June 19 – Our Lady of Mercy (Italy, 1850) – Saint John Paul II’s second visit to Poland (1983) French policeman died a hero’s death thanks to Mary Arnaud Beltrame was a French policeman who voluntarily [...] years after his death, his wife Marielle Beltrame and Father Jean-Baptiste Golfier, canon regular of Saint Augustine at the Abbey of Lagrasse (France) who prepared the couple for marriage, released a joint
June 17 – Message from the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (France, 1689) Mary, Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Wherever there is pain, wherever there is suffering, wherever
October 16 – Beginning of Saint John Paul II’s papacy The Pope of "Totus tuus" to Mary When Karol Wojtyla became the first Slavic Pope in history on October 16, 1978, the Polish bishops immediately thought [...] popular consciousness, and the hope of a Slavic Pope was born at that time. One might think that Saint John Paul II applied himself to following the "program" laid down by the famous Polish poet, who was
June 6 – Saint Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Little Brothers of Mary "I began to recite the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary every day" When he was still a bishop, Pope Francis joined a group that
June 9 - Mary Mother of Grace (France) - Saint Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and doctor Can mud be turned into gold? The Immaculate is, from the moment of her conception, what we all hope to become in the
May 30 - 4th apparition at Tre Fontane (Rome, Italy, 1947, approved apparition) - Saint Joan of Arc, virgin (d. 1431 in Rouen, France) – Feast of the Most Holy Trinity - Mother's Day and Day for Life (France)
June 1 - Crowning of the miraculous image of Kevelaer (Germany, 1672) - Saint Justin Martyr, apologist and philosopher (d. ca 165 AD in Rome) A Tender Threat (2/2) – [continued from yesterday] Remembering
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 John Paul II taught [...] contemplating "the face of Christ" (10). Indeed, we need a "mediator with the Mediator Himself" (Saint Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to the Virgin Mary, § 85). Mary is a creature like us
May 29 – Apparition of Mary to Sister Lucia of Fatima at the Tui Convent (Spain, 1930) – Saint Paul VI Mary, the Miraculously Saved! After making my first communion, I went to Notre Dame of Paris Cathedral
June 4 - 1st visit of Pope Saint John Paul II to Poland and Czestochowa Shrine (1979) Pope Francis entrusted his journey to Iraq to Our Lady On the eve of his departure for a three-day trip to Iraq, Pope