May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia (1377-1457) The Church “Looked At” Jesus through Mary In their midst Mary was "devoted to prayer" as the "mother of Jesus" (cf. Acts 1:13-14), the mother of the Crucified
May 6 - Feast of Our Lady of Saint John (Italy, 1658) Extraordinary Apparitions in Zeitoun, Egypt (II) The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin were indeed visible to many people, for long periods of time
April 30 - Feast of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (1786-1842) The Messenger of Providence (II) The lady was at Father Joseph Benedict's side for no more than a minute when she began to comfort him in [...] noble lady whom I did not dare to look at twice straight in the face?" "That lady," answered the saint, "did not come from down below as you may suppose, but from above. It was the Blessed Virgin Mary
May 1st - Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker Mary’s Husband, the Carpenter Leo XIII wrote, "Joseph, of royal descent, united in marriage with the most sublime and saintly of women, the putative father of
May 2 - Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (+ 373) Who Equals Her Greatness? O noble Virgin, you are truly great above all greatness! Who equals you in greatness? What can equal you,
March 8 - Saint John of God (+ 1550) The Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (I) The Spaniards besieged Fontarabia, which was occupied by the French. The besiegers, in their idleness, fell into plundering
March 7 - Saint Laurence of Salamis Island (+ 1707) The Monastery of the Mother of God on Salamis Island The worthy Father Laurence, founder of the monastery of the Mother of God "Phaneromenia", on the [...] became monks and the community grew quickly, under the protection of the Blessed Virgin who granted Saint Laurence the grace of achieving many cures for Christians and also for Moslems. It was in this way [...] properties back to the monastery, which had been previously confiscated. Thus by God's grace, the saint completed the construction of the monastery in 1682, and passed away in peace on March 9, 1707, wearing
March 11 - Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem (+ 639) The Incarnation in the Virgin’s Womb Concerning the Incarnation, I believe that God the Word, the only Son of the Father, who was born before all centuries
March 10 - Beginning of Novena to Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary The Smack of the Rosary was an Amazing Grace Father John Ogilvie was condemned as a traitor, but during a long imprisonment no tortures could
February 22 - Saint Isabel of France (+1270), foundress of the Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin (monasterium humilitatis beatae Mariae virginis). The Church is the Spouse Born from Christ’s
