September 18 – Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra) When Mary speaks to those who refuse miracles A wonderful and irrefutable fact, witnessed by thousands of people who can still testify of it today [editor's [...] in their attachment to religion and refute those who, perhaps out of ignorance, want to put a limit to the power and mercy of God by saying that the time of miracles is long gone. Saint John Bosco (1815-1888) [...] the sake of France… and the whole world, to warn us that her Divine Son was angry, especially because of three sins: blasphemy, the profanation of Sundays and holy days, and the transgression of the laws
September 2 – Our Lady of the Nettles (Germany, 1441) Do you find it hard to pray the Rosary? I’ve always found praying the Rosary to be difficult. Although I love the Blessed Mother and understand the [...] the importance of the devotion, it just doesn’t come easy to me. Sometimes it feels as if praying the Rosary is just “repeating a bunch of words!” In fact, one of the criticisms of the Rosary is that it [...] Trinity, to Jesus and to Mary. With each successive bead (or decade) the meaning shifts as we contemplate a new aspect of Jesus or Mary’s love. Before beginning the Rosary, we should ask Our Blessed Mother
reassured her and taught her how to recite three "Hail Marys" in honor of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. The first to recall her power of intercession on behalf of sinners, which she received from [...] July 30 – Our Lady Promoter of Peace (Le Puy en Velay, France) Mary’s promise to every soul who faithfully prays the "Three Hail Marys" Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-1299), a Benedictine nun from [...] from the monastery of Helfta (Germany), received three visions of the Virgin Mary. Concerned for her eternal salvation, she begged the Virgin to be present at the hour of her death. During these apparitions
July 21 – Our Lady of Civita (Italy) If God deems appropriate to send us his Mother… According to Mark Miravalle, Mariology professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio, United States), Marian [...] obligation to believe in Marian revelations," it is also true that "if God deems appropriate to send the Mother of Jesus, at a certain time in human history, to stress the most demanding aspects of the Gospel [...] veneration." "God is not arbitrary in his acts of providence," he added, "and if he decides that the human family is in dire need of a heavenly visit from the Mediatrix of all Graces, then we should welcome these
August 10 – Our Lady of Graces (Cotignac, France, 1519) - Saint Lawrence 200 rugby players on a pilgrimage to Lourdes The sight of these big men who are here to pray to Mary, like Bernadette, the little [...] Ephraim Taukafa, and prop position Laurent Pakihivatau. In addition to the traditional devotions at the grotto–these big fellows had to stoop to avoid hitting their heads on the rocky wall—this trip included [...] little saint of the Pyrenees, is pretty striking! For the first time, some 200 rugby players from the Pacific region participated in a pilgrimage to Lourdes from May 30 - June 2, 2019. Among them were int
10 – Our Lady of the Star (Italy, 1491) True devotion to Mary is not adoration "Is it really necessary to ‘go through Mary’ to reach the Lord? I’m asking this because the way people are praying to Mary [...] him alone to act. She simply encourages us to do what he tells us. This gives us a beautiful image of Mary's role in bringing us to Jesus. Really, when we pray to Mary, we ask her to present our prayers [...] disciples of Christ, which is what she wants most. True devotion to Mary is not adoration—we pray to the Virgin to ask for her intercession—but true devotion to Mary leads us to a greater faith in her
June 25 – Our Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) When the Virgin Mary ordered to release Christian captives in Morocco The Order of Our Lady of Mercy, commonly known as the Mercedarian Order, was created [...] created in to liberate Christian captives in Muslim lands. The origin of the establishment of the Order dates back to the 13th century, when Our Lady appeared to Saint Peter Nolasco (1189-1256). It was in [...] another religious and managed to buy the release of 400 Christians enslaved in the kingdom of Al Andalous, in Granada and Valencia (711-1492). Today, the Order of Our Lady of Mercy still exists and has no
in Bargemon (Var department). He prayed ardently to Our Lady of Bargemon, confident that she would grant a miracle, and promised her to bring his son to her shrine if he recovered. Before he had finished [...] June 26 – Our Lady of Consolation (Rome, Italy, 1470) The young man went in person to thank Mary In Cannes (French Riviera), in the year 1639, the 15-year-old son of the city’s surgeon, Jacques Arluc, [...] He became conscious again, and able to talk and see. A few days later he was fully recovered, and both father and son went in person to Bargemon to give thanks to the Virgin Mary. From Le Trésor inconnu
June 22 – Our Lady of the Cape (Canada) Let's fight witchcraft by praying to the Virgin Mary! There are divine weapons to fight witchcraft—a social and existential phenomenon in African communities. The [...] raised a corner of the veil on ways to battle against wizards and mystical practices. The topic was addressed at the end of the 7th International Symposium of the Catholic Missionary Institute of Abidjan (Ivory [...] use of witchcraft in Africa had hard-to-measure and devastating effects on the continent's communities. Bishop Dominique Guigbile, Bishop of Dapaong, Togo, made proposals based on the experiences of Jesus
that of December 10, 1925, in Pontevedra, where Our Lady, as she had promised, appeared to Lucia, then a postulant at the Sisters of St. Dorothy’s convent, to give her the details of the devotion of the [...] May 29 – Our Lady of Peace (Italy, 1916) This apparition to Sister Lucia is less well-known and yet it is significant The date of May 29, 1930, is not well known in the history of Fatima, Portugal. Yet [...] months earlier and confirmed the will of Heaven to see this devotion spread. www.fatima100.fr/en/the-newsletters/288-28-our-lady-asks-for-the-consecration-of-russia-to-her-immaculate-heart
