“miraculously” discovered. The Virgin Mary told Mariette that the spring was set apart for her (Mary), for all nations, and for the sick. Again, similar to Beauraing, Mary made a bold claim in Banneux where [...] hearts. Violence and strife cause wounds—such as anger and hatred—to fester within us but Mary wants to heal us of these afflictions. She wants us to have faith that all of this will pass, and that God’s healing [...] received eight visits from Mary beginning on January 15th and ending on March 2, 1933 in Banneux, Belgium. Due to the closeness in time of Mariette’s claims and the end of the Beauraing Marian apparitions, many
October 27 - Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (IX) O Blessed Rosary of Mary, Sweet chain which unites us to God, Bond of love which unites us to the angels, Tower of salvation against [...] our comfort in the hour of death: Yours our final kiss as life ebbs away, And the last word from our lips Will be your sweet name, O Queen of the Rosary of Pompeii, O dearest Mother, O Refuge of Sinners [...] Sinners, O Sovereign Consoler of the Afflicted. May you be everywhere blessed, Today and always, On earth and in heaven.
Saints Day With Mary, Queen of all saints Every November 1st, the Church honors the multitude of those who, in imitation of the Virgin Mary—the perfect example of holiness—were living and luminous witnesses [...] Originally dedicated to “all the gods” (this is the meaning of the name “pantheon” in Greek), this temple is now dedicated to Mary and all the martyrs, to whom the confessors of the faith were later added [...] "canonized" after a procedure of investigation and given to us as models, the Church knows that many others have also lived in fidelity to the Gospel and to the service of all. That is why, on All Saints
EN (English):] 27 octobre - Cuba Notre Dame de la Charité. The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (IX) O Blessed Rosary of Mary, Sweet chain which unites us to God, Bond of love which unites us to the angels, Tower [...] our comfort in the hour of death: Yours our final kiss as life ebbs away, And the last word from our lips Will be your sweet name, O Queen of the Rosary of Pompeii, O dearest Mother, O Refuge of Sinners [...] Sinners, O Sovereign Consoler of the Afflicted. May you be everywhere blessed, Today and always, On earth and in heaven.
she is its privileged "spokesperson", and when that is the case, the vocation of every woman is perfectly fulfilled in Mary's "here I am" pronounced in the name and place of all fundamental femininity. [...] the whole of the Church and the world. Thus, holiness, which is the ultimate goal of the Church, is fundamentally feminine... because holiness has to do specifically with a wife and espousals. It is all contained [...] Fauquet, O.F.M. Cap., is one of the commentators and annotators of Canon Osty's Bible. He is also the author of "Voici et me voici "dans la Bible ("Behold and here I am" in the Bible) published by Editions
actually preserved from original sin even in her mother's womb. Therefore, she was born and grew up and lived and died without committing a single sin. This is the meaning of the Immaculate Conception. [...] her and giving her name with this phrase: "I am the Immaculate Conception." The poor 14-year-old girl had no idea what these big words from the mysterious lady meant. Thus, by this apparition and this [...] February 18 - Saint Bernadette of Lourdes Mary chose Bernadette to confirm the dogma of the Immaculate Conception The Church proclaims that Mary is holy. But her holiness is unlike any other: she is the
composed a sublime poem in 25 stanzas: 0 Mary I would like to sing why I love you, why your sweet name fills my heart with joy, and why the thought of your majestic greatness, could never inspire fear within [...] Love You Mary "I still have something to do before I die," Therese said to her sister Celine. "I always wanted to express to the Blessed Virgin in a song everything that I think of her." And she composed [...] glory, surpassing all the saints in highest heaven above, scarce could I dream I am your child, O Mary, I would lower my eyes from of you! ... - Saint Therese of Lisieux (May 1897 - PA Rome p. 268)
founder of the Dominican Order (d. 1221) - Our Lady of Laeken (Belgium) O Mary, my joy I walk with you, O Mary, my joy, always there and discreet, step after step in the secret of my life, holding time by the [...] cousin Elizabeth lived. My heart, heavy with the burdens of life, leaps with gratitude. I repeat your name on the road, my prayer blossoms in May flowers, you help me to meditate the Word that inhabits my [...] breathe, I feel at peace with you, you lead me to the beloved Son who fills us with his presence, O Mary, my joy. Jacques Gauthier
laid down his weapons at the feet of the Black Madonna of the Puy and asked to be baptized. The day of his baptism, Mirat took the name of Lorus that, transmitted to the city, became Lourdes at a later [...] January 29 - Our Lady of Chatillon sur Seine (France, 1130) Charlemagne, Mary’s Son (II) In 778, Charlemagne was ready to surrender, wearied by the obstinate resistance of the Saracen Lord Mirat in the [...] of raising the siege, when his companion Bishop Turpin, bishop of Puy-en-Velay, had an inspiration and obtained the authorization to go negotiate with the besieged. He proposed to Mirat to surrender, not
(Lithuania, 1432) - 17th apparition in Lourdes Lithuania is Mary’s country In Lithuania, a full 25% of the churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. And yet the country only converted to Christianity in 1387 [...] both within the nobility and the Lithuanian people as a whole, was such that Pope Pius XI once said: "Lithuania is Mary’s country." Among the most important shrines dedicated to Mary are those of Siluva, Kalvarija [...] patroness of their local shrine. · In Vilna, the "Czestochowa" of Lithuania, Mary is known under the name of Our Lady the Gate of Dawn. Marie de Nazareth Website
