presented Knock with a personal gift, a magnificent gold rose, symbolic of the rose on Mary's crown in the apparition. Christ was the center of Pope John Paul II's unique visit to Ireland. Long will the Irish [...] Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1979) Salute to Irish Faith and Endorsement of Knock In Knock, a tiny rural village, on August 21, 1879, fifteen people reported seeing an apparition on the gable wall of the parish [...] rain. The witnesses spoke of three figures identified as the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist, standing beside an altar bearing a lamb. Canonical inquiries of 1879 and 1937 reported that
presented Knock with a personal gift, a magnificent gold rose, symbolic of the rose on Mary's crown in the apparition. Christ was the center of Pope John Paul II's unique visit to Ireland. Long will the Irish [...] Lady of Knock (Ireland, 1979) Salute to Irish Faith and Endorsement of Knock In Knock, a tiny rural village, on August 21, 1879, fifteen people reported seeing an apparition on the gable wall of the parish [...] rain. The witnesses spoke of three figures identified as the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist, standing beside an altar bearing a lamb. Canonical inquiries of 1879 and 1937 reported that
January 16 - Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) You are So Beautiful You are so beautiful, O Mary, and there is no spot in you. You are so beautiful, so sweet and delightful in [...] Lebanon; come, come and you will be crowned! Come shining like the dawn, Bringing the joys of salvation. Through you, O brilliant Gate of Light, Christ the Lord, the Sun of Justice, has risen! As a lily among [...] Fontaine, Mother of God and Paradise of Grace! The rain has stopped and gone, the winter is over and flowers have already sprung up. On our earth a voice is heard, A very soft voice, the voice of a dove. Take
Gabriel and Raphaël She is the queen of the created universe The angels crowned Mary because she is queen, the queen of all the created universe. She is also the queen of those same angels, who glorify her [...] diadem. The historical and theological foundation of this Marian kingdom is known: Mary is the mother of the Son of the Most High (Luke 1:32), the mother of the Lord Himself (Luke 1:43), who graciously made [...] brought about by her Son... We could ask the Queen of Angels to make us more attentive and sensitive to the inspirations of these angelic spirits, beginning of course by our own guardian angel. We could also
moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head” (Rev 12:1). What about the color of the flag? The blue background of the European flag represents not only the color of the sky, but also the European [...] is present: the color of the Virgin is blue. In the book of Revelation (21:19), Mary has a blue mantle and a stone, a blue sapphire, which "supports the foundations of the walls of New Jerusalem." Source: [...] December 14 – End of the Marian apparitions in L'Ile Bouchard (France, 1947) Mary and the European flag The number of stars on the European flag is not accidental. It is a symbol of unity and stability
under the name of "Our Lady of Consolation." The love of the population of Marsanne for the Virgin Mary found a new impetus when the Virgin intervened to help a young girl, the daughter of an old stone cutter [...] September 8 – Nativity of the Virgin Mary – Our Lady of the Kneeling Woman (France, 1550) An apparition near Valence, France, commemorated on September 8th The shrine of Our Lady of Fresneau, in Marsanne [...] result of the miracle, but its popularity reached a new level when Pope Pius IX granted permission for the crowning of Our Lady of Fresneau in 1855, a petition supported by St John Vianney, the Curé of Ars
May 3 – Mary, Queen of Poland – Act of Consecration of Poland to Mary (1966) A growing Marian shrine in southern China The "Mystic Rose" Shrine in Fuzhou is a large, white-colored complex set on a hill [...] fulfillment of his dream of reconciling 'official' Catholics and 'illegal' Catholics. Despite the conflicts, clandestine Catholics visit the shrine and regularly come on pilgrimage. The popularity of the shrine [...] hill near the coastal city of Changle, China. Built in 1993, this Catholic pilgrimage site has become the most famous of southern China. Managed by a dozen nuns, the holy place receives more than 10,000 Chinese
Saint Mary Magdalene – Our Lady of Kaloja (Russia) Mary is an important woman in my life Mary is an important woman in my life. She is of course the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, the mother of us all [...] I wake up through beautiful songs and hymns such as "Mary crowned with stars", "the First on the way", "Mary tenderness in our lives", "Hail Queen of the Rosary" and “Dio Vi Salvi Regina.” These songs bring [...] will open the doors of the Altru Mondu (other world) for me. I imagine that the women of my family who have died are with Mary, that they live in heaven with their Holy Mother. Marie-Ange Miniconi, catechist
October 16 – Feast of Mary’s Purity – Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (d. 1690) Recite your Rosary, God says Recite your Rosary, God says, and do not worry about what mindless people tell you, that it is [...] is an outdated devotion that we should give up. This prayer, I tell you, is a beam of light from the Gospel: it will not be altered. What I like in the Rosary, God says, is that it is simple and humble. [...] As was my Son. As was my Mother. Recite your Rosary, and you will find yourself in the company of all the characters present in the Gospel: the poor uneducated widow, the repentant publican who forgot
wished to be crowned on the day of the Assumption in the year 1001. He had an image of Mary embroidered on his royal cloak, and near his palace he built a splendid church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On the [...] the day of the Assumption 1038, the king renewed the act of consecration of his country to the Virgin and offered her his crown, asking for her protection over the young Church of his country. The first [...] Following its liberation in 1693, Emperor Leopold I renewed the national act of consecration of Hungary to Mary. Mary of Nazareth
