Watercolor Painting of Blessed Mother Mary!.

Watercolor Painting of Blessed Mother Mary!
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"Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother Mary. A special painting to honor her nativity — the birth of our loving Mother, full of grace and hope."


Few Apparitions of Mary:

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: England, 1251

Blessed Mother appeared to St. Simon Stock, a Carmelite priest. She came as "Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" holding the child Jesus. Showing him a brown monastic "apron," called a scapular (because it is worn over the shoulders, or "scapula"), she promised that whoever died clothed in this garment would not suffer eternal fire.

Over the centuries the scapular of Carmel has been adapted for use by the laity in the form of two small pieces of brown material held together by a ribbon or chain, and worn around the neck. The "Brown Scapular" has become a symbol of devotion and consecration to Mary, the Mother of God, and a powerful sacramental.


Our Lady of Fatima: Portugal, May through October, 1917

Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children six times from May through October, 1917, in Fatima, Portugal. Each time she appeared she foretold world events and asked that the Rosary be prayed daily. She told the children that many souls go to hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them. Our Lord wants devotion to her Immaculate Heart and her vision for world peace to be established throughout the world.

She stressed prayer, sacrifice and the faithful performance of daily duties as a means to peace in hearts, families and nations.



Our Lady of Lourdes: France, 1858

Our Lady appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, 18 times from February through July, 1858. During the apparitions she told Bernadette to dig a hole which later in the day produced a stream of water, bringing about thousands of spiritual and physical cures even to this day. Mary pleaded for "Penitence! Penitence! Penitence!" and urged us to "Pray to God for sinners." She called herself the "Immaculate Conception."


Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal: Paris, 1830

Our Lady appeared to St. Catherine Laboure three times, from July to November 1830. The young Sister saw a vision of a beautiful Lady, pressing the world to her heart. The globe then disappeared and when she lowered her hands Catherine could see rays of light emanating from rings on the Lady's fingers. Mary told her she wanted a medal struck according to this model, and promised great graces for those who wore it, especially if worn around the neck.

The medal was made and the devotion spread rapidly. So many wonders were attributed to it that it became known as the "Miraculous Medal.

Apparition
The first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the 16th century is said to have appeared
to a young boy who was delivering buttermilk to a man living far away. During his journey, the boy stopped to rest by a lake shaded by a Banyan tree. There, a beautiful woman holding a child appeared and asked the boy for some milk to feed her child, which he gave. When he later arrived at the home to deliver the milk, he apologized for the delay and explained that there was less milk in his pot. Yet, when the lid was opened, the pot was miraculously full of milk.

Apparition:

The second apparition reportedly took place a few years later. A limping boy was selling buttermilk to travelers who sought shelter under a large Banyan tree to escape the day’s heat. On that day, however, he had no customers. Suddenly, a radiant woman holding a child appeared and requested a cup of buttermilk, which she gave to her child. She then instructed the boy to go to a nearby town and find a particular Catholic man, asking him to build a chapel at Vailankanni in her honor. The boy, healed of his limp, ran to the town of Nagapattinam, found the man, and recounted the event. In response, the Catholic men of Nagapattinam built a thatched chapel at Vailankanni, dedicating it to Mary under the title “Our Lady of Good Health.”

Apparition:

In the 17th century, a Portuguese merchant ship sailing from Macau to Ceylon encountered a violent storm in the Bay of Bengal. The sailors fervently prayed to Mary, Star of the Sea, promising to build a church in her honor wherever they could safely land. The storm subsided, and their ship reached land near Vailankanni on September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary. Fulfilling their promise, the Portuguese rebuilt the original thatched chapel into a stone church, which was later renovated twice in the early 20th century.


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