July 21 - Feast of Our Lady of Einsiedeln (Switzerland) Why I Love You O Mary Oh, I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so Why your sweet name makes my heart throb Why the thought of your supreme [...] fear to my soul. If I gazed on you in your sublime glory I could not believe that I am your child O Mary, I would lower my eyes before you! … Mother full of grace, I know that in Nazareth You lived in poverty [...] splendor of your supreme glory With you I have suffered and now on your lap I would like to sing, Mary, why I love you so And go on saying forever that I am your child! …
Canonization de Saints Louis Grignion de Montfort and Catherine Labouré (1947) The Hail Mary This new hymn, the Hail Mary, is in praise of the Mother of God and is sung directly to her; nevertheless it greatly
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Rome, Italy) Queen Mary Reigns Above Mary’s Son will deny her nothing that she asks, and herein lies her power. While Mary defends the Church, neither great monarchs, nor craft [...] craft of man, nor popular violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short, but Mary reigns above, a queen forever.
July 16 - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mary is the Virgin of the New Heart Mary, overshadowed by the Spirit of God, is the Virgin of the new heart, who gave a human face to the Word made flesh. She is the [...] choices. Thus enlightened, Mary is presented to us as one able to read "the great wonders" which God accomplished in her for the salvation of the humble and of the poor. Mary was not only the Mother of [...] see in the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and archetype of the Church, the perfect image of all that they want and hope to be. For this reason, Carmelites have always thought of Mary as the Patron of the
July 12 - Our Lady of Lure (Avignon, France, 1110) Mary Remembers What John says in his Gospel about how remembering becomes understanding and the path “into all the truth” (Jn 16:13) comes very close [...] account of the Annunciation of Jesus’ conception by the Archangel Gabriel. There Luke tells us that Mary took fright at the angel’s greeting and entered into an interior “dialogue” about what the greeting [...] important passages figure in the account of the adoration of the shepherds. The Evangelist comments, “Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” (Lk 2:19). At the conclusion of the words of the
July 15 - Saint Bonaventure Mary and the Holy Trinity Never doubt that the Blessed Mother and Virgin Mary chose to deliver her Son for the salvation of mankind with a strong heart and constant determination
July 8 - Our Lady of Kazan (Russia) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (III) There were four of us around the dying child. The doctor took the child’s pulse as her heartbeat became almost imperceptible [...] l intervention. I called my husband and told him if he believed in God to start praying the ‘Hail Mary’, because it all seemed to be over. My husband joined his hands in prayer without saying anything [...] like to cry out and tell everyone about the power of the Mother of God and about the impact the ‘Hail Mary’ has on her maternal heart that has suffered so much. Her heart is so powerful at helping our distress
Sasagawa (Akita, Japan, recognized by Bishop Shojiro Ito in 1984) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (I) In the year 1958, we lived in a poor working suburb. Life was miserable for everyone and the second [...] not dare. I had been such a blasphemer! In fact, I belonged to a sect that prohibited us to honor Mary, forbid us to make the sign of the cross and to enter a Catholic church. However, I had spent a year [...] God, “My God, You made the earth and the sky; I only know only one prayer for the dying. It is “Hail Mary”. Am I wrong to ask the One that Catholics call the Virgin for help? Have mercy on us Lord! …”
July 2 - Our Lady of Piat (Philippines) Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (II) The work of a mother is hidden for the most part, and even its rewards are intangible. This is exactly why [...] fight for these very truths: “Perhaps the moment has almost come for the Catholic woman to stand with Mary and with the Church under the cross.” It would be a shame to let her answer the call alone.
1st July - Month of the Most Precious Blood Stand With Mary and With the Church under the Cross (I) Today I stood with you under the Cross, And felt more clearly than I ever did That you became our Mother
