May 26 - Saint Philip Neri, priest, founder of the Oratory (d. 1595 in Rome) Mary, Mother of the Unexpected Mary, when my father was killed by terrorists, your trust lifted me up. I said "YES" to life
May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Augustinian nun - Our Lady of Graces (Brescia, Italy, 1526) Stay united to Mary in order to go to her Son Jesus Two passages from the Gospel are particularly important to
May 27 – Madonna del Popolo (Italy, 1645). Saint Augustine of Canterbury (d.604 or 605) Mary is our Queen A few months ago, I re-watched an old video of our two oldest daughters taken during an evening [...] this song that tells us how much Mary is at home everywhere. Mary is our Queen, she reigns over the saints and the angels, at the feet of our Lord. Charles Beigbeder, business owner
May 14 – Saint Matthias, Apostle – Our Lady Patroness of Bavaria (Germany) Mary’s Immaculate Heart will lead you to God God’s ways are impenetrable. And sometimes Our Lady’s ways are also impenetrable
May 16 – Saint Simon Stock (Brown Scapular) Mary teaches us to say "YES" On days when I am under a lot of stress or when I have to make difficult decisions for my company, I pause for a moment to bring
May 18 – Saint John I, Pope and Martyr (d. 526 in Ravenna, Italy) Mary, a one-in-a-million mother Mary is a wonderful name that carries within it all the values I am particularly attached to. I don't have
18 – Saint Bernadette Soubirous (d. 1879) Even before Our Lady chose her It was not her meeting with the Virgin Mary that made young Bernadette a saint—the little shepherdess was already a saint before [...] conclusive and inspiring perspective comes out of a book by Father René Laurentin about the life of Saint Bernadette Soubirous entitled Une petite vie (A Little Life). Father Laurentin, a French priest and [...] remained calm, poised, precise, able to catch trick questions—and sometimes gently mocking—just like Saint Joan of Arc before her judges. “I have been asked to tell you about it, not to make you believe it
February 20 – Saint Jacinta Marto, seer of Fatima (d. 1920) – Fifth apparition of Lourdes (France, 1958) The Blessed Virgin visibly protected them In 1944, during the invasion of Germany, the border region
died on February 8, 1947. She was canonized on October 1, 2000 by Pope Saint John Paul II. Saint Josephine Bakhita is the patron saint of Sudan and her feast day is celebrated on February 8th. Adapted from [...] February 8 – Our Lady of Casimir (Poland, 1411) – Saint Josephine Bakhita (d. 1947) The Blessed Virgin protected me when I didn’t even know her Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) was a former Sudanese slave [...] slave converted to Christianity, who became a saint. The story of her 78-year earthly journey is truly captivating, rife with dangerous journeys and abusive masters. She eventually gained her freedom and
February 4 – Saint Joan of France, foundress of the monastic Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d. 1505) Mary is a mother of sinners, not the corrupt Even the greatest
