April 13 – Our Lady of Tears (Italy) The Icon of Mary Mother of God (II) José Munos (1) begged his hosts to sell him the icon that had moved him so. But they couldn’t sell it, as it was the first one that [...] O Theotokos. José Munos bowed down and prayed to Our Lady for a long time. Peace returned to him. At dawn, he went down to the coast where a boat was waiting for him. Suddenly he heard someone call his [...] the patroness of the workshop. During the night office, the monastic community sang the hymn to the Virgin Mary Axion estin (an important hymn in the Byzantine liturgy): It is truly right to bless thee,
pointed to the image of a white eagle—the symbol of the Kingdom of Poland—embroidered on the front of her dress over her heart. "I am the Sorrowful Queen of Poland," she said. "I have come to console and [...] warn my poor children! ... I am here to take my children out of their inner misery, to awaken courage and charity in their unhappy hearts, and to offer them a future of peace and freedom.” She then joined [...] you," she declared. "I, your Merciful Mother, want to protect and save you! You should display an icon of me here and come to pray before this source of grace and peace." But Nicholas was taken prisoner
June 26 - Our Lady of Tichwin (Russia) – Disclosure of the 3rd Secret of Fatima (2000) Third part of the Secret of Fatima The third secret was written down by Sister Lucia, the only survivor among the [...] with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who [...] obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our
- 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, kids, let’s [...] wanted to pray with them. I used to pretend I was asleep just so I wouldn’t have to join in!” My kids laugh at that. Then one of them pipes up, “Then why are you making us pray? We don’t want to either [...] form to the words. The pain is too great to be voiced. Then what a gift it will be to have the words of the Rosary, memorized, written forever on your heart. When your own words fail, the words of Scripture
talking to Lucia: "I want a chapel built here in my honor. I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day. The war will be over soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes… I am the Lady of the Rosary [...] Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) On October 13, 1917, in Fatima, Mary kept her promise (I) In July 1917, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, the three visionary children of Fatima, Portugal, announced Our Lady's [...] sins. They must not offend our Lord any more, for He is already offended too much!" Then the Lady opened her hands and made them reflect on the sun, which Lucia pointed out to the crowd, turning round:
she gave birth to the faithful. That is to say, she gave birth to the innocent, and she gave birth to the sinners. She gave birth to the innocent without pain, but she had to give birth to the sinners amid [...] April 14 – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) The two childbirths of Mary Mary was exempt from the suffering common to all mothers, because she gave birth without pain and conceived without corruption [...] How then are we to understand these apparent contradictions with what the old man Simeon had predicted to her? Here we must understand the two childbirths of Mary: she gave birth to Jesus Christ, and
October 6 - Our Lady of All Help (1640) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (IV) Thereafter Mary's gaze, ever filled with adoration and wonder, would never leave him. At times it would be a questioning look [...] the episode of the finding in the Temple: “Son, why have you treated us so?” (Lk 2:48); it would always be a penetrating gaze, one capable of deeply understanding Jesus, even to the point of perceiving [...] times it would be a look of sorrow, especially beneath the Cross, where her vision would still be that of a mother giving birth, for Mary not only shared the passion and death of her Son, she also received
October 6 - Our Lady of All Help (1640) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (IV) Thereafter Mary's gaze, ever filled with adoration and wonder, would never leave him. At times it would be a questioning look [...] the episode of the finding in the Temple: "Son, why have you treated us so?" (Lk 2:48); it would always be a penetrating gaze, one capable of deeply understanding Jesus, even to the point of perceiving [...] times it would be a look of sorrow, especially beneath the Cross, where her vision would still be that of a mother giving birth, for Mary not only shared the passion and death of her Son, she also received
decided to pay these regular visits to the Mother of God to express his thanks, before and after each trip, because he sees in her the faith of the people of God who for centuries, in times of crisis, [...] Miraculous Icon (Russia) "What is impossible to men is not impossible to God" After his trip to Colombia in early September 2017, Pope Francis prayed in front of the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary Salus Populi [...] beginning of his pontificate. The Holy Father repeats this gesture on every important occasion. He is so devoted to her that on September 7, 2013, on the eve of the celebration of the birth of Mary, Queen
September 26 - Our Lady of Graces (Ancona, Italy 1836) - St. Therese Couderc, foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle (d. 1885) Mary is the secret of God Because Mary remained hidden during [...] nothing more upon earth than to remain unknown to herself and to others, and to be known only to God. In answer to her prayers to remain hidden, poor and lowly, God was pleased to conceal her from nearly every [...] masterpiece of Almighty God and he has reserved the knowledge and possession of her for himself. She is the glorious Mother of God the Son who chose to humble and conceal her during her lifetime in order to foster
