the Great Miracle (Portugal) "Priests have a special alliance with Mary" Priests have a special covenant with the most holy Mother of God. As the eternal Father made her a partaker of his divine paternity [...] so he associates priests with him for a continuation of this mystery in every Christian through baptism. This is why priests, having such a close alliance and wonderful conformity with the Mother of the [...] the High Priest, have very special obligations to love her, to honor her and to clothe themselves with her virtues and dispositions. You should strive to do this with all your hearts. Offer yourself to her
- Beatification of Catherine Labouré by Pius XI (1933) A special calendar of feasts for the Virgin Mary The faithful readers of A Moment with Mary might be interested to know how the calendar of Marian [...] the liturgical year. Instead, because we at A Moment with Mary have the mission to make Mary known and loved, i.e. to promote devotion towards our Mother Mary, the Mother of God and Mother of the Church [...] Therefore, we have drawn up a Marian calendar from a selection of her feasts and the feasts of her shrines in each country, to help our readers discover how she blesses by her presence a myriad of places
Virgin at Guadalupe The Virgin Mary is linked in a special way to the birth of the Church in America How can we fail to emphasize the role which belongs to the Virgin Mary in relation to the pilgrim Church [...] towards its encounter with the Lord? Indeed, the Most Blessed Virgin “ is linked in a special way to the birth of the Church in the history ... of the peoples of America; through Mary they came to encounter [...] (22) With the passage of time, pastors and faithful alike have grown increasingly conscious of the role of the Virgin Mary in the evangelization of America. In the prayer composed for the Special Assembly
Vincent de Paul, priest (d. 1660) - Our Lady of Alcazar (Toledo, Spain) - Luxembourg takes Mary as its patron saint (1666) "I owe Mary all the graces I have received" After a reckless youth, a serious accident [...] not leave me in my confusion. He inspired me to have recourse to Mary with confidence. For several years I had been reciting my rosary daily and, faced with the extent of my misery, I resolved to recite [...] Savior and Mary our Mother known and loved! I am reminded of a saying of Saint Louis de Montfort: "Jesus is not known enough, because Mary is not known enough"! Theo Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth
to her as the Immaculate Conception, standing on a globe with light streaming from her hands and crushing a serpent underfoot. “A voice said to me, ‘Have a medal struck after this model. All who wear it [...] Labouré was a novice with the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul when she received three apparitions from the Blessed Virgin Mary, a vision of Christ present in the Eucharist, and a mystical encounter [...] Trent declares that Mary is free from all sin by a special grace (1547) - Saint Hilary of Poitiers 2020 marked the 190th anniversary of the Miraculous Medal Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate
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 a priest comes [...] studies and find a job." Another encounter takes places on a grassy spot this time, in the shade of a palm tree. Father Vincent, with Quitterie and Pierre, two young Catholics who are with him, approach Mohamed [...] 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 a work-study program. Father Vincent prays right
of Bartholomew Longo, who went from being a Satanist priest to a beatified, through the extraordinary assistance of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Born in 1841 to a practicing Catholic family, he was not an [...] his conversion back to the faith of his childhood. A university professor of his hometown in southern Italy began to have discussions with him and with much perseverance managed to persuade him of the [...] to organize Rosary groups around a shrine he established in his neighborhood church around a picture of Mary called Our Lady of the Rosary. The shrine grew and became a basilica in 1901, attracting thousands
ordained a priest, I strongly felt her presence The Most Holy Virgin Mary is a strong maternal sign in the life of every Christian, because she always shows us the way to fulfill her Son’s will, as a sure [...] graces I have received from God through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, I would like to highlight one that means a lot to me: My vocation and priestly ordination. On the day that I was ordained a priest [...] as her son so that I would never abandon the priesthood. Mary, Mother of the supreme and eternal priest, becomes the mother of all the priests, her beloved children. Let us entrust to her our whole life
Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Since Saint Paul, the Maltese have had a constant devotion to Mary Saint Luke is not only credited with the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles : Eastern [...] archipelago for you to attend Mass in a different one, almost every day, for a whole year: a whooping 359 in total. (…) Most of these churches are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and some of them are known for [...] handwritten notes to tiny baby clothes, and even a motorcycle helmet— confirm this is the case, and pilgrims travel in droves to either ask the Virgin for a special grace as much as to thank her for those already
in her in a special way. Now, three years later and a parish priest I would like to express the immense joy I have experienced as a priest. I would not change it for the world. May I be a priest of Jesus [...] I had been ordained a deacon! Was it just a coincidence? For many maybe yes but in my short years as a priest I have learned that we need to see things with eyes of faith, like Mary. This is why those called [...] Jesus forever with Mary as my mother. May Our Lady, Mother of the Eternal Priest, protect and guide all of her son's priests.