Salve Maria

"As we begin October, the month is dedicated to the holy Rosary, I invite you to pray the Rosary every day for peace in our world." Amen 🙏🏻

Salve Maria!
Have a Blessed 29th September

The Miraculous Medal:
Several months later, Mary appeared to Catherine again, providing the design for what would become the Miraculous Medal. The medal features an image of Mary as she appeared to Catherine, along with symbols representing the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Apparition:
On the night of July 18, 1830, St. Catherine Labouré, a novice with the Daughters of Charity, reported being awakened by a child who led her to the chapel. There, she saw the Virgin Mary, who spoke to her about a mission and the difficult times ahead.

He warned them he would be too strict for them, but they insisted -- then tried to poison him when his warning proved true.

After years of prayer, word of his holiness brought nearby monks to ask for his leadership

One day, during his time living in a cave above a lake as a hermit, the Devil presented Benedict's imagination with a beautiful, tempting woman. Benedict resisted by rolling his body into a thorn bush until it was covered in scrapes. It is said through these body wounds, he cured the wounds of his soul.

Afraid for his soul, Benedict fled Rome, gave up his inheritance and lived in a small village with his nurse. When God called him beyond this quiet life to an even deeper solitude, he went to the mountains of Subiaco. Although becoming a hermit was not his purpose in leaving, there he lived as a hermit under the direction of another hermit, Romanus.

Story of Saint Benedict.

St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twin to his sister, Scholastica.

In the fifth century, the young Benedict was sent to Rome to finish his education with a nurse/housekeeper.

Salve Maria