sacred event of the Deposition of the Holy Belt ( Agia Zoni ) of the Blessed Virgin. The term “deposition” refers to the transfer of the Holy Belt of Theotokos to the Church of Virgin Mary of Hakopratia [...] “Deposition” of the Holy Belt of the Theotokos to the Church of Holy Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople (Orthodox feast) Healed by touching the Blessed Virgin’s Holy Belt This is yet another celebration of the [...] dedicated in 1101 by the King of Serbs Lazaro to the Vatopedi Monastery, where it has been treasured to this day. Today, the celebration of the Deposition of the Holy Belt of Virgin Mary concludes the Ecclesiastical
January 27 – Holy Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) – Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God (Coptic Orthodox Church) Mary taught us to give to God what we are ashamed to confess My [...] little out of curiosity, but the Virgin Mary brought out from the depths of our hearts the regret of a past abortion we had carried bottled up inside for a long time. In Medjugorje, the Virgin Mary taught [...] hand during confession, Mary brought out from the depths of our hearts the pain that had been there for more than 10 years. This abortion, this child we did not keep for lack of understanding and courage
July 31 - Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556 - Feast of the "Densata" (Conception of Mary, Ethiopian Church) I pray the Rosary with my kids even though they don’t want to “Okay, [...] will be to have the words of the Rosary, memorized, written forever on your heart. When your own words fail, the words of Scripture that make up the Our Fathers and Hail Marys will still be there and accessible [...] Mother in Heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, will be there with you. It has never been known that anyone who fled to her protection was left unaided. Her Rosary is a sign of that protection. When that day comes
August 31 - Orthodox Feast of the Deposition (transfer) of Holy Belt of the Virgin Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople "I've become convinced that Mary is really present in Medjugorje" I was cautious about [...] to trust in God more? The next day, only a few of us were fortunate enough to learn of an apparition at the Oasis of Peace. I didn't see the Virgin Mary, of course, and I can't say I felt anything either [...] the still visible traces of the war. We were all blessed to be present at another apparition just before leaving Medjugorje. Again, there was nothing spectacular about it... Mary was nevertheless working
August 16 – Saint Stephen of Hungary (d. 1038), who consecrated his country to the Mother of God - feast of Saint Joachim, father of Mary Anne, meaning "Grace", gave birth to Mary, meaning "Sovereign" Joachim [...] sovereign - this is what the name Mary means. Mary, in fact, who is the Mother of the Creator, was truly established the queen of all creatures. She was born in the house of Joachim in Jerusalem, near the [...] in the house of God", and nourished by the Spirit, like a fertile olive tree, she became the dwelling place of all the virtues. Detaching her Heart from all the desires of this life and of the flesh, she
February 4 – Saint Joan of France, founder of the Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (d. 1505) A chocolate empire, a billionaire, and Our Lady Michele Ferrero, 89, creator of Nutella, died on [...] the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the company: “The success of Ferrero we owe to Our Lady of Lourdes; without her we can do little.” And indeed, a small statue of the Virgin is present [...] present in each of the Ferrero establishments worldwide. Michele Ferrero was the richest person in Italy, with a net worth, according to Forbes magazine, of $23.4 billion. He was a man endowed with a strong
July 5 – Feast of the Seven Joys of Mary (Annunciation / Visitation / Christmas / Adoration of the Magi / Finding of Jesus in the Temple / Resurrection / Ascension) "Keep these beads carefully" At the [...] University School of Medicine in early 1951, the Communists, informed of the resistance of Catholic students (about 160), sent Party members to try to re-educate them. After months of fruitless efforts [...] announced that they were rejecting the faith of their baptism. A young woman joined them, throwing her Rosary to the floor in the middle of the room. It fell at the feet of a Catholic student who managed to pick
Creation of the Fraternity of Mary’s Heart at the Church of Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) Divine and joyful childhood! The Advent season is about trusting and waiting like Mary, and with [...] with Mary. The liturgical year begins with the fervor of Advent, this joyful expectation of Someone, of the Coming One, Emmanuel, God with us. A God who enters history to experience all its stages and share [...] share the anxieties, joys, sorrows, hopes and concerns of men and women of all history and of all mankind. And that is the novelty of Christianity! God so loved mankind that he became man, like you and me
lay member of the Servants of Mary who wrote thousands of handwritten pages, without modification, recording events throughout Christ’s life. Together these visions are called the “Poem of the Man-God” [...] December 24 – Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord Mary and Joseph's painful trial before their marriage (2/2) In Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me (1), the Blessed Virgin recalls how she [...] boat caught in a great storm, he was in a vortex of conflicting ideas, in a turmoil of reflections, of which one was more piercing and painful than the other. He was, to all appearances, a man betrayed by
founder of the shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii (d. 1926) - Saint Faustina Mary revealed great mysteries to St. Faustina Mary, Mother of Mercy had a special place in the spirituality of St. Faustina [...] e mercy of God" (Diary, 449) and: "I am not only the Queen of Heaven, but also the Mother of Mercy and your Mother" (Diary, 330). St. Faustina venerated Mary above all as Mother of the Son of God, Mother [...] Virgin Mary from her childhood. As a religious, she further deepened the devotion that her Order, the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy, had for its patroness. Sister Faustina had many visions of Mary in which
