January 25 - Translation of Our Lady's Shroud and Tomb to Constantinople (455) It Is Sweet Music It is sweet music to the ear to say: I honor you, O Mother! It is a sweet song to repeat: I honor you, O holy [...] the demon to the infernal depths, and stay closer, dear Mother, to your aged and erring child. With a gentle touch, cover the weary pupils and kindly consign to God the soul that is returning to Him. [...] adversities. If my spirit that is troubled and stricken by passions suffers from the painful burden of sadness and weeping, if you see your child overwhelmed by misfortune, O gracious Virgin Mary, let me
often think. It is the beginning of a beautiful new birth. "For me, Jesus Christ is my life." To die will be to my advantage since the great effect of death will be to clear away the dark veil, which hides [...] April 26 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to Redemptorists’ Church (Rome, 1886) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (II) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer [...] I surprise people by saying that I live to die, that death is a grand idea for me and the direction of my life. Death is the ultimate grace, the crowning of our Christian life. It is not the end, as many
you will be able to become very knowledgeable.” “But who are you?” “I am the Son of the Woman to whom your mother taught you to pray, three times a day. Ask my Mother if you want to know my name.” [...] January 31 - Apparition of Our Lady to Bl. Angela de Foligny (1285) - Saint John Bosco (1815-88) A Dream Come True (I) I had a dream when I was 9 years old that remained deeply engraved in my heart all [...] said to me, “You won’t stop them by fighting. You can only make them your friends with gentleness and kindness. Why not start right away speaking to them about the ugliness of sin and goodness of virtue
for us. Our eyes meet two eyes that also love and see the beloved. Their eyes increase our visual power. Our gaze can then go beyond the limits of our own selves to seize from all sides, so to speak, the [...] October 25 – Dedication of the Toledo Cathedral to Our Lady (Spain, 1075) What the Rosary contains In the prayer of the Rosary, one contemplates the person of Jesus and his life, not directly and in t [...] Rosary contains... is the continual manifestation of a holy empathy. When someone is truly special to us, we are happy to meet a friend of his or hers. We find the beloved’s image reflected in the other
real prince when pressed to make serious decisions in order to save the lives of his loved ones. In our day and age where family bonds are dislocated by the unrestrained worship of the individual ego, where [...] July 7 - Our Lady Monteregale (Italy, 1596) - Consecration of MDN to St Joseph at the Rue du Bac Chapel (2004) A Great Prince is Back The truth is that Saint Joseph was a prince, a fine flower in the line [...] coped with the loss of his matrimonial and paternal projects; in showing such self-control by being at the same time respectful of a virginal pact and so able to keep incredible secrets to himself. Finally
you will be able to become very knowledgeable." "But who are you?" "I am the Son of the Woman to whom your mother taught you to pray, three times a day. Ask my Mother if you want to know my name." [...] January 31 - Apparition of Our Lady to Bl. Angela de Foligny (1285) - Saint John Bosco (1815-88) A Dream Come True (I) I had a dream when I was 9 years old that remained deeply engraved in my heart all [...] said to me, "You won't stop them by fighting. You can only make them your friends with gentleness and kindness. Why not start right away speaking to them about the ugliness of sin and goodness of virtue
often think. It is the beginning of a beautiful new birth. "For me, Jesus Christ is my life." To die will be to my advantage since the great effect of death will be to clear away the dark veil, which hides [...] April 26 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help given to Redemptorists’ Church (Rome, 1886) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (II) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer [...] I surprise people by saying that I live to die, that death is a grand idea for me and the direction of my life. Death is the ultimate grace, the crowning of our Christian life. It is not the end, as many
cloth was shown to contain pollen from first century Palestine. This piece of cloth is closely tied to the history of both Chartres Cathedral and the town of Chartres. In The Veil of Our Lady , French author [...] some type of a shirt. Pilgrims came to pray near the veil. Since it was thought to offer a type of divine protection, shirts of those going to war, and later shirts offered to the Queens of France who [...] great meaning to me. Some of my most meaningful times of prayers for my family have happened while sitting on one of the chairs in front of the Veil Chapel. I hope you will seek out the Veil of Mary with an
Church of Rome, and of those of the whole world, which solemnize the 25th of March as the day of our Lady's Annunciation and the Incarnation of the Son of God. But such had been, for ages, the devotion of [...] honor of the Annunciation, and as a preparation for the great solemnity of our Lord's Nativity. In course of time, however, the Church of Spain saw the necessity of returning to the practice of the Church [...] the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. This Feast, which sometimes goes under the name of Our Lady of O , or the Feast of O, on account of the Great Antiphons which are sung during these days, and, in a
visited by hundreds of people every day and on feast days, thousands of people of all faiths go to the shrine to honor the Mother of God. The statue of Our Lady of Bandel or Our Lady of the Good Journey on [...] January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (Bandel, India, 1599) In India, hundreds of people visit this shrine every day Bandel is located 40 km from Calcutta, India. The Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary [...] on the roof of the basilica is considered miraculous. In front of the statue hundreds of candles are lit by the pilgrims and the faithful. Every November, during the novena of Our Lady of the Good Journey
