April 5 – Our Lady of Fatima crowned Queen of Korea (April 5, 1953) A Marian grace to petition At Cana, Our Lady showed great realism . She is a Mother who takes people’s problems to heart and acts. She [...] in need, and to know how beautiful it is to spend our lives in the service of others, without favorites or distinctions. May Mary, Cause of our Joy, who brings peace amid the profusion of sin and the turmoil [...] turmoil of history, obtain for us the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and enable us to be good and faithful servants. Pope Francis Homily at the Shrine of Czestochowa (Poland), during World Youth Day in
Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of the Miracle (Italy, 1440) "In Medjugorje, I found the answers to all my questions" When I was 20, my life made no sense to me. Did God exist? What was the point of living? [...] yourself any questions, rush from party to party, without taking the time to think about it, so you don't go crazy. Who said that life was beautiful? I was in this frame of mind when I heard a person who did [...] she was sure of his existence and that she had made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She ended her sentence by saying, "I can't tell you what I experienced there, you have to go there yourself
and Priests of the Augustinians of the Assumption (AA) in Kenya have been urged to seek the consolation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in their Ministry of service, and to consecrate their lives to the person [...] Njiru Parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. He assured the AA members he was ordaining of the consolation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in their ministry of service. “The mother of God is a consolation [...] September 4 - Our Lady of the Good Shepherd (Italy) - Blessed Catherine of Racconigi (1487-1547) Catholic Archbishop at Ordination in Kenya: “Consecrate your lives to Christ through Mary” Newly ordained
November 17 - Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) "Go to the rue du Bac!" My name is Yomin, I am 53 years old. I was born into a Protestant family and was baptized at the age of 6 months. Since then [...] afterwards, I came across the Gospel of John, chap 1: 1-5, and I received this word: "Go to the Rue du Bac!" (Editor’s note: the site of the Miraculous Medal apparitions to St Catherine Laboure). It was so [...] Catholic chapel and I was impressed by the statue of Mary. As I walked up to it, I read, "Come closer to receive the graces." I got down on my knees and began to talk about my worries about not having a child
sad expression. On the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, Our Lady showed Gladys the shrine that she wanted to be built in a place called El Campito, on the banks of the Parana River. In the sixth [...] the apparitions of Our Lady of the Rosary in San Nicolas de los Arroyos, Argentina (240 km northwest of Buenos Aires), the see of his diocese. These apparitions took place from 1983 to 1990. Gladys Quiroga [...] venerated in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, which had been put aside in the bell tower in a place that the Virgin indicated to Gladys. During the first apparitions, Our Lady did not speak, but she
September 4 – Our Lady of the Good Shepherd (Italy) – Blessed Catherine of Racconigi (1487-1547) Mary asked this nun to give her her heart Blessed Catherine of Racconigi (1487-1540), whose feast day is [...] the age of five, Catherine had visions of Jesus, Mary, and other saints, including St. Catherine of Siena. She also had frequent ecstasies. In 1499, she saw the Blessed Virgin "dressed in a robe of silver [...] is celebrated on September 4, was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic (O.P.). Catherine Mattei was born in the Piedmont region of Northwest Italy, in 1487, into an impoverished family. Her father
May 13 – First apparition of Our Lady in Fatima (Portugal, 1917) – Attack against the life of Pope John Paul II (1981) Praying Mary to deliver us In his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Reconciliation [...] It is to be found in a wound in man's inmost self. In the light of faith we call it sin: beginning with original sin, which all of us bear from birth as an inheritance from our first parents, to the sin [...] coincide or one is the consequence of the other. Thus, to clarify the meaning of the word "knot," we can say that sin produces "knots," but that not all knots are the result of sin. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui
April 18 – Our Lady of Health (Italy, 1428) – Beatification of Sister Faustina Kowalska (1993) Mary wants us to be faithful Christians Our Lady wants us to be faithful to God, and to be better Christians [...] Christians. We are all too deserving of Our Lord's reproach: "Men of little faith!” Our faith is too often languid, and as a result, our hope is weak and our charity grows cold. We get preoccupied by what is [...] the commandments. Let us beg God, the Father of mercies, to forgive us. As you know, God's greatness shines the brightest when he forgives! Let us pray to the Blessed Virgin that she will not let her children
January 7 – Our Lady of Charity (Rumilly, France) – Feast of Saint John the Baptist (Maronite and Byzantine rites) How to discern between good and evil apparitions? A soul to whom God has granted such [...] unable to describe it, they have misgivings about it, and quite justifiably. So they have to proceed cautiously, and even to wait for some time to see what results these apparitions produce, and to observe [...] should speak to your confessor very plainly and candidly - I do not mean here in confessing your sins, for of course you will do so then, but in describing your experiences in prayer. St Teresa of Avila, The
2nd Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of the Annunciation (Italy, 1470) Holy Mary, teach us to wait Holy Mary, Virgin of waiting, give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out. See: our supplies are [...] not send us to other merchants. Rekindle in our souls the old ardor that burned inside of us, when it took so little to make us jump for joy: the arrival of a friend from afar, the red glow of the sky after [...] the Blood of the God of the Covenant. (...) Holy Mary, Virgin of expectation, give us a watchful soul. Having arrived at the threshold of the third millennium, we unfortunately feel like sons of the twilight
