December 24 – Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord What made Mary the true Mother of the Eternal Word? Surely, what God asks of us above all else is that we offer our will to Him without reservation and let [...] brought the message of the august Trinity to the Virgin Mother, the exchange of words he had with Mary did not accomplish much. But when the Virgin surrendered her own will to offer it to God, she immediately
Church (d. 397) - Vigil of the Immaculate Conception Mary advises to never fear suffering or sacrifice On December 7, 1920, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at dawn to Sister Josefa Menéndez (1) and said
Benedictine monk (d. 1186) Each flower was miraculously imprinted with one of the letters of the name "Marie" On November 30, 1186, Saint Andrew's feast, the monks of Déols, a small town in France, were gathered [...] imprinted in its small chalice-shaped corolla of petals, a letter of the Virgin's name in French, "M-A-R-I-E." When Archbishop Henri de Sully came to admire the wonder, he decided to detach the miraculous
carried out in each room, door, and window, accompanied by the sign of the cross and a Hail Mary , because Mary is "the greatest protectress identified by the Church." Adapted from: L’independent [...] December 6 - 2nd Sunday of Advent - Our Lady of Sées (France) - Our Lady of the Vow (Siena, Italy) Mary is the greatest protectress identified by the Church Michel is a devout Catholic from southwestern [...] with the cleansing of a place, a workspace, a company. In the name of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, I prayed for the health of the souls of those who worked there. I tried to repel the attacks of the
February 22 - Our Lady of Help (Rennes, France) According to Saint Padre Pio, Mary is the Echo of God She is the "echo", the echo of God who faithfully follows the Master's will. Thus all graces go through [...] Light of God flows into her and she - reflecting like a mirror - sends it back out onto humanity. "O Mary, Mother and salvation of the infirm, support, protect and console the sick; make hospitals bloom with
were requested to atone for the five ways in which people offend the Immaculate Heart of Mary: - attacks upon Mary's Immaculate Conception - attacks against her Perpetual Virginity - attacks upon her Divine [...] February 13 - Sister Lucia, last Fatima seer (d. 2005) First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (II) Christians have always honored Our Lady on Saturday because of her constant faith in Jesus on
Seamless Garment First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was first mentioned by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917. After
February 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes (France, 1858) The Apparitions of Mary in Lourdes The mountain air was cold on February 11, 1858, in Lourdes. Food was scarce and the firewood was all gone in the "cachot"
she said, very clearly and very loudly: "Hail Mary, full of grace..." then stopped, exhausted. Her mother continued the prayer. At the end of every Hail Mary, Claire murmured, "and then... and then..." to [...] 22 - Eve of Our Lady's Espousals - Claire de Castelbajac (d. 1975) Claire Died, Reciting the "Hail Mary" On the morning of the day of her tenth birthday, October 2, 1963, despite feeling tired (she suffered [...] made the habit of invoking the Blessed Virgin every morning when she first woke up. "O Immaculate Mary, I entrust to you my purity of heart. Guard it always." In 1975, she suddenly came down with viral
Chatillon sur Seine (France, 1130) appears to Saint Bernard (d. 1153) The Name of Mary (I) "And the virgin's name was Mary" (Lk 1:27). Let us also say a few words about this name, which means "star of the [...] lights up the earth and warms the spirit more than the body; it fosters virtues and dries up vices. Mary, I say, is the distinguished and bright shining star, necessarily lifted up above the great broad
