Armenian Church : transfer of Mary’s Veil Mary has always been in God’s love In her book of divine revelations and prophecies ( Revelations III, 8), Saint Bridget of Sweden quotes Mary as saying: ” I am the [...] decision that I should become the Mother of God. When I understood what the will of God was, then, through the fire of love that I bore in my heart towards God, a word of true obedience at once left my lips [...] fire of divine love blazed in my heart. God, blessed above all forever, who created me through his power and filled me with the power of his Holy Spirit, had an ardent love for me. In the fervor of his
December 3 – Our Lady of Victories in Paris (1836) The 40th anniversary of the Madonna of bikers The feast of the Madonna of bikers goes back to September 1979. It originated in the village of Porcaro in Brittany [...] 2012, Bishop Centène, the local bishop, solemnly crowned the statue of the Madonna, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. This consecration gave the Madonna of Bikers Chapel recognition as a Marian shrine. Bikers [...] Europe. "It’s kind of a mystery. This is one of the biggest gatherings in France and one of the biggest pilgrimages in Europe, and it’s organized by people who aren’t even bikers," says one of the organizers
And blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus Oh Holy Mary dear Mother of God Please pray for us sinners Now and at the hour of our death And give thanks once again For the miracle of Your Rosary The writer [...] Great Thou Art . With one of them, Crying In The Chapel (previously a hit for The Orioles), he had an international bestseller. The most unusual of the lot must be Miracle Of The Rosary , which Elvis recorded [...] we pray to Thee Thanks for the miracle of Your Rosary Only You can hold back Your Holy Son’s hand Long enough for the whole world to understand Hail Mary full of grace The Lord is with Thee Blessed are
previous studies made to the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, I reasoned the following: if the stars of the mantle are the constellations of the sky at the time of its impregnation, the dress represents [...] October 10 - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (1666) Did you know this existed? This is amazing! Believe it or not, there is music in Our Lady of Guadalupe’s mantle! How is [...] placed the image inside the drawing of a golden rectangle. A music expert then superimposed the drawing of a piano and documented the notes expressed by each point of the flowers and stars. Finally, Fernando
with the Virgin Mother of God as a goal (homily 53,8). Mary herself had her own path of ultimate preparation, which St Gregory Palamas, a monk on Mount Athos and later Archbishop of Thessalonica, describes [...] immaculate virgin (Homily 52,6) (1). Mary was the end point of a purification process throughout history and all generations. Everything had been prepared with Mary in mind: All divinely inspired Scriptures [...] interior life, she rose above the diversity of forms that reasonings represent... She had the intuition of a new path to Heaven that we could call the silence of the spirit. By uniting her spirit with this
March 19 – Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Virgin Mary Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Three United Hearts After God, Saint Joseph was the first object of the love of his most holy Bride, and he had [...] husband, the heart of Mary belonged to Joseph. Not only was it his, but if it is said of the first Christians that they had but one heart and one soul, how much more can it be said of the Blessed Virgin [...] sacred bond of love and charity. It is therefore evident that Joseph had one heart with Mary, and we can say that Mary had one heart with Jesus; Joseph, therefore, shared one heart with Jesus and Mary. As in
September 22 – Holy Mary of the Royal Court (Italy, 1575) Mary’s many miracles at this Marian Shrine in Wisconsin The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help has been the site of miraculous cures that have astonished [...] walked out of the chapel that day that I was going to be cured,” she said. Other miracles that have occurred in the past few years have been posted on the official website of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help [...] Peshtigo Firestorm. As far as the eye could see was total devastation. Yet, in the middle of it all, the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help and the fenced property surrounding it were untouched. The property had
Margaret Mary Alacoque (d. 1690) The long conversations St Margaret Mary Alacoque with Mary During her childhood, Margaret – the future visionary of the Sacred Heart – recovered from a serious illness of four [...] the very lovable name of Mary. I felt that this was what I was looking for." As a nun, she fell ill, and it was again the Virgin Mary who cured her: she appeared to Margaret Mary, "gave her affectionate [...] four years through Mary's intercession. In gratitude, on the day of her confirmation, she added the name "Mary" to "Margaret". "I went to her with so much trust that I felt I had nothing to fear under her
see, the prayer is one of confidence in the power of Mary’s intercession. It is only right to have complete trust in Our Lady. After all, she is the Mother, Daughter and Spouse of God, and God will answer [...] November 25 - Mary Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Graces abound when we pray the "Memorare" The name Memorare, meaning “remember,” is the first word in the Latin version of the prayer. There are [...] "Comforter of the Afflicted" moved him to promote the recourse to Mary’s intercession among the poor as well as prisoners facing execution. Trusting his charges into the care and intercession of the Blessed
July 13 – Mary Patroness (Italy, 1837) Mary appears to a Huguenot In response to a letter by the Protestant pastor Michel Leplay published in the French newspaper La Croix of March 22, 2018, which contained [...] as I know, Mary has never appeared to a Protestant," a reader wrote back: Except in a small village called Notre Dame de l'Osier (Our Lady of the Reed), in France! In March 1657 the Virgin Mary appeared [...] in front of the "Beautiful Lady" who appeared to him. But she finally dispelled his incredulity when she mentioned his approaching death. Deeply moved, he accepted to receive the sacraments of the Catholic
