February 3 - Our Lady of Saideneida (Damascus, Syria) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (I) Saint Bridget saw the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of God, wearing a priceless and
February 5 - Dedication of First Church of Our Lady by Saint Peter (Tortosa, Italy) Mary Did Her Part (I) The holiness of the Old Testament saints, and indeed that of St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, [...] came through their absolute obedience to God’s will. […] This was the hidden motive behind Mary’s behavior. She was the simplest of humans and the one who made the most complete surrender of herself to [...] to God’s will, however it revealed itself. This noble and exalted frame of mind was the basis of Mary’s spiritual life and reveals itself perfectly in those very simple worlds: “Let it happen to me as
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The
November 24 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bologna, Italy) Guardians of Mary’s Army Seventeen years ago, Greg and Jennifer Willits founded Rosary Army, not long after Greg made his first all-twine [...] they have had a guiding hand all along. “Unbeknownst to Greg and me, we were becoming guardians of Mary’s army that we were trying to build. She knew she needed guardians on earth to manage it and I think
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Torre Ruggiero in Calabria, southern Italy. In his homily he invited us to imitate "the Virgin Mary, making concrete our love for the Lord in [...] Lady of Lavang (Vietnam, 1798) - Our Lady of Soufanieh (Syria, 1982) - Virgin of Quinche (Ecuador) Mary is a mother full of gentleness and humility On September 8, 2020, the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal [...] Parolin said that "the mission of the Son of God is realized through the generous availability of Mary, a humble creature on whom God looks with admiration… The history of salvation," he said, "does not
it holy. These great blessings spring from the blessed fruit of Mary’s womb. Through the fullness of the grace that was given you, Mary, dead things rejoice in their freedom, and those in Heaven are glad [...] God, then, is the Father of the created world, and Mary the mother of the recreated world. God is the Father by whom all things were given life, and Mary the mother through whom all things were given new [...] the Son, through whom all things were made, and Mary gave birth to him as the Savior of the world. Without God’s Son, nothing could exist; without Mary’s Son, nothing could be redeemed . Saint Anselm of
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
January 28 - Our Lady of the People (Italy, 1771) - Saint Charlemagne Charlemagne, Mary’s Son (I) The great Emperor Charlemagne was anointed in the Basilica of Aachen, which he had previously dedicated [...] belt, a gift from the Empress of Constantinople, as a treasured possession, and he wore a medal of Mary on a golden chain around his neck. In his old age, he asked to be buried with a statue of the Virgin
of Cardinal Charles Journet So that Mary’s Mystery is not Reduced Down to Our Size We should tremble at the idea of touching the mystery of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This mystery is so profound, so deep
January 25 - Translation of the Shroud and Tomb of Our Lady to Constantinople (455) Mary in the Mystery of Christ and the Church Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold
