d to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Friday, October 13th, the 100th anniversary of the last appearance of Fatima, Afghanistan was consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Kabul, by Father Giovanni [...] n, “the heart of martyred Asia,” to the Immaculate Heart of Mary took place, after a Rosary and a Mass. Participating in the ceremony were a Catholic chaplain of the NATO base (a Czech Dominican) and some [...] some military personnel, the first Deputy head of mission of the Italian Embassy, the Sisters of the Mission, and the faithful from embassies and other international institutions. The fact that the country
Vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mary, the great gift of God to the human race "In the Epistle to the Ephesians, Saint Paul reminds us that God chose us in Christ before the creation of the [...] intelligence to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, it can only be in this perspective of an eternal action of God, out of time, before time, before history. Mary was preserved from original sin because [...] Virgin Mary the forerunner of the forgiveness that we seek, the mercy that God shows us, and the power of God at work in our life. "Nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37), the Angel said to Mary, not
a gold rose (Knock, Ireland, 1979) "Mary is the wonder of wonders" A great scientist of the 20th century, a pioneer of modern genetics, notably by the discovery of trisomy 21, French Professor Jérôme Lejeune [...] parish newspaper "Le Sourire de Marie" (Mary’s Smile): Professor Lejeune: "Mary is the wonder of wonders. Biology teaches us that every being owes its nature to the genetic message that animates and gives [...] this before genetics was invented!" The Mary of Nazareth Team, with the participation of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Source: Interview for Le Sourire de Marie , 1977
– Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, France, 1854) The great M (or "aime” French for love) of Mary For four years Isabelle had wanted to concretely trace the "M" formed by the sites of the Virgin [...] pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Virgin Mary. We want to put our country back under her protection. We will pray … and push pedals for the conversion of our country and that of our souls." On July 14, 2017 [...] finished it on August 15th, feast of the Assumption and a national holiday in France. Their bike trip traced the great "M" of Mary formed by the Marian apparitions of the 19th century on France: from Lourdes
September 26 – Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) The final victory belongs to God and will happen with the participation of Mary "We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation [...] victory belongs to God, and this will be verified through Mary, the woman of Genesis and the Apocalypse, who will fight at the head of the army of her sons and daughters against the enemy's forces led by [...] crush the serpent's head. Cardinal Ivan Dias Excerpt from his homily of December 8, 2007, for the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Lourdes Provided by Etoile Notre Dame
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Why Mary is Queen of Martyrs On September 15th, the liturgy of the Church invites us to remember the sufferings of the Virgin Mary, Mother of our Savior. “Your pain, [...] "obligatory memory" of Our Lady of Sorrows – on which the Church invites us to meditate more profoundly during this Octave of the Nativity of Our Lady – serves to remind us of the incredible sort of martyrdom that [...] 27-31); 5. Mary seeing the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross (John 19, 25-27); 6. Mary receiving her dead Son into her arms during the deposition from the Cross; 7. Mary letting go of the body of her
brothers in Christ and the Most Holy Virgin Mary ... At Our Lady of Laus Shrine (France), I experienced the grace of perfumes. I smelled the delightful perfume of Mary near me. Then I saw my life pass before [...] delightful perfume of Mary near me We live in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (Brittany, France). At the age of 17, after not practicing for a long time … I ended up receiving the sacrament of Confirmation in a wonderful [...] my eyes, and everywhere I went I discovered God’s love. While a flood of tears poured out of my soul, I remembered the words of Mary, which my mother had recited to me and that I had never understood: "If
August 7 – Feast of Our Lady of the Kings (Seville, Spain) "Mercy in the heart of Mary" In an interview published by France Catholique, Bishop Albert Marie de Monléon, Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, answered [...] was a sort of Marian culmination of the Jubilee of Mercy. In your opinion, what place do you think that Mary held at each Congress of Mercy?" A: As soon as we talk about mercy, the Virgin Mary has an important [...] became the Mother of God for the purpose of bringing mercy into the world. The ultimate purpose of God, the raison d'être of all his works, is mercy, and Mary is the most complete realization of that mercy."
August 1st – Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria, “of the guides” (Hodegon Monastery, Constantinople) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori (d. 1787) When tempted, pronounce the names of Jesus and Mary Of all devotions, none [...] some image of the Virgin. And it should be known that Benedict XIII granted fifty days’ indulgence to those who pronounce the name of Jesus and Mary. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary , Devotion [...] or with a "Hail Mary," or only invoking the most holy name of Mary, which has particular power against demons. The blessed St Francis, in a temptation against purity, had recourse to Mary, and she immediately
July 28 – Icon of the Hodigitria, “She who Shows the Way” (Smolensk, Russia) Mary Who Unties of Knots Shrine in Campinas, Brazil I am blessed to have visited the official shrine of Our Lady Who Unties [...] April 7, 2017, during his visit to the shrine of Campinas, Brazil Note: Thierry and Myriam Fourchaud are the founders of the "City of the Immaculate" and of the magazine La Bonne Nouvelle ( The Good News) [...] Denis Bourgerie, the founder of this shrine (along with the Blessed Virgin of course!) came to welcome me when I arrived. It is an extraordinary place, where thousands of pilgrims come each day to ask
