My mother, whose name was Therese, had a great devotion to Mary under the name of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. My mother and her sister had a dislocation of the left leg since [...] Lord and the Virgin Mary for having healed me of such a handicap! Glory be to Mary and Jesus for all the graces that they still grant us today. C. C., a French reader of A Moment with Mary Testimony sent to
within her life of sickness, which became a means of union and communion, a place of offering and abandonment. It was the beginning of many graces. She lived in the presence of the Virgin Mary, her great teacher [...] Pietatis (Italy) – Death of French mystic and stigmatist Marthe Robin (1981) Marthe Robin lived in the presence of the Virgin Mary, her “great teacher” Through God’s grace, one day of December 1928, during [...] different life. "After years of anxiety and despair, after many physical and moral trials, I dared to choose Jesus Christ.” She learned from the Heart of Christ on the Cross the meaning of her life as a sick person:
February 2 – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple At the Presentation, Mary and Joseph showed their intention of faithfully obeying God's will In the episode of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple, St [...] With this act, Mary and Joseph show their intention of faithfully obeying God's will, rejecting every kind of privilege. Their coming to the temple in Jerusalem has the significance of a consecration to [...] first moment of her existence, and to a Child who was totally holy. However, it must be remembered that it was not a question of purifying the conscience from some stain of sin, but only of reacquiring
spiritually he felt the presence of thousands of people who have walked alongside him in previous years, he said. Francisco considers himself a man of great faith in God and Our Lady of Guadalupe, from whom he [...] January 16 – Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France) The great joy of making a pilgrimage with Mary Although the Guadalupana pilgrimage that usually draws thousands was virtual this year, Francisco Hernández [...] route Dec. 5 to pray for Our Lady of Guadalupe's intercession in the pandemic. He also prayed for his health, and for wisdom to continue promoting the devotion of the prayer of the Rosary. Francisco has pa
January 3 – The Bishop of Fatima asks Sister Lucia to write the third secret of Fatima (1944) Mary can relieve loneliness and breakdown of our social life In today’s fragmented world, where we risk losing [...] sweetness and our hope.” Pope Francis, January 1, 2019. Homily for the Solemnity of Mary , Mother of God and the 52nd World Day of Peace [...] Scriptures, Our Lady embraces any number of concrete situations; she is present wherever she is needed. She visits her cousin Elizabeth; she comes to the aid of the newlyweds in Cana; she encourages the
evangelization of America. In the prayer composed for the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops, Holy Mary of Guadalupe is invoked as “Patroness of all America and Star of the first and new e [...] birth of the Church in the history ... of the peoples of America; through Mary they came to encounter the Lord ”. Throughout the continent, from the time of the first evangelization, the presence of the [...] has been, and still is, a melting-pot of peoples, has recognized in the mestiza face of the Virgin of Tepeyac, “in Blessed Mary of Guadalupe, an impressive example of a perfectly inculturated evangelization”
December 7 – Saint Ambrose, Doctor of the Church (d. 397) – Vigil of the Immaculate Conception The conception of the Virgin Mary " There is no doubt that in this necessary conception, a vivifying and [...] spirit filled each of the two parents with a singular power and that the protection and the visit of holy angels never failed. " (1) These words mean that Joachim and Anna were at the object of a mysterious [...] (1930-2013), internationally-known expert on early Christianity, author of a book on the development of Marian doctrine Library of Marian Writings (1) St. Bernard: Sermo VI in Nativitate B.V.M., PL 141
