Saint Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038), who consecrated his country to the Mother of God The Assumption of Mary also reveals the mystery of woman The feast of the Assumption falls in the middle of summer, on [...] dimension of the human body in the Mother of Christ, the Assumption also reveals to us the intimate mystery of who we are. Mary's ascent to heavenly glory is a prophetic scene that applies to the Church [...] Catholics will know that Our Lady of the Assumption is the principal patroness of France since the vow made by King Louis XIII of February 15, 1638, who instituted in perpetuity a procession to the Virgin on August
Transfer of the Holy House of Loreto (Italy, 1294) My visit to the "Holy House" of Loreto in 2020 During the summer of 2020, I had a chance to make a short pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto [...] material proofs she gives us to support our faith, which is often terribly weak. (1) The Holy House of the Blessed Virgin in Nazareth was miraculously transported from Nazareth to Loreto in Italy in the 13th [...] during the Jubilee year of the "Holy House" of Mary in Loreto inaugurated on December 8, 2019, and extended until December 2021. While visiting that holy place where the mystery of the Incarnation took place
Daughter of Zion; the Garden of Eden; the Beloved of the Song of Songs; and the Ark of the Covenant. Ruth, who providentially belongs to the family tree of Christ, is a symbol of Mary and of the Church [...] within this people of the Covenant that God chose this exceptional woman who would give birth to the Savior of humanity. We can only pray to Our Lady to obtain from God the grace to promote Jewish-Christian [...] Mary "the most authentic of the daughters of Abraham" because, with great faith, she became the Mother of the Messiah and the Mother of all those who believe. Here are the symbols of the Virgin Mary that can
Palestine and dedicated his life to the catechesis of Jewish and Mohammedan converts to the Catholic faith, in the mixed congregation (male and female) of the Sisterhood Our Lady of Sion, which he and his brother [...] Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Ratisbonne (Rome, 1842) The Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Alphonse Ratisbonne An atheist Jew, and fiercely anti-Catholic, Alphonse Ratisbonne gave in to the insistence [...] ended up in the Church of Saint Andrew of the Thickets (San Andrea delle Fratte) in Rome and the Virgin Mary appeared to him, reaching out her open hands and motioning to him to kneel. He would later write:
young girl of about 12—a sweet, silent figure—visits the Church of the Sacred Heart in Basra, southern Iraq. She stands in quiet prayer, for quite a long time, in front of a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes [...] Sacred Heart of Jesus (Solemnity) - St Barnabas, Apostle - Leo XIII consecrates the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "one" with the Heart of Mary (1899) Mary leads us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Every [...] south, many Muslims pray to Mary, and sometimes even attend festivals in her honor. This popular devotion among Muslims seems to have been revived by the recent visit of Pope Francis to Iraq in early March
feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stephen delivered his final words to leaders of the Church and state, telling them to protect and spread the Catholic faith. King Stephan addressed one of his [...] his final prayers to Our Lady: “To thee, O Queen of heaven, and to thy guardianship, I commend the holy Church, all the bishops and the clergy, the whole kingdom, its rulers and inhabitants; but before all [...] offered the crown of Hungary to the Virgin Mary There are several altar paintings depicting King Saint Stephen of Hungary offering the crown of Hungary to the Virgin Mary in different churches all over Hungary
February 14 – Our Lady of Roses (Pellevoisin, France, 1876) – 2nd apparition in Lourdes The Virgin Mary said to her: "Your parents need you." In 1876, a French domestic servant named Estelle Faguette, [...] have only me to provide for them. In response, the heavenly Mother appeared to her 15 times from February 14 th onwards and healed her. She said to Estelle: I am all Merciful and mistress of my Son. These [...] the letter that you wrote to me in September touched my motherly heart. What touched me the most was this sentence: "See the pain of my parents if I were to die. They would have to go begging for their food
holiness. She made herself the "Handmaid of the Lord", perfectly docile to the Word of God (for she was free to refuse it), available, without any reluctance to the will of God for her. We are far from Mary's [...] declaring the dogma of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 1854: Mary is immaculate from the moment of her conception, "because of the merits of Jesus Christ her Son, the Redeemer of the human race." [...] Mary's predispositions, but we try to follow her example! Being all holy, all pure, being the Mother of God, she can move the heart of God on our behalf when we pray to her! Father Pascal Sorgho, Redemptorist
September 5 – Our Lady of Smolensk (Russia) – French poet Charles Péguy (d. 1914) Actor Jim Caviezel dedicated his life and career to Mary in Medjugorje The star of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ [...] me even closer to Our Lady,” he told his audience in Amsterdam. “The more you experience the Passion of Jesus, ladies and gentlemen, the more you understand the compassion of Mary,” he continued. Life Site [...] Caviezel traveled to Medjugorje, a place where some believe there have been Marian apparitions, and consecrated his life and career to the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Filming The Passion of the Christ brought me
without fear to her intercession in order to reach the Son: "If we fear to go directly to Jesus Christ, either because of His infinite greatness, or because of our lowliness, or because of our sins, let us [...] June 3 - Our Lady of the Letter (Italy) - Saints Charles Lwanga and his companions, Martyrs of Uganda (d. 1886) Mary, the privileged way to Christ Our Lady is the privileged way to Christ. As Pope Saint [...] the brightness of its rays could blind us because of our weakness; but she is beautiful and gentle like the moon, which receives the light of the sun and softens it to adjust it to our small stature" (Ibid
