December 21 – Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Mary "conceived in her heart before conceiving in her body" Although Christ lived by faith, Mary's faith preceded his. In her, the long formation

December 9 – Second Sunday of Advent – First apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) – Saint Juan Diego So that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis Famille Missionnaire [...] day, so that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis, and also to pray to Saint Michael the Archangel that he too might defend her from the attacks of the devil... Have we reached [...] dead. When he woke up, he rushed to his private office... Leo XIII immediately composed a prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel, instructing that it be recited after every low Mass throughout the Catholic

December 13 – Our Lady of the Sainte Chapelle (France) The Lord and his Mother filled this soul with immense graces Mr. Joly was an elderly man, the last of the royal ministers of the martyr king Louis

November 28 – Saint Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) - Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda, 1981-1989) The Virgin Mary and the Musician In 2017, an 82-year-old Estonian Orthodox composer was one of the three winners

November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) - Saint Gregory the Miracle-Worker (d. 270) 56 apparitions of Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit in a new way (I) On March 25, 1945, Mary appeared to Ida Peerdeman

November 16 – Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Poland and Lithuania) - Saint Gertrude of Helfta "The Brothers of St Joseph taught us to love Our Lady" "My experience with Mary began when I was a child. I was born

to Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 1989, it earned an entry in the Guinness World Records book for being the largest Christian religious building in the world. As a point of comparison, Saint Peter’s [...] November 15 – Our Lady of Piety (Byzantine Church) - Saint Albert the Great Our Lady of Peace Basilica, the largest Christian edifice in the world Located in Yamoussoukro, the political and administrative

November 28 - Saint Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) - Our Lady of Kibeho (1981) Mary appears at the Rue du Bac Convent in Paris (II) There now formed around the Blessed Virgin a frame rather oval in shape [...] Cross and the two Hearts tell enough. (Continued from yesterday, November 27, 2018) Testimony of Saint Catherine Labouré, seer of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac

November 10 – Our Lady of Almudena (Madrid, Spain) - Saint Leo the Great, pope (d. 461) November is the month of the souls in Purgatory "The pains of purgatory are compared to the waves, because they last [...] their extreme bitterness. "I have penetrated the depths of this abyss" (Sir 24:5). This abyss, says Saint Bonaventure, is none other than the purgatory in which Mary descends to relieve by her presence the [...] blessed Virgin, applying to them especially the Holy Rosary, which procures for them great relief.” Saint Alphonsus of Liguori In The Glories of Mary VIII, 2

November 8 – Our Lady of the Pond (France, 1531) – Saint Elisabeth of the Trinity The Virgin Mary, model of interior souls "If you knew the gift of God!" There is a creature who knew the gift of God, a [...] things were divinized by her! For through it all the Virgin remained the adorer of the gift of God!” Saint Elisabeth of the Trinity In “Heaven in Faith”, § 39-40