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Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Lent, Day Three of the St Joseph Novena, Notre-Dames-des-Miracles / Our Lady of Miracles, France (1328), St Pope Gregory the Great and the Saints for 12 March

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Lent St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) – Father & Doctor of the Church – “Father of the Fathers” –Papacy 3 September 590-12 March 604 – Pope, Prefect of Rome, Monk, Abbot, Writer, Theologian, Teacher, Liturgist, Administrator, Diplomat, Political Negotiator, Apostle of Charity and Social Justice, Apostle of Pastoral Ministry, PeaceMaker. Known as “The Apostle of…

[blackmadonnaheart-blog]

Our Lady of Miracles of Orléans, France is an excellent example of the art that is born our of history. She has inspired devotees from Syria to France, and been present as a gentle reflection and counter to some of the most pivotal events in the last 2000 years.

Listen Today! Blessings!

#divinefeminine #spirituality #sacredfeminine #spiritualjourney #viginmary #ourlady #camino #anthroposophy #blackmadonna #pilgrimage #orléans #joanofarc #ourladyofmiracles

[chrismofoart]

A drawing I've done of Our Lady of Miracles, La Virgen de los Milagros. She allways gives me inspiration. Thanks for your love ✝💜 #virgendelosmilagros #ourladyofmiracles #bluecoat #marymotherofgod #marymotherofjesus #digitalart #digitalartist #inspiration #inspirationofadifferentkind #inspirationoftheday #huelva #spain (at Melbourne, Australia)

[notesnovelsandnoodles]

Today's #goddess is Nossa Senhora Dos Milagres or #ourladyofmiracles, various pantheons that incorporate Mary as an aspect of the #goddess. #myth #magic #folklore #spiritual #spirituality #namaste

[kellirocha]

It's her big day! #ourladyofmiracles #olmfesta (at Henry Miller Park)

[anastpaul]

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT, St Pope Gregory the Great, Notre-Dames-des-Miracles / Our Lady of Miracles, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints - 12 March

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) – Father & Doctor of the Church – “Father of the Fathers” –Papacy 3 September 590-12 March 604 – Pope, Prefect of Rome, Monk, Abbot, Writer, Theologian, Teacher, Liturgist, Administrator, Diplomat, Political Negotiator, Apostle of Charity and Social Justice, Apostle of Pastoral Ministry, PeaceMaker.His Feast Day was moved in 1969.The…

[blackmadonnaheart-blog]

Tune in Wednesday, May 31 to hear about the Black Madonna that inspired Joan of Arc. The Black Madonna Speaks

#divinefeminine #sacredfeminine #spiritualjourney #viginmary #ourlady #blackmadonna #pilgrimage #Ourladyofmiracles #Orléans #JoanofArc

[anastpaul]

Santa Maria Della Pace / Our Lady of Peace in the Church of Our Lady of Peace, Rome (1483) and Memorials of the Saints - 6 May

Santa Maria Della Pace / Our Lady of Peace in the Church of Our Lady of Peace, Rome (1483) and Memorials of the Saints – 6 May

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter +2021 Santa Maria Della Pace / Our Lady of Peace in the Church of Our Lady of Peace, Rome (also called Our Lady of Miracles) (1483) – 6 May: The Abbot Orsini wrote: “It is related ,that in the year 1483, a man who had lost his money by gaming, after blaspheming at this picture, gave it four stabs with a dagger and that it bled so copiously, that the miracle…

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Our Lady of Miracles, St Maur des Fosses, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints - 12 March

Our Lady of Miracles, St Maur des Fosses, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints – 12 March

Our Lady of Miracles, St Maur des Fosses, France (1328) – 12 March; The Abbot Orsini wrote: “Our Lady of Miracles, in the cloister of Saint Maur des Fosses, near Paris. It is said that this image was found made, when the sculptor, named Rumold, was going to work at it in 1328.” Saint-Maur-des-Fosses is a city that may be considered to be a suburb of Paris, France. There is a miraculous Statue…

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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feast of Our Lady of Miracles and Memorials of the Saints - 21 June

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feast of Our Lady of Miracles and Memorials of the Saints – 21 June

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A +2020

Feast of Our Lady of Miracles – 21 June – the patron of the town of Alcamo, Sicily. About this Title of Our Lady: https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/21/feast-of-our-lady-of-miracles-21-june/

St Aloysius Gonzaga SJ (1568-1591) (Memorial) About St Aloysius: https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/21/saint-of-the-day-21-june-st-aloysius-de-gonzaga-s-j-1568-1591/ AND: https:/…

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Ember Saturday, Notre-Dames-des-Miracles / Our Lady of Miracles, St Maur des Fosses, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints - 12 March

Ember Saturday, Notre-Dames-des-Miracles / Our Lady of Miracles, St Maur des Fosses, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints – 12 March

Ember Saturday – Fast & Partial Abstinence +2022 St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) – Father & Doctor of the Church – “Father of the Fathers” –Papacy 3 September 590-12 March 604 – Pope, Prefect of Rome, Monk, Abbot, Writer, Theologian, Teacher, Liturgist, Administrator, Diplomat, Political Negotiator, Apostle of Charity and Social Justice, Apostle of Pastoral Ministry, PeaceMaker.His Feast Day…

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Feast of Our Lady of Miracles – 21 June – the patron of the town of Alcamo, Sicily.

The cult of Madonna of Miracles in Alcamo dates back to 21 June 1547, the day people remember the Madonna’s apparition to some women near a stream running north of Alcamo.   According to tradition while washing their clothes in the stream, the women, with a blind and a deaf one among them, saw the apparition of a woman with a child and were hit by a gust of pebbles, during the apparition but without receiving any injury or pain;   on the contrary, after being hit by the pebbles, they strangely felt a certain sense of wellbeing and recovered their health.   After learning the news, the women’s husbands, thinking that it was a joke, went to investigate, thinking that someone was hidden among the bushes around there but they didn’t find anybody.

Then the local authorities inquired on the spot, cut down the near grove and found the ruins of a “cuba”, an old arc of a mill that nobody remembered any longer and inside there was a fresco on a stone made by an anonymous painter of the 13th century representing Our Lady with the Child Jesus, which at first the believers called “Madonna Fons Misericordiae” (that is Our Lady Source of Mercy).

Above -  A representation of the discovery of Our Lady of Miracles’ image (inside its chapel in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption in Alcamo).

After this discovery all the people started praying before the rediscovered image and in the following days there were several miracles.7, Our Lady of Miracles became the patron saint of Alcamo, in substitution of the Holy Crucified, who was the patron saint of Alcamo and other near small towns (among which Calatafimi and Salemi).   The old patron saint’s memory however remains in Alcamo people’s mind:  in fact they call San Francesco di Paola “santu patri” (whose translation means “patron saint”) as the Church named after him was called the Holy Crucified Church.

The Madonna’s discovered image was first called “Our Lady Source of Mercy” but thanks to the high number of subsequent miracles, in 1583 the name was changed into “Our Lady of Miracles”.

Further to these events, Don Fernando Vega, Alcamo’s governor, ordered the construction of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Miracles, which hosts the Madonna’s image. Inside the Church there is a white marble sarcophagus containing the mortal remains of the governor Don Fernando Vega, according to his will.

The Crowned Painting of the Madonna of Miracles in the Sanctuary at Alcamo

Above -  Dome fresco “The Madonna of Miracles’ Glorification”

Celebrations: Every year in Alcamo there are the celebrations in honour of Our Lady of Miracles from 19 June until 21 of June.   This is the most important religious festivity in Alcamo.   The real celebrations are often anticipated by other events, so extending the feast to about two weeks, in this way the beginning of the celebrations changes every year, while the last day is always the 21 June.

The celebrations include: “The pealing of church bells” which opens the celebrations together with the burst of fireworks and the passing of the band through the town streets;  in the past Alcamo’s band also joined the musical band of Partinico (a neighbouring small town). The holy Mass in honour of Our Lady of Miracles in the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta (also called “mother church”), in which all confraternities and laity groups in Alcamo take part. The procession to the Sanctuary of Madonna of Miracles (called “calata”), in which all civil and religious authorities of the town (together with the Mayor) take part;  they are preceded by the band of the town.   In old times people took also the animals that had recovered from an illness.   Inside the sanctuary they sing Vespers and then there is the Eucharistic Blessing/Benediction.

Route to the Sanctuary below.

Dance, music and theatrical performances. Sport events. Exhibitions of various kinds, including one about local Craftmanship. “The Market Fair” at Piazza della Repubblica. The Streets entertainers (called “Madonnari”). The Procession of Our Lady of Miracles’ statue along the town streets and return to the mother church. Before this solemn procession, the statue of Our Lady of Miracles, created in 1720 by Lorenzo Curti from Castelvetrano (see the image of the statue above and the back below), is adorned with a silver 12 star crown (“stellario” in Italian), a crown and a hairpin embellished by precious stones (called “tuppu di la Maronna”) which is placed behind the Madonna’s nape.   After that, the statue goes out from the Church, taken along the streets by a group of believers on their shoulders and accompanied by the band and it comes back to the mother church at the end of the procession.

  Fireworks near the Castel “bastione” in Piazza Bagolino.   They take place at the end of the feast, soon after the statue’s return into the church, at about midnight. The traditional descent to the sanctuary takes place during the so-called “Historical Cortege” with period costumes.   This cortege, which anticipates the real “calata”, passes through Corso 6 Aprile and Piazza Ciullo and finally ends at the Castle of the Counts of Modica (also called “Castle of Alcamo”).   The workmen of the association “I Cavalieri di San Giorgio” (San Giorgio’s knights) and the Civil Authorities take part in the cortege too.  Translated from the Italian).

(via Feast of Our Lady of Miracles - 21 June)