January 11 – Dedication of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (Rome, 6th century) – Our Lady of Bessières (France) I think it’s time to pray now On New Year’s Day of 1953, a Saint Kieran aircraft was [...] the situation and then knelt down in the middle of the aisle, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think it’s time to pray now." She recited the act of contrition, then invoked the Blessed Virgin, calling for [...] Ireland, to Birmingham, England. Shortly before landing, the engines stopped. The flight attendant calmly announced: "We ask all passengers to fasten their seat belts!" She explained the seriousness of the
blessing of Vespers and a procession to the Chapel of Graces with the following words: "We salute you, Holy Mary, Our Lady of Einsiedeln! In you God has offered us the original face of the Church and of true [...] humanity. We entrust to you our country, Switzerland, and all those who live in it. Help all of us to follow your example and to turn our lives completely to God! We are going through a time of insecurity and [...] 1680) - 5th apparition of Our Lady of Fatima: the announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal, 1917) Swiss Bishops entrust their country to the Blessed Virgin Swiss bishops were glad to meet again in person
Second Sunday of Lent – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God In drawing close to Mary, the Church discovers herself The rebirth of humanity began from a woman. Women are sources of life. Yet [...] the body of a woman: we can understand our degree of humanity by how we treat a woman’s body. How often are women’s bodies sacrificed on the profane altars of advertising, of profiteering, of pornography [...] lack of hospitality shown in Bethlehem; the love of Joseph and the amazement of the shepherds; the promise and the uncertainty of the future. She took everything to heart, and in her heart, she put everything
June 8 - The Immaculate Heart of Mary - Crowning of Our Lady of Le Puy (5th century pilgrimage, France, 1856) Imitating Jesus Christ consists in entrusting oneself to Mary Imitating Jesus Christ also consists [...] How highly then do we glorify God when to please him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.” Saint Louis de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin §18 [...] consists in entrusting oneself to the Virgin Mary, in placing oneself like him, a small child in her hands, because “Jesus gave more glory to God his Father by submitting to his Mother for thirty years than
wanted to help him anyway. He thought of the statue of Our Lady in his church, representing the Virgin of the rue du Bac, in Paris, who gave us the Miraculous Medal. From her outstretched hands rays of light [...] April 29 – Our Lady of Ghiara (Italy, 1596) – Saint Catherine of Siena, great mystic and doctor of the Church Go pray to Mary! She is your Mother, she will help you! In Italy, an exorcist priest told me [...] Suddenly, he felt a great sense of relief coming to him from Our Lady's gaze. Never in his life had he felt such maternal tenderness. Full of joy, he stayed a long time in front of the statue. It was like a
Apparition of the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal to Marie Alphonse Ratisbonne (1842) – Fourth apparition in Banneux (Belgium) She didn’t speak to me, but I understood everything “She didn’t speak to me, but [...] I couldn’t resist. She seemed to say to me: ‘Very good!’ She didn’t speak to me, but I understood everything." On January 31 st , Ratisbonne was baptized in the church of the Gesu, and he, who before hated [...] became a priest, like his elder brother Theodore. With Theodore, he founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Zion. His resting place is not far from Jerusalem, at Ain Karim. fr.zenit.org
January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (India, 1599) – Transfer of the Virgin’s funeral shroud to Constantinople (452) Why does she come to warn us? The 20th century is marked by Marian apparitions: [...] consequences of this situation. The world is destroying itself through sin. We cannot get out of this situation on our own. The Virgin calls us to return to what really matters; she invites us to prayer and [...] the last apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima—has traveled the world to investigate these supernatural events. He asserts that many of these apparitions were an urgent appeal to our world that is heading
January 12 – Our Lady of Vetrana (Italy) - St Aelred of Rielvaux (d. 1167) Thanks to both Mary and Joseph The mystery of Mary's motherhood is so great that it somehow leaves the mystery of Joseph's fatherhood [...] Mary as his wife and the mystery of the child conceived in her (Mt 1:24) with all his heart. So it was in a common act that they dedicated themselves to their task of receiving Jesus and preparing him [...] it. We mean “inseparable” not as an added complement, but as an integral part of the same parental function with respect to Jesus. It was actually through Joseph's paternity that Jesus is connected with
Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) - 11th apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) Mary was truly free to decide God used infinite tactfulness when He decided that the day had come to reveal [...] in a clap of thunder. But in that case would Mary have been truly free to decide for herself? Who could say “no” to God if He appeared in all His majesty? So, God chose to send an angel to deliver His [...] " Her question reveals the confidence of a daughter of Israel who knows that one can ask anything of the God. It is also the mark of intimacy, since Mary alludes to her emotional and private life. Finally
February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) - Shrove Tuesday Pope asks Mary Immaculate to watch over Rome Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s [...] office said. “At the first light of dawn, in the rain, he laid a bouquet of white roses at the base of the column where the statue of Our Lady stands and he turned to her in prayer, so that she might watch [...] this morning, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Father went to the Spanish Steps for an act of veneration in private to Mary Immaculate,” the press office
