May 2 - Our Lady of Oviedo (Spain, 711) Consecration to Jesus through Mary (I) Through the centuries Christians seeking most fully to know, love and serve God--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--have done so [...] humans of receiving and sharing in the divine grace, light, wisdom and power; - God--for the fullest accomplishment of the purpose of Creation in human persons, and in the world--has deigned to fill Mary [...] created to this end in the divine image and likeness; - the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, through her spotless purity and total responsiveness to God's will was and is most capable of all
April 6 - Our Lady of the Conception (Douai, France) Mary's 15 Promises to Those Who Recite the Holy Rosary 1)Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive special graces [...] virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to desire for eternal [...] light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise. 9)I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary
is the fruit of your Virginal Spouse, Jesus. Holy Joseph, foster Father of the Son of God, pray for us, watch over our family, health and work, until our last day, and let us have recourse to you at the [...] the hour of our death. Amen. As the foster Father of the Son of God, chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, and Patron of the universal Church, Joseph was placed alongside Mary like the seraph watching over the [...] spirit of Psalm 39, and Mary said "yes" at the Incarnation on behalf of all humanity, but Joseph also said "yes" to be the head of the Holy Family. Joseph was great, righteous, had given his life to God,
March 2 - Our Lady of Apparitions (Madrid, Spain) -13th Apparition in Lourdes Entrustment to Mary John Paul II gave the conclusion of his Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Europa (2003) this title: "E [...] the Church in Europe to resolutely turn to Mary to overcome the hardships she faced at the beginning of the new millennium. Therefore, far from being an isolated act, entrustment to Mary plunges us into [...] into the history of Salvation and makes us take stock of the present time as a phase of this Universal History: "The whole Church, then, looks to Mary. Thanks to the countless Marian shrines dotting the nations
December 30 - Our Lady of Bologna (Italy, 1193) Through Mary Life is Born to Us Our Lord Jesus Christ, who came to liberate mankind, in which both males and females are destined to salvation, was not averse [...] averse to males, for He took the form of a male; nor to females, for of a female He was born. Besides, there is a great mystery here: that just as death came to us through a woman, Life is born to us through [...] would be tormented by each nature, feminine and masculine, since he had taken delight in the defection of both.
chosen site for the launch of the pilgrim statues. The Puy is one of the oldest shrines of the Mother of God in Europe, dating back to the 12th century. The large statue of the Blessed Virgin called "Notre [...] October 14 - Our Lady of Larochette (near Geneva,Switzerland) Mary Comes to Her People (I) It all began in April 1984, when Edmond Fricoteaux, a French lawyer in his mid-fifties, visited Rome for the first [...] day, after many hours of fervent prayer, his love for the Blessed Virgin grew to such an extent that he became convinced that God had given him a mission - to set up a giant statue of the Virgin Mary near
October 15 - Our Lady of France Mary Comes to Her People (II) The final preparations took all night, but by morning they were ready to go. It is September 8, the date traditionally recognized as Mary's [...] prayers the people accompany these images of Mary to the Cathedral. Astonishing photos of different Marys, and crowds of admirers, adorn the steep hill leading to the Cathedral. The event is covered on TV [...] responsible for each of these 108 "Maman Mobiles" left town with a Pilgrim Virgin, going off in different directions. For the next two years, these Pilgrim Virgins went to and fro, from town to town, all over
February 2 - Purification of Our Lady (First celebrated in 544) This is the Time When Mary, Virgin and Queen, Came to the Temple with Her Son It was the day of the Purification of the Virgin. I was in Foligno [...] Then He appeared to me in His unutterable and immense majesty, and He said to me, "The one who has not seen me small will not see me great." He added: "I came to you, and I give myself to you so that you [...] Foligno, in the church of the Minor Brothers. I heard a voice speaking to me, "This is the time when Mary, Virgin and Queen, came to the temple with her Son." I listened with great love in my soul. And having
August 24 - Our Lady, Health of the Sick Jesus Teaches Us to Love His Mother (I) Love is experienced in two ways: first, the most sweet and transforming feelings in the presence of the beloved. Jesus showed [...] showed this kind of love to His Mother in his past deeds of affection, giving sweet looks and embraces, both spiritual and physical, to His holy Mother. The second kind of feeling is bitter, afflicting [...] beloved should depart because of some offense and always unsure of herself, unless she be restored by the attention of the beloved; in which case she abandons herself completely to him, forsaking herself. From
June 21 - Our Lady of Matarieh (Grand Cairo, Egypt) Devotion to the Two Hearts The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are mentioned explicitely only briefly in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless the many [...] many references to the love and compassion of Jesus and Mary, as well as implied references to their Hearts, provide a vivid revelation of the Two Hearts. "Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened [...] consecrate ourselves to the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary we are offering to them all that we are and all that we do and all that we have - our thoughts, words, actions, joys and sufferings; our past, present
