Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Garda, Italy) The indestructible image of Mary The small town of Ivrea in Piedmont, Italy, is home to a women’s religious community. Inside their convent is a painting of the Madonna [...] crushing the head of a snake. This painting was part of an estate sale held in Turin in the house of a Waldensian* named Albert Pizio, on December 8, 1859. On the day of the sale, friends of Pizio came to [...] Shortly after, Albert Pizio’s wife, also a member of the Waldensian sect, doused the painting with alcohol and set it on fire. The result was the same: the image of the Immaculate Virgin remained intact. Finally
meditation on the mysteries of the life and work of Christ. Repeating the invocation of the Hail Mary, we can deepen our comprehension of the essential events of the mission of the Son of God on earth, that have [...] September 22 - St Thomas of Villanova (d. 1555) To contemplate the face of Christ with Mary The center of our faith is Christ, Redeemer of the human person. Mary does not detract from him nor does she [...] soul, the Virgin Mary, the first to enjoy the fruits of the Passion and Resurrection of her own Son, is the One who in a sure way leads us to Christ, the final goal of our deeds and of our entire life.
Dedication of the shrine of Our Lady of Benoîte Vaux (1138) The Virgin Mary answers the wish of the Sultan's daughter At the beginning of the 12th century, three Christian knights of the order of Saint John [...] Egypt, in Liesse, a city in the north of France where one of the knights was a lord. This was the starting point for the construction of the current Basilica of Our Lady of Liesse, which the Virgin had shown [...] her sleep! Despite the absence of the original Black Madonna, many pilgrims still come to pray in front of the replica statue of Our Lady of Liesse, especially for requests of "liberation" or more concrete
– Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) Pray the Virgin Mary to give us the gift of tears On May 25, 2018, Pope Francis celebrated mass in the presence of the reliquary of Our Lady of Tears of Syracuse (Madonna [...] (Tuscany). The image of Our Lady of Tears is preserved in the shrine of Syracuse, in Sicily. It represents the Immaculate Heart of Mary and has been the object of many weepings, the first of which occurred between [...] calamities that make the people of God and the children of God suffer." After the celebration at Saint Martha’s, the reliquary of Our Lady of Tears, entrusted to the rector of the shrine, will continue its
– Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) – Our Lady of Mercy All because the hermit prayed before the image of the Virgin Mary In the late 17 th century, a good hermit in the north of France was assailed [...] have in your cell!” This was the image of the Virgin Mary, before whom the hermit prayed. From that day, the good hermit prayed with increased fervor to Mary in front of her image! The demon, discouraged,
July 28 – Hodegetria Icon: Our Lady of the Way The exorcist brought a statue of Mary Immaculate In Illfurt, a town in Alsace (France), in 1865, a child had been possessed by a demon for four years. They [...] exorcisms on the child. He had brought with him a statue of Mary Immaculate. And it happened! As soon as the monk appeared, the devil, through the mouth of the possessed child, exclaimed, "Ah! So here he is [...] The child was immediately delivered. It is in memory of this wonderful deliverance that the inhabitants of Illfurt installed a magnificent statue of the Immaculate Virgin on the village square for everyone
June 20 - Milo, monk from the Abbey of Saint-Amand, poet, hagiographer, musician and illuminist (d. 872) The two servants of Mary (I) One night in the year 1215, St Dominic was watching and praying in [...] Jesus appeared in the sky, holding in his hand three spears he was about to hurl at the world. Blessed Mary, his mother, having prostrated herself on her knees, begged him to forgive those whom he had redeemed [...] seek you. I have another servant, I will send him as a helper, and he will do the same work.” The Son of God said to his Mother: "You have disarmed me; but show me, I pray you, those whom you have destined
Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) Vanquished by the name of Mary alone As the wax melts before the fire, so the demons lose their strength against the souls who often remember the name of Mary, who invoke [...] tremble on simply hearing the name of Mary , says St. Bernard. As men are overcome with fear when thunder strikes beside them, so the demons are crushed by the name of Mary alone. Thomas a Kempis From Le chapelet
June 16 - Canonization of Padre Pio (2002) Who are the Valets of Mary? The "Valets of Mary Movement" is an apostolate inspired by the “School of Mary” of St Louis de Montfort. The movement, born in Bu [...] School of Mary. Each year, hundreds of young people start embracing the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The first stage of the formation lasts six weeks and ends with the consecration to Mary. This [...] the prayer of the Rosary and the veneration of the Holy Cross of Christ. The idea of this movement began in 2009 when students from the charismatic Catholic prayer unit at the University of Ouagadougou
April 14 – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) The two childbirths of Mary Mary was exempt from the suffering common to all mothers, because she gave birth without pain and conceived without corruption [...] with what the old man Simeon had predicted to her? Here we must understand the two childbirths of Mary: she gave birth to Jesus Christ, and she gave birth to the faithful. That is to say, she gave birth [...] and cries—and you will be convinced of it, if you carefully consider the price at which she had to buy them—it cost her her only Son! She can only be the mother of Christians by giving up her Beloved to
