reborn, thanks to Mary. I began thanking God for creating me! In 2013, the Year of Faith, I signed up for a retreat at a Foyer de Charité. As I had asked Mary to go on this retreat with me, she led me to [...] to her Son. What a wonderful retreat! I had a personal encounter with Jesus that led me to know him and love him more. I then did a training course in spiritual direction at a Jesuit formation center in [...] September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary "Mary led me to her Son" "I was born in 1954, a Marian year. My father died unexpectedly when I was 14, and from that time I rejected life. I endured it painfully,
May 24 – Mary Help of Christians (1815) – Beginning of Mother Teresa's novitiate (1929) I will continue to pray to Mary until my son’s illness is completely gone! One day a friend gave me the Novena to [...] to Mary Undoer of Knots booklet and since then I have been praying to Mary to help me undo all the knots that are holding me back. My husband is deceased and I have three boys. We are dealing with unemployment [...] pray every day to our mother, who watches over us with love and patience. Monique. Testimonial of a participant from the "2021 Retreats of Trust in Mary Undoer of Knots" (Cotignac, Le Laus, L'Ile Bouchard
she saw a "beautiful woman" who was smiling with her hands together in prayer, holding a golden rosary around her right hand. She was wearing a white dress, tightly belted; her bare feet rested on a small [...] Carmel came to bless the place. Teresita saw the Virgin again with open arms. "Kiss the ground and eat a little grass. Take a piece of paper and a pencil, and write down the following," said the apparition [...] September 12 - The Holy Name of Mary (Austria, 1683) I Am Your Mother, My Little One (I) On September 12, 1948, around 5 o'clock PM, Teresita Castillo, a novice at the Carmel of Lipa (Philippines), was
Anthony’s Fire, Arras, France, 1105) – Death of Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish nun and mystic (1665) Heaven and earth were created for Jesus and Mary Before all other creatures, She was conceived in [...] flowed over, at once and immediately, the river of the Divinity and its attributes with all its impetuosity, in as far as a mere creature is capable and as is due to the dignity of the Mother of God. In the [...] ] God determined to create a locality and an abode, where the incarnate Word and his Mother should converse and dwell. For them primarily did He create heaven and earth with its stars and elements and
leaves on Her dress, Mary, helped by James of Alphaeus and John, lays the body on a cloth stretched on the ground, in a spot devoid of stones, and with a linen cloth, that She dips in a small amphora handed [...] year 32: 646.1 It is the dead of night, and a very dark night, because the moon has already set, when Mary comes out of the little house at Gethsemane with Peter, James of Alphaeus, John, Nicodemus and [...] as it was when he died. 646.2 Mary, Who has been mercifully kept away a few steps by John, frees Herself and runs towards that poor body, which is lacerated and covered with blood. Without worrying about
famous French actress. She had a tragic childhood. Her father, a workman who was also a gambler, a drinker and womanizer, shot and killed his wife. Eve witnessed the scene from a balcony where she had taken [...] June 9 – Mary Mother of Grace (France) - St Ephrem the Syrian, deacon and Doctor of the Church (d. 373) Out of love for Mary, Refuge of Sinners Eve Lavallière (1866-1929) is mostly known as a once famous [...] One day she heard a country priest preach. She was on vacation in a rented castle. The great actress made fun of the priest. Eight days later, she had an irresistible encounter with Jesus Christ. She had
isn’t the Rosary?” asks Father Morales. “It is not a routine, a custom, something to be rushed. The Rosary is the whole of the Church reunited with Mary, contemplating Jesus.” Father Morales’ perspective [...] the Rosary is a body without a soul, which ends up dry, routine and hurried.” But that’s not to minimize the role of the Blessed Virgin. If the Rosary is the Church gathered with Mary, it is also the [...] the eyes of Mary, “the most attractive and effective way, as lived by the Blessed Mother.” … “Every time he said a Rosary for a sinner,” Father Morales speaks of Pope Pius VII, “he obtained a conversion
way ... Mary, yes Mary alone is our prosperity; without Mary we are nothing and with Mary we have everything, because Mary always has her adorable Son either in her arms or in her Heart." www.presence-mariste [...] them as sent by Mary herself." And to Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, Vicar Apostolic of Oceania, on May 27, 1838, he confided: "Mary shows her protection with regard to the Hermitage in a very visible way [...] Brothers of Mary (Marists) Mary, co-founder and glory of the Marist Brothers Saint Marcellin Champagnat (1789-1840) is the founder of the teaching congregation of the Marist Brothers. It was Mary who made
witchcraft (...) I am neither a marabout, nor a fetishist. I am a believing and practicing Christian. With my rosary, before playing matches, I pray and I ask the Virgin Mary and Christ to protect me and [...] November 14 – Our Lady of Pasenika or the Victory of Mary (Constantinople) Senegalese football manager Joseph Koto: "I pray the rosary before competitions" During the Cosafa Cup final (1) in which Senegal [...] and each time I am at peace. People must stop talking about marabouts," he insisted in an interview with the local newspaper. Source: https://www.seneweb.com/news/Sport/koto-solde-ses-comptes-quot-je-ne
December 15 – Mary Mediatrix The evening date where we entrust everything to Mary The novena to Mary Who Restores Couples helped us out of a very difficult time. We didn’t know how to carry on. We went [...] another without experiencing any real progress, just a sense of disappointment. The distance between us was widening, with the risk of never closing again. A friend introduced us to this novena. At first we [...] without acknowledging it, we both felt that something was happening. We discovered new ways to deal with our overwhelmingly negative feelings. It was as if our ability to adjust to the other wasn't coming
