A Moment with Mary

July 19 - Our Lady of Moyen Point (Peronna, Italy)

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

The Mother of God Pours Out Her Mercy

O people, let us run to that quiet good haven, to the speedy helper, the warm salvation, to the Virgin's protection. Let us speed to prayer and hasten to repentance. For the Mother of God pours out her mercy, anticipates needs, and averts disasters for her patient and God-fearing servants.

July 18 - Our Lady of Toledo

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Saint Ildephonsus and Our Lady of Toledo

Highly regarded in Spain and closely associated with devotion to the Blessed Virgin, Saint Ildephonsus was one of the most strenuous champions of the perpetual virginity of the Mother of God. Born around 607, Ildephonsus, while still quite young, entered the Benedictine monastery of Agalia near Toledo and went on later to become its Abbot. He grew up at a time when the Church was infested by Arian Heretics, who taught that Jesus Christ was not the equal of His Father but only an adopted Son,...(+)...

July 17 - Our Lady of Campitelli (Rome, 524)

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Flower of Carmel

Flower of Carmel, Vine, Blossom-laden,

Splendor of Heaven, Childbearing maiden,

None equals thee.

O Mother benign who no man didst know,

On all Carmel's children thy favors bestow,

Star of the Sea

July 16 - Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

The Apparition of Our Lady of Mount Caramel to Saint Simon Stock

The origin of the Carmelite Order is as old as it is glorious. It is believed, not without reason, that this Order is the continuation of the established school of the prophets of Mount Carmel, nine centuries before Christ, by the great prophet Elijah. The followers of this school were among the first converts to Christianity and the Carmel became the cradle of monastic life. After the dispersal of the Apostles, in the year 38, they built a chapel in honor of Mary and vowed to particularly sing...(+)...

July 15 - Our Lady of Molanus (1099, Jerusalem)

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

You Love and Watch Over Us

What Mother loves her children and takes care of them as much as you do, gentle Queen? You love and watch over us.

July 14 - Our Lady of the Bush (Portugal)

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Devotion to my Immaculate Heart (II)

We then looked up at Our Lady, who said to us so kindly and so sadly:

"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI.

When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is...(+)...

July 13 - Apparition at the Cova da Iria (Fatima, 1917)

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Devotion to my Immaculate Heart (I)

Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which...(+)...

July 12 - Our Lady of Lure (6th C.)

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

The Virgin Mary Cares

By her maternal charity, Mary cares for the brethren of her Son who still wander through this world in the midst of dangers and difficulties until they are led to the happiness of their heavenly home.

July 11 - Our Lady of Clery (near Orleans, France, 15th C.)

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Our Lady of Boulogne (II)

From the twelfth to the thirteenth century, pilgrims flocked to Boulogne, which became a stop on the road to Santiago de Compostela. One stopped in Boulogne, coming from England or the Netherlands, or returning to Spain or Italy. Chaucer, in his famous Wife of Bath's Tale, called Boulogne one of the most important shrines in Christendom. The popularity of Our Lady of Boulogne continued to increase until the year 1544, when the church was pillaged and the statue taken to England where it...(+)...

July 10 - Our Lady of Boulogne (France, 7th C.)

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:39:00 +0200

Our Lady of Boulogne (I)

The French have a beautiful custom. On the feast of Our Lady of Boulogne, they carry her statue, mounted on a skiff, through the streets of many cities and towns in France. The history of Our Lady of Boulogne is a testimony of faith, conversion, reconciliation and peace over the centuries.

The original statue was probably carved in the seventh century, when the Mother of God appeared to Saint Audomare, bishop of the diocese and some other people of Boulogne gathered in a chapel and she told...(+)...