Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) – Blessed Marie Rivier, foundress of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) Marie Rivier was cured by Mary’s intercession Marie Rivier was born December 19, 1768 in [...] "schooling" with Mary marked Marie’s life forever—she obtained everything through Mary's intercession. When the French Revolution broke out and any religious action was suspicious, Marie Rivier secretly [...] Presentation of Mary in the Temple, Marie and her four companions consecrated themselves to God. The new community grew very quickly despite the poverty it experienced. For Marie Rivier and her daughters
Presentation of Mary. She was canonized on May 15, 2022, in Rome and her feast day is on February 3. She was only 16 months old when she fell out of her bunk bed and broke her hip and ankles, leaving her [...] Virgin Mary and obtained her cure four years after the accident. Very soon a real dialogue was established between Our Lady and little Marinette (as she was called by her relatives) who promised Mary: "If [...] Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) - St. Mary Rivier, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) "I did everything with the rosary" Saint Marie Rivier (1768 - February 3, 1838)
22 - Queenship of Mary - Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mary, Queen of the Universe The Immaculate Virgin preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body and soul into heavenly [...] earthly life was over, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords, (cf. Apoc. 19:16) and conqueror of sin and death.
22 - Queenship of Mary - Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mary, Queen of the Universe The Immaculate Virgin preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body and soul into heavenly [...] earthly life was over, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords, (cf. Apoc. 19:16) and conqueror of sin and death.
loneliness of being an only child, but also friendship, love, and his relationship as a teenager with his parents, and finally his fatal disease and death. Carlo’s trips abroad also helped to nurture his faith [...] tion of the Holy House of Loreto (1294) – Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto - Apparition at Pontevedra of the Virgin Mary to Lucia: devotion of the first Saturday of 5 consecutive months (Spain [...] Milan (Italy), and he died at the age of 15. From the time of his First Communion, he decided to stay united to Jesus always ("the goal of my life" he would say). Although he lived a quiet and ordinary life
declare that, taking the very holy and glorious Virgin Mary as special protectress of our kingdom, we particularly consecrate to her our own Self, the State, our Crown and our subjects." This vow was published [...] August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast of the Dormition of Mary (Orthodox churches) A deluge of graces came after the consecration to Our Lady of the Assumption After French King Louis [...] to quell a Protestant rebellion in La Rochelle in 1628, and built the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Paris in thanksgiving, the next year he and the Queen were able to conceive a child, after 20 years
ip of fraternity and filiality at the same time—fraternity towards my suffering neighbor, and filiality towards Mary. In my personal journey as a Catholic, there will be a before and after this discovery [...] my faith and in the charity, or the love, than I had been able to do since my return to the Church in 2013. This is a huge grace and I praise Mary, her divine Son Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God our Father [...] February 3 - The Little Madonna (Italy, 1696) - Blessed Marie Rivier, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (d. 1838) The Rosary helps you give God a bigger place in
poor sinners to the feet of Mary, and so fight Satan’s work in souls and in society. In a letter dated June 1837, he wrote, “Countless sensational conversions have taken place, and most of the converts are [...] June 12 - Immaculate Heart of Mary (Solemnity) - Mary proclaimed Queen of China in Zikawei (Shanghai) in 1924 Mary, Refuge of Sinners, pray for us! The year was 1836. Father Desgenettes, the parish priest [...] several times: “Consecrate your parish to the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary.” When Fr Desgenettes placed his parish in the hands of the Virgin Mary everything changed: his church became a “refuge of
Blessed Marie of Jesus (Marie Deluil-Martiny), foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus (d. 1884) A Jew sings Bernadette’s song The experience of Lourdes fascinates and resonates [...] but Jewish... because I swore to honor always and everywhere, through my writings, the divine secret and human holiness, even though our time, with ferocity and indifference, denies these supreme values of [...] Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet Franz Werfel, known for his numerous works, including The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, where he recounts in a realistic and moving way one of the most significant
Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Gospel reveals the Heart of Mary because it shows how Mary sought and followed Jesus: purity of heart is to follow Jesus! Mary did not understand everything instantly, but she meditated [...] Blessed Virgin Mary - Message of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary (1689) Our Lady of Fatima: "God wants to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart" The feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is celebrated [...] Mechtilde, and the visions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century, and was initiated by St. John Eudes in Autun in 1648. The Augustinians obtained this feast from the Holy See for their order in
