February 28 - Our Lady of Tears (Italy, 1522) - 11th apparition in Lourdes Would You Be So Kind As to Do Me the Favor...? Bernadette's relationship with Our Lady begins with a gesture of poverty. As Jesus [...] them ... if they consent, to His will. Our Lady speaks respectfully to Bernadette in her own dialect. The young girl soon consents, at first to a simple request ... to meet the Lady again for fifteen days [...] Jesus came to the world in a humble manger, so did Mary come to Massabielle, a muddy grotto filled with rubbish that washed up from the river, dressed in pure white! Bernadette was soon to discover in one
January 24 - Our Lady of Damascus - Saint Francis de Sales. Prayer to Mary Most Holy Mary Virgin Mother of God, I am unworthy to be your servant. Yet moved by your motherly care for me and longing to serve you [...] you, I choose you this day to be my Queen, my Advocate, and my Mother. I firmly resolve ever to be devoted to you and to do what I can to encourage others to be devoted to you. My loving Mother, through [...] through the Precious Blood of your Son shed for me, I beg you to receive me as your servant forever. Help me in my actions and beg for me the grace never by thought, word, or deed to be displeasing in your
January 11 - Our Lady of Bessiere (Limousin, France) To Jesus through Mary "Father Montfort probably didn't know when he wrote the Treatise on True Devotion, that he was writing under the direct inspiration [...] était là, ed. Letheilleux). The Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin has experienced extraordinary posterity. The first sentence of the book is like a prophecy and a program: "It was through [...] inspiration of the Holy Spirit," said Marthe Robin (d. 1981). This French mystic had high esteem for Saint Louis de Montfort, as reported by Father John Hemery in his book on the Virgin Mary (La Mère de Jésus
January 5 - Our Lady of Abundance or Prosperity (Cursi, Italy, 1641) You Will be Next to My Mother A poor man was praying, aware of his unworthiness. He said to God, "I am not worthy to enter your kingdom [...] kingdom, but because of your mercy, I know that you cannot close your door to me. I simply ask for the last place." And Jesus answered, "I will give you the last place. You will be next to my Mother."
December 30 - Our Lady of Bologna (Italy, 1193) Through Mary Life is Born to Us Our Lord Jesus Christ, who came to liberate mankind, in which both males and females are destined to salvation, was not averse [...] averse to males, for He took the form of a male; nor to females, for of a female He was born. Besides, there is a great mystery here: that just as death came to us through a woman, Life is born to us through [...] would be tormented by each nature, feminine and masculine, since he had taken delight in the defection of both.
October 15 - Our Lady of France Mary Comes to Her People (II) The final preparations took all night, but by morning they were ready to go. It is September 8, the date traditionally recognized as Mary’s [...] prayers the people accompany these images of Mary to the Cathedral. Astonishing photos of different Marys, and crowds of admirers, adorn the steep hill leading to the Cathedral. The event is covered on TV [...] responsible for each of these 108 "Maman Mobiles" left town with a Pilgrim Virgin, going off in different directions. For the next two years, these Pilgrim Virgins went to and fro, from town to town, all over
chosen site for the launch of the pilgrim statues. The Puy is one of the oldest shrines of the Mother of God in Europe, dating back to the 12th century. The large statue of the Blessed Virgin called "Notre [...] October 14 - Our Lady of Larochette (near Geneva,Switzerland) Mary Comes to Her People (I) It all began in April 1984, when Edmond Fricoteaux, a French lawyer in his mid-fifties, visited Rome for the first [...] day, after many hours of fervent prayer, his love for the Blessed Virgin grew to such an extent that he became convinced that God had given him a mission - to set up a giant statue of the Virgin Mary near
August 24 - Our Lady, Health of the Sick Jesus Teaches Us to Love His Mother (I) Love is experienced in two ways: first, the most sweet and transforming feelings in the presence of the beloved. Jesus showed [...] showed this kind of love to His Mother in his past deeds of affection, giving sweet looks and embraces, both spiritual and physical, to His holy Mother. The second kind of feeling is bitter, afflicting [...] beloved should depart because of some offense and always unsure of herself, unless she be restored by the attention of the beloved; in which case she abandons herself completely to him, forsaking herself. From
June 21 - Our Lady of Matarieh (Grand Cairo, Egypt) Devotion to the Two Hearts The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many [...] many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references to their Hearts, provide a vivid revelation of the Two Hearts. "Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened [...] consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all that we are and all that we do and all that we have - our thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings; our past, present
February 2 - Purification of Our Lady (First celebrated in 544) This is the Time When Mary, Virgin and Queen, Came to the Temple with Her Son It was the day of the Purification of the Virgin. I was in Foligno [...] Then He appeared to me in His unutterable and immense majesty, and He said to me, "The one who has not seen me small will not see me great." He added: "I came to you, and I give myself to you so that you [...] Foligno, in the church of the Minor Brothers. I heard a voice speaking to me, "This is the time when Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son." I listened with great love in my soul. And having
