July 22 - Saint Mary Magdalene - Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia Russia's great thirst for a return to Jesus and Mary In Russia, a country evangelized since the 10th century, the 20th century was marked by 70

(1456) French mystic Marthe Robin (1) on her relationship with Jesus and Mary "I live off Jesus, in Jesus, through Mary, in the Trinity! Jesus is the soul of my life, the life of my soul, and it is in union

Italy, 1548) The conception and birth of Jesus is a fundamental element of our faith Is what we profess in the Creed true, then? - “I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, …[who] [...] there are two moments in the story of Jesus when God intervenes directly in the material world: the virgin birth and the resurrection from the tomb, in which Jesus did not remain, nor see corruption. These [...] the conception and resurrection of Jesus Christ he has ushered in a new creation. So as the Creator he is also our Redeemer. Hence the conception and birth of Jesus from the Virgin Mary is a fundamental

Our Lady of Le Puy (5th century pilgrimage, France, 1856) Imitating Jesus Christ consists in entrusting oneself to Mary Imitating Jesus Christ also consists in entrusting oneself to the Virgin Mary, in placing [...] placing oneself like him, a small child in her hands, because “Jesus gave more glory to God his Father by submitting to his Mother for thirty years than he would have given him had he converted the whole [...] miracles. How highly then do we glorify God when to please him we submit ourselves to Mary, taking Jesus as our sole model.” Saint Louis de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin §18

Lord - Saint John I, pope and martyr (d. in 526 in Ravenna, Italy) Mary's joy at the Ascension of Jesus If Mary enjoyed great joy when her Son lived bodily beside her and just as much joy when that same

Alexandria, doctor of the Church (d.373) How Jesus instructed us that Mary remained a virgin until the end Indeed, when he was lifted up on the Cross, Jesus commended John to the mother, saying, "Woman

Mary replied tenderly: "My daughter, do not be afraid, the WORK of Jesus must be founded on much pain and love.... Do not be afraid, Jesus is almighty, and it is he who acts. He is strong, and he will sustain [...] Lady of Altagracia (Higuey, Dominican Republic, 1650) Mary to Sister Josefa Menendez: “The WORK of Jesus must be founded on much pain and love” Josefa Menendez (1890-1923) was a Spanish Catholic nun and [...] years, from February 5, 1920, until her death on December 29, 1923. She received many messages from Jesus and Mary, which she faithfully compiled in a book which is published in English under the title of

January 22 - Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) Jesus and Mary, nothing more and nothing less! Sometimes I envy those who are fortunate enough to study theology! But isn't prayer, or divine contemplation [...] I am concerned, all my theology and all my science is love, the union of my soul with God through Jesus Christ, with the Blessed Virgin! Nothing more and nothing less! Marthe Robin, January 22, 1930 - Words

the Living Rosary Mary was in communion with all the events of Jesus' life Mary was apparently not present at the Jordan at the time of Jesus' baptism, but she communed with the significance of that event [...] event by her whole life. Pope John Paul II made the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan the first luminous mystery of the Rosary. The Jordan River had a symbolic role as the border with the promised land of Canaan

December 23 - Our Lady of the Oak (Italy) Jesus cannot be understood without his Mother Today we are reminded of the words of blessing which Elizabeth spoke to the Virgin Mary: “Blessed are you among women [...] his entire mission, remaining at her Son’s side to the end on Calvary. Mary is so closely united to Jesus because she received from him the knowledge of the heart, the knowledge of faith, nourished by her [...] the humble path of human existence, entered personally into the history of salvation. That is why Jesus cannot be understood without his Mother. Pope Francis, homily of January 1, 2015