22 septembre – St Thomas de Villeneuve (+ 1555) – Italie : Sainte Marie de la cour Royale (1575) L’Evangile ne nous a-t-il rien raconté de la vie de Marie ? Je me suis demandé pourquoi les évangélistes [...] rien raconté de sa naissance, de son éducation, de ses habitudes, de sa vie commune avec son fils, des rapports qu'elle eut avec les apôtres après l'Ascension du Seigneur?... Si le Saint-Esprit ne l'a [...] dépeinte dans les Saintes Lettres, s'il vous a laissé le soin de vous en former vous-mêmes l'image, ça a été pour vous faire entendre que rien ne manque en elle de la grâce, de la perfection et de la gloire que
September 20 – Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Saint Paul Chong Ha-sang and their companions, Korean martyrs – Our Lady of Itati (Argentina) The words of Heaven are not merely words (II) "I am a great ignoramus; [...] of myself, I forgot that I had feet to walk; I was attracted, I was stuck to this ravishing beauty: Mary!... If I wanted, I said, to explain all this, I would never, never manage to convey the whole truth [...] Mélanie to Father Félicien Bliard, dated December 26, 1870, reported in the book Découverte du Secret de La Salette by Fr. Laurentin and Fr. Corteville - Fayard 2002
Father Zacharie Kpossou, pastor of the parish of Sainte-Marie-Mère-de-Dieu in Gang ban, in the diocese of Porto-Novo in Benin, says: "Prayer groups to Mary Undoer of Knots are present in practically all [...] Devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots has reached Africa and everywhere else in the world The country of Benin is emblematic of the extent of devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots in Africa. The devotion to Mary Undoer [...] see that Mary Undoer of Knots speaks to every man and woman, young and old, of all ages and in every place, in every corner of the country." The list of the different places of devotion to Mary Undoer of
the very end." Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty (1892-1975), Primate of Hungary Excerpt from La Mère, miroir de Dieu (The Mother, Mirror of God), Editions Parthenon [...] convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal [...] piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet
June 21 - Coptic Church: Feast of the Visitation of Mary - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit novice (d. 1591) Les Maristes Bleus*, a symbol of hope for the Syrians Dr. Nabil Antaki founded Les Maristes Bleus [...] Maristes Bleus remains a symbol of hope for the Syrian people. Started in 1986 under the name L’oreille de Dieu (God’s Ear), the group organized volunteer efforts to help hundreds of Christian families in Aleppo [...] Marist spirit of their work and the color of the sky and the blue color associated with the Virgin Mary. The violent conflict in Syria has brought about a humanitarian crisis that has displaced almost 10
White Penitents who came to pray to Our Lady of Bargemon. Brother Raphael In Le trésor inconnu de la Mère de Dieu (The Unknown Treasure of the Mother of God), Benedictine Editions [...] August 2 – Saint Peter Julian Eymard (d. August 1, 1868) Cured at the sight of the Marian Chapel In 1638, near the southern France town of Castellane lived a 9-year old boy named John Latil, who was deaf [...] birth and had never walked. His father, Lucretius Martin, heard about the great graces dispensed by Mary at her shrine of Bargemon (France), so he decided to consecrate his son to Our Lady of Bargemon. He
suite de trois apparitions nocturnes de la Mère de Dieu, qui lui ordonnait d'aller lui construire une église dans l'île de Salamine, il restait toujours indécis et plein de doutes. La Toute Sainte lui apparut [...] transporté dans l'île de Salamine. Il n'eut pas de peine à trouver l'endroit indiqué, où se trouvaient les ruines d'une ancienne église, dans lesquelles il découvrit une icône de la Mère de Dieu. Rejetant dès [...] 7 - Saint Laurence of Salamis Island (+ 1707) The Monastery of the Mother of God on Salamis Island [Translate to EN (English):] Le vénérable Père Laurent, fondateur du monastère de la Mère de Dieu « P
transparent to God that the true Face of God could at last be seen in it. Maurice Zundel In Marie, tendresse de Dieu (Mary, the tenderness of God) [...] December 4 – Saint John of Damascus, Doctor of the Church (d. ca 749) – Our Lady of Sameiro (Portugal) In Mary’s womb a new humanity has blossomed In Mary’s womb a new humanity has blossomed. God did not [...] assumption of the Manhood into God.” In other words, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, a new humanity has blossomed. In the womb of Mary, the Eternal Trinity brought forth this new creation of a humanity so transparent
Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God (1495-1550) At the foot of all our crosses, stands Mary, our Mother The Virgin Mary is the patron saint of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Brother [...] poor, and the forgotten. To all she offers her presence, her protection and her consolation." Saint Jean de Dieu [...] protection of the Virgin on the Order: "Since the time of Saint John of God, our founder, the Order has constantly experienced her presence and protection. Mary has always guided and accompanied the life and mission
Aquinas, Commentary on the Hail Mary). Mons. Francesco Follo Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO, Paris https://fr.zenit.org/2016/12/30/notre-dame-mere-de-dieu-et-de-la-paix-par-mgr-follo/ [...] January 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God In the blessed fruit of her womb, Mary found what Eve was looking for Eight days ago we celebrated the birth in Bethlehem of the Son of God who "became a child [...] child to make us become men" (Saint Ambrose). Today, one week after the birth of Jesus, the liturgy invites us to celebrate the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God: she "who brought to the light the King who
