The Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrates the interior life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We remember her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and above all, her love for God the Father, her maternal love for her son Jesus, and her compassionate love for all people.
CatholicCulture.org calls it the "Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary" that takes place during "Ordinary Time: September 12th". What follows is quoted below [2]:
On this day dedicated to the Holy Name of Mary let us repeat that wonderful prayer of Saint Bernard, responding to Pope Benedict XVI's invitation to “invite everyone to become a trusting child before Mary, even as the Son of God did. Saint Bernard says, and we say with him: 'Look to the star of the sea, call upon Mary … in danger, in distress, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. May her name never be far from your lips, or far from your heart … If you follow her, you will not stray; if you pray to her, you will not despair; if you turn your thoughts to her, you will not err. If she holds you, you will not fall; if she protects you, you need not fear; if she is your guide, you will not tire; if she is gracious to you, you will surely reach your destination”' (Benedict XVI, address at Heiligenkreuz Abbey, September 9, 2007). [Ellipsis ... original.]
One can suppose that a small percentage of the world's population and media actually cares about the Blessed Virgin Mary, and when a Blessed Virgin Mary's day is optional, She is even more inconspicuous. However, the Blessed Virgin Mary's obscurity has never discouraged the Blessed Mother from reaching out to Her children. When the Blessed Virgin Mary wants certain people to know that She exists and is real, She has ways to let them know. The latest apparition that this blogger learned about just yesterday was Her appearance at Knock, in Ireland. Catholic.org published a report on June 17, 2017, entitled ACCURATELY PREDICTED: Our Lady appears to thousands in Knock, Ireland, quoted in part below [3]:
LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) - The footage is emotional and difficult to believe, but it is genuine and verified by the cameras of hundreds of other eyewitnesses. A crowd of people gathered in Knock, Ireland at 3 PM, June 10, saw a promised vision of the Virgin Mary in the sky.
The sun appeared as an elongated shape in the videos, not as a circle. Rays of light were also captured on camera. As clouds passed before the sun, filtering out the brightest light, people were able to look directly at the vision. They reported the vision moved, and spun, a classic miracle of the sun, often associated with apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The sight alone is moving and astounding. There is no evidence on video that is so clearly genuine or so remarkable. But what makes this apparition even more compelling is that it was predicted by a 14-year-old boy.
As we can gather, the boy visited the shrine at Fatima, Portugal[, in May] [4] and met one of the visionaries from Medjugorje. The visionary spoke in Portuguese, but the boy was able to understand, despite not speaking the language. He told his father of the pending apparition. The father then posted on social media: "For two days our son seen Our Lady in Fatima and he seen the visionaries.
"The visionary from Medjugorje was speaking to him in Portuguese and (he) was able to understand every word out of her mouth.
"On the tenth of June we will be going to Knock and whoever wants to come is welcome. Our Lady will appear...
"Whoever wants to be there at three o' clock Our Lady will come down, I can't say if the three visionaries will be there, but I know Our Lady will be there.
"It's out there for everybody who believes in it."
Right on cue, the apparition took place, astonishing believers and skeptics alike.
There is a short video at -0.53 to -0.52 [5] published on June 13, 2017, by MYSTIC POST that was accessed online today that showed a bright spot emerging from a gray cloud that for only a moment took the unmistakable shape of the Blessed Virgin Mary. However, the video does not show the amazing image of the Blessed Mother found on Google Images that belongs to mysticpost.com [6] (see below):
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The Blessed Mother was not kidding when She said, "I am the Woman clothed in the sun..." when She spoke to Gladys in San Nicolás, Argentina, on August 3, 1988, message number 1479. [7]
[1] https://www.catholicextension.org/memorial-immaculate-heart-mary
[2] https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2017-09-12
[3] http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/story.php?id=75183
[4] http://mysticpost.com/2017/06/incredible-story-14-year-old-boy-says-the-virgin-will-appear-watch-crowds-flock-to-knock-shrine-as-image-of-virgin-mary-appears-in-clouds-our-lady-appeared-in-knock-today-astonishing-never/
[5] http://mysticpost.com/2017/06/image-of-virgin-mary-does-appear-at-knock-ireland-video-disappears-from-facebook/
[6] http://mysticpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/19030191_1542194585812713_2519829506423351735_n.jpg
[7] Laurentin, Father René. An Appeal From Mary In Argentina. Translated by Juan Gonzalez Jr., Ph.D. (Milford, Ohio: Faith Publishing Company, 1990), 88.
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