Bernadette, lend me your clogs. Poem written by Marie Louise Pierson, during a pilgrimage to Lourdes, following the death of her niece Marie Bernadette, and distributed thereafter to the pilgrims of Lourdes [...] July 10 – Aagen Pilgrimage: Mary’s tunic on display every seventh year (Germany) Poem to Bernadette, to follow Mary's road of trust To help me put my hesitant steps in your steps, I ask you, Bernadette [...] spirit of poverty, and of simplicity. Sadly, you know that I lack all that: I ask you, Bernadette, to lend me your clogs. You were on your way to gather wood, which makes the flame and unites men by bringing
d his kingdom to Mary (1638) Mary was the Church’s first missionary Created in 1997, the Carmel of The Virgin Mary, Missionary is evangelizing both through prayer and ministry. “Mary was a contemplative [...] rooted in the tradition and the rule of Carmel “in the spirit of Saint Therese of Lisieux and Marcel Van,” Father Marie-Van says. The men and women religious live a semi-recluse and missionary community life [...] explains. In everyday life and since its founding, the Carmel of The Virgin Mary, Missionary draws its inspiration from the dual role of the Mother of Christ. The current prior, Fr. Marie-Van thought of founding
Placing of the Virgin Mary’s belt in a church of Constantinople’s district of Chalcoprateia "Go to confession," said the Virgin Mary A certain man in Germany had committed a great sin, and was ashamed to confess [...] hand he could not endure the remorse that he felt, and went to cast himself into the river; but just as he was on the point of doing so, he stopped, and bursting into tears, prayed God to pardon him without [...] without confession. One night in his sleep he felt some one waking him, and heard a voice saying: “Go and make your confession.” He went to the church, but yet did not make his confession. He heard the same
the children: dear boys and girls, I see so many of you dressed like Francisco and Jacinta. You look very nice! But in a little while or tomorrow you will take these clothes off and ... the little shepherds [...] 12 - Mary Queen of China (Shanghai, 1924) Let Us Make Reparation (II) Pope John Paul II's also spoke of offering reparation or consoling the Divine Heart at the beatification of Blessed Jacinta and Francisco [...] Francisco had a great desire to atone for the offences of sinners by striving to be good and by offering his sacrifices and prayers. The life of Jacinta, his younger sister by almost two years, was motivated
woman called Marie, a hospital cleaner based in Dijon, France. Marie had tested positive for coronavirus on March 29th. She had to stop working and quarantine at home. She had a cough, fatigue and fever, but [...] May 25th, Marie wrote to me: "I tested negative today, glory to God!" And indeed, the subsequent scan of her lungs showed no trace of COVID 19! We had constantly invoked Mary, help of the sick and consoler [...] consoler of the afflicted, and Mary answered our prayers. Thank you Mary for that special month of May in lockdown! Judicaël K., a reader of A Moment with Mary Testimonial sent on June 18, 2020
helping form support groups and in raising funds for the widows and children left behind by fathers killed in the drug war. The diocese also provides assistance, through counseling and material support, to bereaved [...] campaign to pray the Rosary for peace and unity on October 18th. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), more than 1,200 parishes and 700 Catholic schools from 41 dioceses [...] through the initiative of the dioceses and religious communities all over the country. Also joining the prayer video are selected children from Syria, Korea, Australia, and Marawi City in Mindanao. ACN Philippines
were stretched out and she wore the Scapular. How beautiful it is, and how prominent it appears on her chest! At first she remained silent for some time. Then she looked at me, and told me something for [...] (I had made a Scapular.) She smiled and added: "It will be necessary to make many more Scapulars." She paused for some time and afterwards became somewhat sad, and said to me: "Courage." Then she disappeared [...] Novembre 11 - Paul VI declares Mary "Mother of the Church" (1964) It will be necessary to make many more Scapulars On Saturday, November 11, 1876, the Blessed Virgin appeared for the 14th time to Estelle
they looked at each other in surprise and joy. Father Nicolas then turned to the French Consul and asked him for his opinion. The latter took a candle, lit it and approached the image to make sure that [...] Nicolas Halabi, and several others, had gone on pilgrimage on Sunday, June 11, 1911, to the shrine of Our Lady of Mantara, south of Sidon, in the Greek-Melkite-Catholic archdiocese of Saida and Deir-Al-Kamar [...] time. "They entered the grotto...when, to their delighted and astonished eyes, the image of the good Virgin smiled, probably to show how pleased and touched she was by their pious visit. She continued to
December 30 – Virgin Mary of San Celso (Milan, Italy,1485) A family without problems? The Holy Family was not a family without problems. Mary and Joseph shared the condition of that disconcerting son, [...] events up to his 30th birthday. In Nazareth, Joseph, Mary and Jesus lived day to day in a heroic way, so that the heroic becomes day to day and we too might imitate them in our daily lives. Joseph pa [...] the Redemption of the Son of Mary: he has given to God the substance of his tenderness and his heart, sacrificing his love. If we are parents due to marriage or fathers and mothers spiritually, the example
the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On March 7, 1916, Cardinal Draper announced his intention to consecrate his diocese and all of Belgium to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On Christmas [...] Heart of Mary The Beginnings of the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary In September of 1911, Jesus told Bertha Petit, the Belgian mystic, that he wished "mankind to turn to the Sorrowful and Immaculate [...] Immaculate Heart" of Mary. A few years later, on May 31, 1915, Pope Benedict XV also asked the faithful to have recourse to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. On September 28, 1915, the pope amplified
