Mother of Jesus and the saints, the Virgin Mary stays in the background. Until the intelligence of the soul accepts the reality of the communion of saints, Mary respects their position and lets them call [...] May 11 - Nuestra Senora de la Paz (Antipolo, Philippines) Will the Virgin Mary be there when I die? Jesus does not come alone. He brings all the saints with him. Since the role of the saints and of the [...] on the soul’s unique sensibility. If the person is Catholic or Orthodox and is close to the Virgin Mary, she will be there. In many of her apparitions she has explicitely promised to assist at the time

the “Mother of Hope.” Beneath the cross, he says, Mary “believed against hope” and “the Church, like Mary, lives the resurrection ‘in hope’… Just as Mary was close to her crucified son, so the Church is [...] Constantinople) Mary is the "Mother of Hope" In his third Lenten Sermon, the Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., reflects on the kenosis—or self-emptying—of Mary, the Mother [...] Mother of God, at the foot of the cross, describing her as "Mother of Hope": On Calvary, therefore, Mary didn’t experience only the death of her Son but also the first fruit of the resurrection... On Calvary

Our Lady of Monticino (Italy, 1776) This devotion to Saint Joseph was willed by Jesus and Mary The Virgin Mary has been appearing in Itapiranga, Brazil (state of Amazonas) since 1994, to seers Edson Glauber [...] who was on earth the protector of Jesus and Mary, has "a great mission" to accomplish, and that this devotion to him will hasten the triumph of Jesus and Mary. Saint Joseph also gave a special scapular [...] Chaste Heart, in union with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and on establishing a feast in honor of the Most Chaste Heart of Joseph on the Wednesday following

May 5 - Zeitoun apparitions approved by Coptic Patriarch Kyrillos VI (Cairo, Egypt, 1968) Mary widely venerated in Egypt Situated on the north-eastern edge of Africa and lying between the Mediterranean [...] Christians represent only 10-15% of the population, but their faith, permeated by a love of the Virgin Mary, is strong. In fact many Christian sites, some of which originated from a miracle, can be found in [...] visible to everyone, both Christians and Muslims (the latter form the majority of the population). The Marie de Nazareth team

April 28 - Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716) He who finds Mary finds life God wishes to reveal Mary, his masterpiece, and make her more known in these latter times: (1) Because she kept herself hidden [...] shine forth in sanctity must find him. He who finds Mary finds life, that is, Jesus Christ who is the way, the truth and the life. But no one can find Mary who does not look for her. No one can look for her [...] desires something unknown. Mary then must be better known than ever for the deeper understanding and the greater glory of the Blessed Trinity. (6) In these latter times Mary must shine forth more than

1895) - St Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d. 373 or 374) To battle Satan, count on Mary and the Rosary In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we find the account of Jesus sending out

rededication of England as “Mary’s Dowry” in March, the painting will visit every Catholic parish in England. The rededication ceremony recalls the medieval title for England as “Mary’s Dowry,” documented as [...] – Divine Mercy Sunday – Our Lady of the Countryside (Italy, 1559) The Rededication of England as ”Mary’s Dowry” On February 12, 2020, after his weekly audience, Pope Francis blessed a specially commissioned

Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, 24 countries were consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus in [...] shrine. The Prelate asked Mary to “free us from the pandemic that is afflicting us.” The ceremony of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary took place behind closed [...] Since then, other countries have joined: England, in particular, with its rededication as the dowry of Mary that took place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham on Sunday, March 29th. Adapted from: Vatican

April 21 - Saint Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (d.1109) Thanks to Mary, the universe rejoices with indefinable loveliness Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and ni [...] sees him openly, working and making it holy. These great blessings spring from the blessed fruit of Mary’s womb. Through the fullness of the grace that was given you, dead things rejoice in their freedom

April 14 – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) To stop the pandemic, bring your prayers to Mary with Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal [...] recalled that Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three young shepherds who saw the Virgin Mary 1916 and 1917, were both taken by the terrible Spanish flu epidemic that killed between 20 and 50