June 15 – Our Lady of Graces (Turin, Italy) – Ethiopia: Feast of all the Churches in the Holy Land On pilgrimage for life from Ocean to Ocean The icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland) officially arrived [...] Mass. The icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa has been traveling throughout Mexico along with an image of Christ of Divine Mercy. Her visit to Tenango is the culmination of her pilgrimage to this country. During [...] the message of the Virgin of Guadalupe and that of the Virgin of Czestochowa, which is now spreading from Mexico. It was an opportunity to present and reflect on the pilgrimage "From Ocean to Ocean" in Mexico
February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Former Abyssinian Empire) “I don’t know where to put Mary!” Sometimes we might be afraid to welcome the Virgin Mary into our lives. The root of this fear is [...] the mystery of the Trinity and in the truth of the Incarnation of the Word of God. My way of understanding the worship of the Virgin evolved. I was already convinced that Mary leads us to Christ, but then [...] Grignion de Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin … There I found the answers to my questions, Yes, Mary does bring us closer to Christ; she does lead us to him, provided that we live her mystery
-- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Italy) God Wishes to Honor His Mother in this Way One asks many things to God," Nicephorus observed, "and one doesn't obtain them. One asks many things to Mary [...] and one obtains them. Why is that? It isn't that Mary is more powerful than God; but that God wishes to honor his Mother in this way.
July 22 - Our Lady of Safe Hiding (Overloon, Holland) - Birth of Saint Marguerite Mary Alacoque (1647) I Spoke to Her Like a Child I always ran to Mary in all my needs. I had the habit of giving the small [...] ran to her with so much trust that it seemed like I had nothing to fear under her maternal protection. I consecrated myself to Mary as her slave forever, begging her not to refuse my vow. I spoke to her [...] crown of the Rosary to her, kneeling on the floor on my bare knees, genuflecting or kissing the floor as many times as I said a ‘Hail Mary.' She has always been a mother to me and has never refused to help
them. A few days later, she had the good sense to ask Our Lady herself who this famous priest was. Smiling, Our Lady pointed out to her that the "priest" of Nazareth par excellence, the one she had seen [...] October 6 - Our Lady of the People How Mamma Rosa of San Damiano learned all the mysteries of the Rosary Mamma Rosa (1) was preparing a meal, cutting tomatoes to make a salad, when a young priest, looking [...] good lady and asked her to pray with her, in front of the beautiful statue of the Madonna that stood in the place of honor, on a small and simple altar. They both knelt down, then the priest began to pray
the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism , aspects of which include the doctrines of predestination and of the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul [...] 24 - Our Lady of Prayer (Toledo, Spain) - Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) How Mary restored hope in a soul Let's go back to the year 1586 when the question of predestination was the hot topic of theological [...] temptation left him. Francis made a vow of virginity to God and to the Virgin Mary, and, as a means to keep his resolution, he promised to recite the Rosary every day of his life. (1) John Calvin was a principal
May 22 – Our Lady of Graces (Brescia, Italy, 1526) Actor says the Rosary helped him to portray holiness on the big screen “Passion of the Christ” star Jim Caviezel told CNA that he relied on Scripture [...] Paul conveying a message of hope at the end of his life. Caviezel plays the role of Saint Luke, who regularly visits Paul in prison to document his story while composing the Acts of the Apostles. The audience [...] Scripture, daily Mass and the Rosary to portray holiness on the big screen in “Paul, the Apostle of Christ.” The film depicts the persecution of the early Christians in Rome under Emperor Nero, along with an imprisoned
them: “Looking to Mary, I do not want to conclude without asking all of us to think of the mothers and grandmothers of this nation; they are a true driving force for the life and the families of Peru. What [...] May 6 – Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Pope Francis invites the Church to take on a “Marian style” The Church is invited to take on a “Marian style,” Pope Francis says, and a “Marian style” consists [...] consists of loving as the mother of Christ does, with “tenderness” and “affection.” The Holy Father said this in a letter to Maria Teresa Compte Grau, the author of “10 Things Pope Francis Proposes to Women”
January 10 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1546) Mary always said “yes” to God Mary is demanding: she leads us by mysterious paths, along the arduous path of the cross. One must say “yes” personally to Mary’s calls [...] extent that we say “yes,” she will say “yes” to whatever we ask of her. To renew this gift is to give ourselves like Mary gave herself, without delay, without reservation, without turning back, and without [...] ourselves to God again, personally and collectively, without being afraid of the future. May we let ourselves be guided by her and follow her without delay, without looking left and right. To the extent
January 5 – Our Lady of Good Counsel (Bergamo, Italy) The first Rwandan cardinal has a strong devotion to Mary My name is Father Alexandre Kabera. In the year 2002, I was very blessed to be part of a group [...] group of priests from the archdiocese of Kigali that made a pilgrimage to the shrine of the martyrs of Namugongo in Uganda. Bishop Kambanda initiated us into this devotion. In 2006, when I was pastor of Charles [...] feast of Our Lady of Kibeho, the Mother of the Word, "Nyina wa Jambo." We can see in it another sign of the Lord's love for this wounded, but also extremely blessed, nation. Kibeho is a small village in
