today's readings are Acts 13: 26-33; Psalm 2 and John 14: 1-6
Our Lady of Good Counsel is one of the many titles given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and is illustrated by the miraculous painting found in the church at Genazzoni, Italy. Over the centuries, devotions to Our Lady of the Good Counsel grew among saints and Popes, and the devotion spread throughout the world. Her feast day is 26 April.
According to tradition, the story is said to have begun in 1467. By then the church was in dire need of repair. In the midst of the festivities for the feast of St Mark, the townsfolk suddenly heard "heavenly music." A mysterious cloud was then said to have descended on the unfinished wall of the parish church. In front of the people, the cloud dissipated and a beautiful fresco, of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child was revealed.] It was widely believed that it had been miraculously transported from a church in Albania just prior to its invasion by the Ottoman Turks.
The picture of Our Lady was at first called "La Madonna del Paradiso" and now better known as "Madonna del Buon Consiglio" (Our Lady of Good Counsel).
Our Lady of Good Counsel is the patroness of the Catholic Women's League of Canada.