March 19 - Our Lady Fair (Nogent, France) Saint Therese's Thoughts about Loreto This is what Saint Therese of Lisieux wrote about her visit to Loreto on November 13, 1887: "I remember the great sense of [...] the Holy Family, to contemplate the walls where Our Lord set His divine eyes, to trod the earth that St Joseph had sprinkled with his perspiration, where Mary had carried Jesus in her arms, after having
Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist – Last public apparition at Le Laus (France, 1664) Mary responds to our novenas as we persevere in hope "I have been living in Dubai for over a year. I started the novena to Mother [...] earlier, I had begun my job search in an extremely competitive environment. Every time I finished one novena, I started over again. After several rejections of applications and interviews, on June 3 I received [...] offer and a salary proposal. I signed the contract on June 14, 2022, which was the last day of my 4th novena! I don't have enough words to say thank you to our Queen of Heaven, who intercedes mightily for her
June 21 - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (d. 1591) Novena to the Virgin Mary who guards priests The Church is affected by scandals and targeted by the media. It is in turmoil. In order to help respond to this [...] this crisis, layman Guillaume d'Alançon stresses the importance of prayer, and even proposes a new novena for priests. A husband and father, d'Alançon aspires to share the Christian message that holiness is [...] the Church. In addition to his professional work, he founded the "Louis and Zelie’s House" (Saint Therese of Lisieux’s parents), a place for families experiencing spiritual and moral suffering. But, having
the novena of prayer to St Joseph Mary’s motherhood called for Joseph’s fatherhood In this month of March, traditionally dedicated in the Church to Saint Joseph, and on this first day of the novena to the
Montfort in 1842 "in a trunk", as he prophesied St. Louis de Montfort foretold the fate of his now famous Treatise of the True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin St. Louis de Montfort stated boldly: “I clearly [...] Spirit to write the book which was to influence the lives of millions of souls? (...) Most probably St. Louis de Montfort composed his inspired Treatise during the summer or autumn of 1712, approximately [...] brilliant treasures of the faith which won to their saintly author the crown of Doctor of the Church. Therese of Lisieux and her Manuscripts are a shining example. According to Father François-Marie Léthel,
is the perfect time to pray the Novena to the Holy Spirit with Mary, as we plea for a new Pentecost to renew our troubled world. Please join us in praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit from May 22nd to [...] May 21 – Ascension of the Lord – Our Lady of Ergot (1105) It’s time to start the Novena to the Holy Spirit! In this year 2020, the solemnity of Pentecost (a moveable feast), celebrating the descent of [...] Spirit upon the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, will take place precisely on May 31st, on the same day as the feast of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth! This convergence of
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 [...] cherubim and seraphim. No creature, however pure, may enter there without being specially privileged. St Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to Mary , introduction http://www.catholictreasury.info/
October 1 - St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), Doctor of the Church As long as people pray the Rosary, God cannot abandon the world By the Rosary you can obtain everything. According to a graceful comparison [...] of the Almighty. Mary responds at once like a beneficial dew, bringing new life to human hearts. St Therese of Lisieux
October 1st - Month of the Holy Rosary - Saint Therese of Lisieux The Prayer of the Rosary At the request of the late Pope John Paul II in October 2002, the prayer of the rosary should be the meditation
April16 - Our Lady of Victories in the Church of St Mark (Venice, Italy) At Notre-Dame des Victoires During her pilgrimage to Rome, St Therese of Lisieux experienced Mary’s faithful tenderness, through
