Cape (Canada) - Saint Alban – Apparition of Mary in Ta Pinu, Gozo (Malta, 1883) - Proclamation of the Dogma of Mary Mother of God in Ephesus (431) The power and fruitfulness of the message of Fatima From [...] innocent victims, and among these victims, so many Russian faithful, generally Orthodox, arbitrarily separated, displaced, suffering all kinds of humiliation and hardships: known and unknown martyrs all [...] churches have flourished in Russia. Seminaries are full and family values are honored. Poverty is not resolved and justice is not perfect, but the family and cultural policy is widely appreciated by the people
of La Regla (Cuba) – Saint Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (d. 1870) "Make yourself a slave of the Blessed Virgin and she will protect you." Agnes Galand [...] Dominican nun renowned for her charity and virtues. She was beatified on November 20, 1994. Her feast day is October 19. She was born in Le Puy-en-Velay (southern France) and was immediately placed under the [...] the protection of the Virgin Mary. When she was about seven years old, while going up to the city’s cathedral, Agnes thought of the sufferings of a man who had been tortured and whom she had passed in the
May 24 – Mary Auxiliatrix, Help of Christians (1815) – Mary, Mother of the Church Mary and Simon of Cyrene Mary suffered to see her Son abandoned by his friends on the way to his Passion. It is a cruel [...] communities, I have known that the Virgin Mary watches over us. Mary is with us through thick and thin, day after day, in the homes we share, both able-bodied and disabled people (who have had head injuries [...] prays and implores that he may be consoled and supported by faithful friends. How many mothers have had this shattering experience of solitude in the midst of a trial! I believe that the Virgin Mary has
virgin and spotless mother she is, with a gaze infinitely deeper and more divine than that of the Cherubim and Seraphim. After Jesus, her soul is the most loving and most beloved of the Father--and so she [...] Through her justice and love, she is Queen of all the saints and the elect. Invested from the very beginning with the glorious and invigorating brightness of the Word (...), her loving and pure virgin soul [...] Aug 22 - Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Queenship of Mary The Queen of Heaven and Earth Through her spotless purity, she was chosen as Queen by God himself, the Queen beloved of the Angels who
Saideneida (Damascus, Syria) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (I) Saint Bridget saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and inestimable crown on her head [...] then, Blessed John the Baptist appeared to her and said, “Pay close attention to what all this signifies. The crown signifies that she is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels. Her hair hanging [...] is a pure and immaculate virgin; the sky-colored mantle that she is dead to all temporal things. The golden tunic signifies that she is ardent and burning with the love of God both inwardly and outwardly
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The
cousin: son of Mary (Mk 15:40; Mt 27:56) the wife of Alpheus (cf. Mt 10:3; Acts 1:13) and the sister of Mary, the Mother of the Lord. Jerome also made this comment to Helvidius: "You affirm that Mary did not [...] September 30 - St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church (d. 420) St. Jerome and the perpetual virginity of Mary and Joseph Concerning Helvidius's (1) mention of Jesus' "brothers", St. Jerome explains that this [...] cousins (sons of maternal uncles and aunts). Jerome rested his argument on the fact that philologically speaking, Hebrew and Aramaic do not have a specific word for "cousins" and instead use "brothers" for this
Jesus and Mary, nothing more and nothing less! Sometimes I envy those who are fortunate enough to study theology! But isn't prayer, or divine contemplation, far superior in knowledge, in love, and in power [...] advanced studies? Experience is more profound, more luminous, and more fruitful than science. As far as I am concerned, all my theology and all my science is love, the union of my soul with God through [...] through Jesus Christ, with the Blessed Virgin! Nothing more and nothing less! Marthe Robin, January 22, 1930 - Words reported in the book Prends ma vie Seigneur by Fr. Peyret, p 190
Lady of Pötsch (Máriapócs, Hungary) Former drug addict and criminal finds grace and divine mercy through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary In 2004, an American couple met a young priest in Medjugorje [...] the priest showed them a picture of himself and said, "This used to be me!" (in 1992). He had rings in his ears and nose, his hair came down to his waist, and he was holding a guitar. The couple was surprised [...] so alien and obscure to the teenager that it was intriguing enough to read. The book was called The Queen of Peace Visits Medjugorje. […] “The Virgin Mary was saying things that were so clear and captivating
Saideneida (Damascus, Syria) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (I) Saint Bridget saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and inestimable crown on her head [...] then, Blessed John the Baptist appeared to her and said, "Pay close attention to what all this signifies. The crown signifies that she is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels. Her hair hanging [...] is a pure and immaculate virgin; the sky-colored mantle that she is dead to all temporal things. The golden tunic signifies that she is ardent and burning with the love of God both inwardly and outwardly