August 10

Feast of Notre Dame de Graces

(Cotignac, Provence France) 1519

The Religious Community founded in 1981

Come here in procession to receive the gifts that I wish to bestow! On the 10th of August, a woodcutter, John de la Baume, went up to the Verdaille hill. He was alone. As was his custom, he started his day in prayer. As he stood up, he saw a cloud and the Blessed Virgin then appeared with the Baby Jesus in her arms, surrounded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Catherine the martyr, and Saint Michael the Archangel. Our Lady was standing with her feet on a crescent moon. She spoke to John in the following way, “I am the Blessed Virgin. Go and tell the clergy and the Consuls of Cotignac to build a church on this place in the name of Our Lady of Graces, and have the faithful come here in procession to receive the gifts that I wish to bestow!” Then the vision disappeared. Was it a hallucination? Whether he doubted or not, John kept the message to himself, which entitled him to a second apparition of the Mother of God! The following day, the 11th of August, standing at the same spot to finish his wood cutting, he had the same vision and received the same request. This time, he decided to obey and went down to the village immediately. John was known to be a sober man and the authorities and the villagers supported him unanimously. A chapel was erected at the site of the apparitions and has been witness to many graces and miraculous signs, most notably the miracle of the birth of King Louis XIV.

Below is the link to the official Notre Dame de Grace shrine - you can send your prayer request and as for Our Lady's intercession and order a CD http://www.nd-de-graces.com/en/website-home

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Flower of the Day

Mother of Thousands

Strawberry Geranium

Symbolizes the universality of Our Lady's mediation of graces

from the multitude of tiny new plants rooted where the many extending branches

of the parent plant touch the soil.

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Prayer for Graces

Reign over us, then, O Virgin Immaculate, with your Son Jesus Christ. May His Divine Heart and your most chaste Heart be ever enthroned and glorified among us. Use us, your children of America, as your instruments in brining peace among men and nations. Work your miracle of grace in us, so that we may be a glory to the Blessed Trinity, who created, redeemed and sanctifies us. Prayer to the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of America

Ave Maria!