No Greater Delight - Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer

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Celebrations Miraculous preservation of the image of Our Lady of Paris from heretics. The Abbot Orsini wrote: “ On this day, a Sunday, in the year 1550, the canonesses of Our Lady of Paris being in procession before the image of the Bless Virgin, which is near the door of the choir, a heretic from Lorraine, breaking through the crowd, sword in hand, sought to strike that image, but he was prevente...

Celebrations Our Lady of Fouvrière (Lyons, France) The sanctuary Notre-Dame de Fourviere is “the Marian soul of Lyon”.  [1] The  Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière  ( French :  Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière ) is a  minor basilica  in  Lyon , France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was once the Roman forum...

Celebrations The Abbot Orsini wrote: “ In the year 1584 was instituted, the first congregation of Our Lady at the Jesuits’ college, at Rome, whence is derived their custom of establishing it in all their houses .” The Sodality of Our Lady, or the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was actually founded in 1563 by a Belgian Jesuit,  Father John Leunis,  at the Collegio Romano in Rome. It was estab...

Celebrations Miraculous preservation of the image of Our Lady of Paris from heretics. The Abbot Orsini wrote: “ On this day, a Sunday, in the year 1550, the canonesses of Our Lady of Paris being in procession before the image of the Bless Virgin, which is near the door of the choir, a heretic from Lorraine, breaking through the crowd, sword in hand, sought to strike that image, but he was prevente...

Celebrations Our Lady of Filermo (Philermo) [1] The MADONNA OF PHILERMO  is an ancient sacred icon painted, according to legend, by Saint Luke, which had travelled miraculously across the sea from Jerusalem to Mount Phileremos on the island of Rhodes , where it was kept in a shrine, which later became a sanctuary.  From earliest times the icon was venerated as an object of great devotion. Christia...

Celebrations Our Lady of Didynia (Cappadocia) In Cappadocia, the Abbot Orsini recounts a tale involving Our Lady of Didinia, Saint Basil, and Emperor Julian the Apostate. Threatening the city of Caesarea, Julian sought destruction due to a grudge. Saint Basil gathered people on Mount Didinia, where an ancient Marian church stood. After three days of prayer and fasting, Basil had a vision of Mary,...

Celebrations Our Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, Germany) Notre Dame de Puy-le-Dome (France) The Cathedral of Notre Dame du Puy is one of the oldest Marian sanctuaries in Europe , since pilgrims have been coming here since the V century. The Black Virgin is venerated here especially on the 25th. March, the day of the Annunciation, and on the 15th. August, feast of the Assumption, when her statue is car...

Celebrations On the coast Genoa, in Italy, Our Lady of Genesta: [1] Maybe we think the same way about imitating Her, or imitating Jesus. Saint Bernard says the same thing: “For no other son save God would have been worthy of the Virgin nor would any mother but the Virgin have been worthy of God.” [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555.

Celebrations In Italy, Our Lady of the Mountains [1] In 1982, the beginning of the shedding of oil from the image of Our Lady known as Our Lady of Soufanieh, Damascus, Syria. The oil would continue emitting from the image November 26th, 1990. [2] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555. [2] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-26-novembre-nostra-signora-di-sou...

Celebrations In England, Our Lady of Walsingham [1] In 1981, in Kibeho, Nyaruguru, Ruanda: First apparition of Nyrina wa Jambo (Mother of the Word), known as our Lady of Kibeho [2] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555. [2] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-28-novembre-1981-nyrina-wa-jambo-kibeho-nyaruguru-provincia-meridionale-ruanda/

Celebrations Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Near Rome, the dedication of the town of Lesina. [1] In 1830, in Rue du Bac, France, apparition of Our Lady to Saint Catherine Laboure: [2] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555. [2] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-27-novembre-1830-beata-vergine-della-medaglia-miracolosa-rue-du-bac-parigi-francia/

Celebrations In Italy, Our Lady of the Mountains [1] In 1982, the beginning of the shedding of oil from the image of Our Lady known as Our Lady of Soufanieh, Damascus, Syria. The oil would continue emitting from the image November 26th, 1990. [2] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555. [2] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-26-novembre-nostra-signora-di-sou...

Celebrations In Fiezoli, Tuscany, Italy, Our Lady of the Rock: In 1642, Our Lady of the Eye (Muttergottes von der Augenwende), Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: on this day, the statue of Our Lady with Child lost its natural color; Our Lady’s face turned read, and she shed tears. [1] [1] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-10-novembre-madonna-dellocchio-muttergottes-von-der-augenwende...

Celebrations In 1535, a miracle of Our Lady of Montserrat: she restored the gift of speech to a Savoyard who had lost it [1] In Luna, La Union, Philippines, Nuestra Señora de Namacpacan [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555.

Celebrations Near Florence, Italy, Our Lady of the Vault: [1] In 1920, Ostiglia, Mantova, Lombardy, Italy, coronation of the Blessed Virgin of Comuna (Beata Vergine della Comuna) in thanksgiving for so many graces received. [2] In Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Our Lady of the Consolation of Sumampa (Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Sumampa) [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed...

Celebrations In Vietnam, Our Lady of Lavang Institution of the Confraternity of the Presentation of Our Lady, at St. Omer’s, in 1481 [1] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 555.

Celebrations The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary [1] In 543, in Jerusalem, dedication of the Church of Saint Mary [2] In El Quinche, Quito, Ecuador, Our Lady of the Presentation of El Quinche ( Nuestra Señora de la Presentación de El Quinche ) Our Lady of Peace of El Salvador, Queen of El Salvador Our Lady of Peace In Spain and the Philippines, Our Lady of the Rule 1962, Pope Saint John XX...

Celebrations In Bologna, Italy, Our Lady of La Guarde: [1] In Garlasco, Pavia, Italy, Our Lady of the Bozzola (Madonna della Bozzola): [2] [1] Orsini – Barthe – Hahn, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary , 554-555. [2] https://immaculate.one/la-madonna-del-giorno-20-novembre-madonna-della-bozzola-garlasco-pavia-italia/

Celebrations In the metropolitan Cathedral of San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Our Lady of Divine Providence (Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia): on this day in 1969, Pope Saint Paul VI declared her the principal patroness of Puerto Rico: ⁠[1]⁠ Our Lady of Good Tidings: ⁠[2]⁠ Our Lady of Bourdieux 2011, Approval by the Holy See of Santa María de Coromoto en Guanare de los Cospes (Nuestra Señ...

Celebrations In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the Rosary Virgin of Chiquinquira (not to be confused with the Colombian devotion of the same name, but referring to a different apparition and celebrated on July 9th): in the morning of November 18th, 1709, a group of women were beginning their daily work of washing clothes in the lake of Maracaibo. One of the women saw through the waves a small piece of wood...

Celebrations In 1393 or 1396, Our Lady of Sion, Queen of the Jews: this confraternity was founded by Count Ferri of Lorraine and his wife. It should not be confused with the religious order started by Alphonse and Theodore Regensburg. The confraternity’s name probably comes from the church where they would meet and which was already a popular pilgrimage site in honor of Our Lady: the Basilica of O...

Celebrations In 1130, in Hainault, Belgium, Our Lady of Chieves: Here, “in the year 1130, the lady of the place, named Ida, had a chapel built near a fountain where an image of Our Lady had been found, which has since wrought many miracles.” [1] In Lithuania, Our Lady of Ostra Brama (“Sharp Gate”) or “Aušros Vartai” (“Gate of Dawn”) that is, the Black Madonna of Vilnius: in 1363, the icon of Our L...