June 18 – Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Garabandal from 1961-1965 (decision pending) In Garabandal, Mary speaks to us like a Mother In his book A Message of Hope, José Luis Saavedra tells us [...] us that the messages of Our Lady in Garabandal are an "urgent exhortation." In a clear and simple way, the new message reaffirms the content of the first one: "It is necessary to make many sacrifices, [...] Michael, want to tell you to make amends." Once again, Our Lady appears as a Mother. And her message is one of penance and conversion. Adapted from: Garabandal
happened in our lives that have given me great respect for Our Lady. I naturally tend to want to do really big things, but with Mary I learned to do small things properly. What Mary asks of us is to do these [...] May 19 – Our Lady of the Disabled (Italy, 1630) I learned to do small things with Mary When Marie Claire and I got married, our wedding prayer was the "Hail Mary." Then, at a Conference of the Fraternity [...] wants to envelop us in her cloak of tenderness that our world so badly needs. Do our ambitious plans hide pride? Mary teaches us humility. Do our addictions enslave us? Mary liberates us. Is our relationship
January 18 – Our Lady of Dijon (France) Mary crowned her, and took her soul with her to paradise Around the year 1580, a poor shepherdess in Flanders (northern region of Belgium), loved Mary so much that [...] delighted in going to a little chapel dedicated to Our Lady, on a mountain, and there in solitude, while her sheep were feeding, conversed with her beloved mother and paid her devotion to her. When she saw [...] me this poor crown of flowers, and accept it as a token of the love I bear thee." Thus this devout maiden always endeavored to serve and honor her beloved Lady. But let us see how our good mother, on the
November 16 – Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Poland and Lithuania) - Saint Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302) Whenever you leave me to greet my Mother, I will reward you Gertrude used to bring to her Beloved anything [...] It happened on the solemnity of the Annunciation that the preacher exalted the Queen of Heaven and made no mention of the incarnation of the Word, which is the work of our salvation. She felt sad, and [...] hymn in honor of the blessed Virgin and the other saints, it was towards the King of kings, her Lord, rather than to the saints of whom the memory was made, that she directed the movements of her heart. It
give due honor to the Mother of our Lord and Savior, especially among the Orientals, who with devout mind and fervent impulse give honor to the Mother of God, ever virgin. The entire body of the faithful [...] September 6 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1553) Vatican II made great strides forward with regard to Marian doctrine! In the book Crossing the Threshold of Hope , Pope Saint John Paul II said: “The Second [...] special bonds which continue to unite me to the Mother of God in ever new ways.” The following is the last paragraph of Lumen Gentium’ s chapter 8: It gives great joy and comfort to this holy and general Synod
2 - Feast of Our Lady of the Porziuncola (Our Lady of the Angels, Italy). Our Lady of Médous (Tarbes, France)- Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868 - France) How Peter Julian Eymard came to know and love [...] said: "You want to become a priest without knowing if you have a vocation!" Worried, Peter Julian decided to seek light and guidance from Our Lady of Laus herself. He therefore went to Le Laus and made [...] had the burning desire to go on pilgrimage to Le Laus in the French High Alps, to the chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon Encontre, venerated throughout the region ever since Mary appeared to the shepherdess Benoîte
couples trying to conceive. This had actually been our case since we were married in September 2017. We immediately decided to pray this novena. We wrote down the beautiful prayer on a piece of paper and put [...] August 3 - France: Act of Consecration to Mary inspired by Saint Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (1626) We don't have enough words to thank the Blessed Virgin My wife Laetitia and [...] been readers of A Moment with Mary for two years now , and we attentively meditate on these short daily texts. On May 5, 2019, we discovered in the daily meditation the prayer of the novena by Father Stoffer
In desperation we turned to the Virgin Mary through the novena to Mary Undoer of Knots. We decided to pray it together each day at 4 am. On the 4th day of the novena we went to the hospital for the next [...] personal story, which I was fortunate to experience thanks to the Novena to Mary Undoer of Knots. In 2012, my wife and I decided to have another child. We entrusted this plan to God, and by his grace and in a [...] complications! Three months later, our son was born in perfect health. We can only give glory to God through Mary who undid those loops for us! Oscar M. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on May 31, 2022
Consecration of Canada to the Holy Family (1666) One of the largest religious events ever held in North America To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday and to mark the 70th anniversary of its consecration to Mary [...] Conference of Catholic Bishops. "There's nothing more beautiful than the prayer of consecration to Our Lady. I'm very happy about it." The ceremony began with the concelebration of a Mass on the feast of the [...] Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in Rome and former archbishop of Quebec, and Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins joined Cardinal Lacroix near a portrait of Our Lady of Canada as they led
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) - Saint Thérèse Couderc, founder of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (France; d. 1885) John XXIII gave a rosary to Khrushchev's daughter [...] give coins or stamps to a non-Catholic princess, but I prefer giving you a rosary because we priests, in addition to the biblical prayer of the psalms, also have this popular form of prayer. For me, who [...] Catholic or not, I will receive him as a friend." One day, a Slav arrived at the Roman airport of Fiumicino, and asked to see Pope John XXIII. The answer was immediate: "Let him come!" The meeting was set for
