November 12 – Holy Miraculous Icon (Russia) When the Virgin Mary uses soaked bread to heal Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1246-1305), a monk of the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine, fasted on all feast [...] water only. One day he became upset because his superiors had forced him to break his fast. The Virgin Mary appeared to him and told him how touched she was by his great devotion. She revived the two roasted
October 19 – Our Lady of Miracles of the Abbey of Vezzolano (Italy, 1226) Mary received more from God than any other saint This is often forgotten by Catholics themselves, and therefore it is not surprising [...] some majesty of her own that placed her on a level with Christ Himself. They regard the Assumption of Mary into heaven as a kind of apotheosis placed in the Redemption would seem to be equal to that of her [...] Son. But this is all completely contrary to the true mind of the Catholic Church. It forgets that Mary's chief glory is in her nothingness, in the fact of being the "Handmaid of the Lord," as one who in
(Lille, France) This priest handed an image of Mary to Muslims on a beach "Hey, I'm 50 years old, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen this!” Marie Joëlle has a hard time hiding her surprise when [...] the end of their exchange, Father Vincent gives the Moroccans an image of the Virgin Mary. The words of the "Hail Mary" were printed on the back. And before leaving the Catholics and Muslims recited it together [...] others." Once the surprise has passed, Catholics and beach goers usually engage in conversation. Marie Joëlle, for her part, is a non-practicing believer. She shares that her son has had a hard time finding
October 20 – Mater Admirabilis (Rome, Italy) Thanks to Mary who made me become a mother My husband and I wanted a baby, but because of menstrual issues, I thought that I was unable to conceive. I was very [...] this Rosary, other couples had been able to conceive. So I started praying with all my heart, telling Mary that I wanted to become a mother, but leaving it up to her to decide the right moment. I asked her [...] I discovered a few days later that month that I was pregnant! I was able to get close to God and Mary thanks to this wonderful gift of becoming a mother! From now on I am going to share the Rosary of
Lady of Charity (Cuba) Why Mary has never left us alone “One wonders: why so many shrines in the world, why so much affection and devotion to Mary? In truth, from the moment Mary lost Jesus, she adopted, [...] community of faith, like the first community of the Apostles, Mary is there, finds a home and family where to live. This also explains why Mary has never left us alone. Her apparitions, such as Fatima, Lourdes [...] Evangelization of Peoples, during the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on August 15, 2019, at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Zakopane, a city of 28,000 i
23 – Our Lady of Frassino (Lake Guardia, Italy) In the Assumption of Mary, our eternal destiny is revealed to us The Assumption of Mary shows us that death is not the end of life, but the boundary between [...] crowning of all the elect" (id, 41). "No one trusted God more than Mary, as her Magnificat expresses: ‘My soul magnifies the Lord.’ Mary proclaims the Lord great and therefore desires that God be great in [...] life, as if he were a despot wanting to take away our freedom. Mary knows that if God is great, we too are great, and we must strive, with Mary, to understand that we too can be accepted, received, and welcomed
Our Lady of Health (Venice, Italy, 1630) Charles and Zita of Habsburg entrusted their marriage to Mary "Now we have to help each other get to Heaven." These are the words pronounced by Archduke Charles [...] to the shrine of Mariazell, near the Austrian Styrian Alps, to consecrate their union to the Virgin Mary. A year later their first son, Otto, was born. He would be followed by seven more children. Their
October 21 – Saint María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui Madre Laura, founder of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Laura Montoya Upegui was born on 26 May 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia, the second [...] all for Christ." In 1914, she went to live among the native Indians and founded the "Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and St Catherine of Siena." Mother Laura died on 21 October 1949 in Medellín, after a long
October 15 – Blessing of the statue of Our Lady of France in Baillet-en-France (1988) In Montenegro, Mary protects fishermen and sailors Off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor , Montenegro is a tiny artificial [...] who was seriously ill, began to recover. Attributing this miracle to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, they made an oath to lay a rock in the bay, and to one day build a church on the site. Over time [...] and the island of the same name were completed and opened to pilgrims in 1630." He adds: "The Virgin Mary is a very important saint for Montenegrin Catholics and Orthodox. She protects sailors, fishermen
Fountain (Italy, 1320) In the light of Mary, the Church discovers the true face of women Femininity has a unique relationship with the Mother of the Redeemer… The figure of Mary of Nazareth sheds light on womanhood [...] be said that women, by looking to Mary, find in her the secret of living their femininity with dignity and of achieving their own true advancement. In the light of Mary, the Church sees in the face of women
