July 18 - Consecration of Canada to the Holy Family (1666) Mary first, then Jesus, appear to a Muslim woman Nahed Mahmoud Metwalli comes from an influential Muslim family, fiercely hostile to Christianity [...] blue. This vision was followed, another time, during a night of doubts and insomnia, by a vision of Jesus, who said to Nahed: "Be at peace, you will have a mission that will be revealed to you in due course
of Zyrovic (Lithuania, 1432) - 17th apparition in Lourdes On his way to Calvary, Jesus met his Mother’s gaze My Life, Jesus, making You suffer unheard-of spasms, your enemies have managed to put You on your [...] your head in order to clear your eyes from the blood that fills them, and You gaze anxiously. Ah, my Jesus, I understood everything - your Mama, who is searching for You like a moaning dove, wants to tell [...] repairs You, soothes You, and pours the balm of Her sorrowful love into all your wounds! My suffering Jesus, I too unite with the pierced Mama. I make all your pains, and every drop of your Blood my own; in
Empress (Russia) Mary, "the first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared" The Easter season gives us many accounts of the apparitions of the risen Jesus to the first Christians, but one person seems to be forgotten [...] first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared was his mother. Her absence from the group of women who went to the tomb at dawn may be an indication that she had already met Jesus. The unique and special character [...] mystery of the Resurrection, St. Ignatius of Loyola recommends that we meditate on the fact that Jesus "appeared to the Virgin Mary: even if the Scriptures do not explicitly say it, this is evident from
Mende (France, 1857) In the depth of Jesus' Passion and Mary's compassion The Church invites us to consider carefully the love that is manifested in the depth of Jesus' Passion and Mary's compassion: "O [...] nun and mystic from the convent of Paray-le-Monial who had visions of Jesus and promoted the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. [...] During the great apparition of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1) in June 1675, Jesus declared: "Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting
December 25 - The Nativity of Jesus Mary talks about Jesus’ birth (II) In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book (1), the Virgin Mary recalls the moment of Jesus’ birth: Then I wrapped Him in [...] tears. Now, my child, a little word to you: You must know that all my joy was to hold my dear Son Jesus on my lap, but the Divine Will made Me understand that I should place Him in the manger, at everyone’s [...] Myself of my innocent joys, beginning, with works and sacrifices, the office of Mother - of giving Jesus to all. Luisa Picarreta, Italian mystic (1865-1947) From her book The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of
the Nativity of the Lord Mary talks about Jesus’ birth (I) In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book (1), the Virgin Mary recalls the moment of Jesus’ birth: “You must know that it was midnight [...] their Creator in that little Humanity. The sun ran to give its first kisses of light to little Baby Jesus, and to warm Him with its heat; the ruling wind purified the air of the stable with its waves, and [...] abundant milk – milk formed in my person by the Divine Fiat Itself, in order to nourish little King Jesus. But who can tell you what I felt in doing this, and the seas of grace, of love, of sanctity, that
us bring all our sufferings to Jesus Today, Tuesday, is the day in which we pray the sorrowful mysteries. Let us meditate on the first sorrowful mystery, the Agony of Jesus in the Garden. "Watch and pray [...] by his Father in Gethsemane, that Jesus made his supreme act of abandonment. If Heaven seems closed to us, if desolation overwhelms us, and even if we think that Jesus has turned away from us, far from [...] Heart of Jesus, without changing our ordinary activities (work) and uniting the offering of our daily life to the offering of the Blood and the Water that sprang forth from the Wound of Jesus' Heart.
the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me! They didn't say anything, I only saw their heads and their sweet smiles for a few moments and then they left. Thank you Mary, thank you Jesus for stopping by to [...] September 14 - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross "Suddenly, I saw the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me!" "My name is Sylvie, I am 61 and disabled, but as long as I can, I will pray to Our Lady
Italy, 1836) - Saint Therese Couderc, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle (France, d. 1885) Jesus at San Nicolás de los Arroyos: "Souls will come to me through the means of Mary’s Immaculate Heart [...] in the apparition. She stressed the importance of prayer, especially the rosary. The apparition of Jesus told Gladys, "If this generation will not listen to my mother, it will perish. I ask everyone to listen [...] necessary." "Today I warn the world, for the world is not aware: souls are in danger. Many are lost," Jesus said in a 1987 apparition. "Few will find salvation unless they accept me as their Savior. My mother
NotreDame de Saint Pierre (1751) - Argentine : Apparitions de San Nicolas en 1990 à Gladys Quiroga Jesus in San Nicolás de los Arroyos: "Souls will come to me through the means of Mary’s Immaculate Heart [...] and began to pray to the Virgin Mary. The Virgin appeared to her on Sept. 25, carrying the infant Jesus and wearing a blue gown and veil. Her figure glowed with light. With only a fourth-grade education [...] belfry of the diocesan cathedral. The statue in question was of the Mother of God holding the Child Jesus. It had been brought from Rome after it was blessed by Pope Leo XIII. Following the Virgin's instructions
