January 21 - Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic, 1650) Mary Has Given the World its True Light Holy Mary, Mother of God, you have given the world its true light, Jesus, your Son - the Son of God

Through the Intercession of Mary O Jesus, Who has said, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened,” through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock [...] said, “All that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you,” through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask your Father in your name that my prayer will be granted [...] said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My word shall not pass away,” through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted. Amen.

January 8 - Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Louisiana, USA, 1809) Homage and Veneration to Mary in New Orleans (I) In 1803, the boarding school and orphanage in a New Orleans convent founded by French Ursuline [...] he would even receive her letter of petition. So Mother Saint Michael prayed, “O most Holy Virgin Mary, if you obtain for me a prompt and favorable answer to this letter, I promise to have you honored

Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life and Ministry of the Priest Every aspect of priestly formation can be referred to Mary as to the human being who better than anyone has

January 9 - Our Lady of Beyond the Tiber (Rome) Homage and Veneration to Mary in New Orleans (II) On Mother Saint Michael’s and several postulants’ arrival in New Orleans on December 30, 1810, the statue [...] statue was solemnly placed it in the convent chapel. Homage and veneration to Mary under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor has been constant since then, and the Blessed Virgin has interceded for those

January 6 - Epiphany of Our Lord Thy Light is Come from the Virgin Mary O God, who by the guidance of a star didst on this day manifest Thine only-begotten Son to the Gentiles, mercifully grant that we [...] for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee-Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary. And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light and kings in the splendor of thy rising, and the glory of

January 5 - Our Lady of Abundance (Italy, 1641) O Mary of All Women O Mary of all women, you are the chosen one, Who, ancient prophets promised, would bear God’s only Son; All Hebrew generations prepared [...] prepared the way to thee, That in your womb the God-man might come to see man free. O Mary, you embody all God taught to our race, For you are first and foremost on fullness of grace; We praise this wondrous

Piety Mary, Dawn of the Redemption On September 8th, we celebrated Mary's Nativity, and soon, on December 8th, we will celebrate her Immaculate Conception. The Gospels do not tell us where Mary was born [...] Church's veneration of Mary. Pope Saint John Paul II said during the general audience of September 8, 2004: "This feast, very important to popular piety, leads us to admire in Mary the child, the purest [...] born but the proto-gospel of James—originally called "The Nativity of Mary"—mentions a house in Jerusalem called "Anne's House." A church was built near this house and it was consecrated on September 8 th

November 12 – Saint Josaphat (d. 1623) – Holy Miraculous Icon (Russia) Mary smiled at my grandmother This story took place in Grenoble, France, in 1940, where my grandmother had taken refuge with her three [...] offer her sufferings for priests. One night, a great light filled her room and she saw the Virgin Mary smile at her. She then fell asleep peacefully, which she hadn't been able to do for several weeks [...] September 12th, our son will be ordained a priest, praise be to God! Laurent J., a reader of A Moment with Mary

Lucy to write down Third Secret of Fatima (Portugal, 1944) How many apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary have there been in the last centuries? Experts from the 42nd Marian Week in Saragossa in 1986 counted