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 Virgin of wise [...] 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 Order [...] express the loving closeness of Mary to the people of God; it is a sign of consecration to Mary, a means of uniting the faithful to the Order, and an effective and popular means of evangelization.
June 30 - Credo of the People of God by Paul VI (Rome, 1968) Mary Cooperatrix of Salvation We believe that the Blessed Mother of God, the New Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven her maternal [...] maternal role with regard to Christ's members, cooperating with the birth and growth of divine life in the souls of the redeemed.
January 28 - OUR LADY OF THE PEOPLE (Italy, 1771) At the School of Mary's Silence (II) Thanks to Mary, John's knowledge of Christ also increased. Mary, who had forgotten nothing of Christ's childhood, his [...] source of enrichment and strength. The deeply human facts that he learned from Mary rooted him in his faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Incarnation eventually became for him, through Mary, a totally [...] his familiar gestures, his way of being, had kept everything in her heart. These memories illuminated a specifically human personality, at least in appearance, for « a man is always a child for his mother
January 29 - OUR LADY OF NASTURTIUMS (Italy, 1630) At the School of Mary's Silence (III) In the privileges of her motherhood, as much as in the sufferings that it occasioned, Mary was so often presented [...] presented with the « inner side » of things...and she never ceased to go beyond mere appearances in order to reach the divine message and the deeper meaning of God. She lived this to such an extent that she was [...] was found worthy, at the foot of the Cross, to become their depository custodian and dispenser. There is no doubt that John profited from this treasure and that he was the first to have this privilege.
today in favor of the most abandoned of all the poor: the Blessed Sacrament. I seek alms of love for Jesus in his Holy Sacrament... for the love of Mary Immaculate and for the love of this neglected Heart [...] January 4 – OUR LADY OF TREVES (Germany, 1537), Blessed Manuel González García (1877-1940) Become a 'Mary' of Abandoned Tabernacles Allow me, since I have often sought your charity for poor children and [...] Heart, I ask you to become a 'Mary' of all abandoned tabernacles.
founder of the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii (d. 1926) - Saint Faustina From Satanist priest to a beatified, through the extraordinary assistance of the Blessed Virgin Mary Perhaps one of the [...] was an active proponent of the definition of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, which was proclaimed in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Bartholomew died on October 5, 1926 at the age of 85. He was beatified by [...] reparations. He learnt first-hand of the awful poverty of the tenant farmers near his hometown. It is said that at the sight of their destitution the words of Our Lady of the Rosary came to his mind: “One
January 2 - Feast of the Epiphany - Memorial of Holy Guardian of the Gate, Panaghia Portaitissa (Mount Athos, Greece) - St Basil and St Gregory of Nazianzus - St Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833) "I never [...] the permission of the Blessed Virgin Mary" Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833) shone as a bright light in the Russia of his time. Jesus said to him: "Acquire inner peace and thousands of souls will find [...] saw the Mother of God enter his cell and converse with him, in the company of Peter of Alexandria and Saint Clement of Rome. At the Virgin's request, Seraphim finally opened the door of his cell to "pour
the Crowning of the Miraculous Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa (Poland). The idea is to make the prayer of the Rosary—this powerful weapon to obtain the victory of Mary—popular again. Father Mariusz Tabulski [...] Virgin Mary, Queen – The Immaculate Heart of Mary My Mother is Queen "My Mother is Queen" is an initiative of the Pauline religious order in the year 2017, the jubilee year of the 300th anniversary of the [...] this journey of prayer and by reflecting on the mysteries of the Rosary, we can allow Mary to guide us and to help us discover our own royal dignity.”... Father Tabulski adds that each one of us has really
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 crown of the [...] a consequence, a strong and tender love. I entered the Convent of the Visitation, because I was attracted to the very sweet name of Mary. I believed that what I sought was there. [...] 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 me. I ran to her with so much trust
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 crown of the [...] a consequence, a strong and tender love. I entered the Convent of the Visitation, because I was attracted to the very sweet name of Mary. I believed that what I sought was there. [...] 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 me. I ran to her with so much trust
