December 24 – Christmas Eve The Virgin Mary tells the story of the Nativity (I) In The Gospel as Revealed to Me by Maria Valtorta, the Virgin Mary returned many years later to the grotto of Bethlehem with

December 16 – Third Sunday of Advent – Our Lady of Good Delivery (France) Mary's trust made the New Covenant possible Mary is first "the one who believed," as her cousin Elizabeth told her during the [...] being a Father full of love and attention. On the other hand, a new era of human history began with Mary, because she, who became the mother of Jesus, Son of the promise, believed in the promises of God [...] the same manner, she continued to believe at the foot of the Cross—and under what conditions! For Mary, God remains the Father of Israel and of all humanity. She never doubted his fundamental goodness

December 21 – Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Mary "conceived in her heart before conceiving in her body" Although Christ lived by faith, Mary's faith preceded his. In her, the long formation of [...] given to Moses and the prophets, culminating with the heroic rise of the "poor of Yahweh" (Is 40-55). Mary's faith was raised to the level necessary to give birth to the Son of God and to share his life. Thus [...] cooperating with the continued birth of Christ here below. Father René Laurentin (d. 2017) Adapted from Marie, clé du mystère chrétien , Fayard, 1994

Advent – First apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico, 1531) – Saint Juan Diego So that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis Famille Missionnaire (1) invited everyone to pray the [...] to Vatican News, Pope Francis asked all Catholics to pray the Rosary every day, so that the Virgin Mary might help the Church in these times of crisis, and also to pray to Saint Michael the Archangel that [...] He would prevent it when Satan thought he had succeeded—by the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary! (1) Famille Missionnaire Father Bernard Domini Superior of the Famille Missionnaire de Notre Dame

14 – End of the apparitions at L'Ile Bouchard (France, 1947) With Mary, I have the strength to forgive When I turn the matter over to Mary, I’m implicitly asking her to shelter my enemy as well as me, even [...] tottering approach to God. When I can’t honestly ask Mary to guide us both, I may be able to step back and say that I would like to be able to honestly ask Mary to guide us both, even if it’s impossible for me [...] be able to return honestly and without reservations to implore Mary to guide us both, and then, when he grants that one, I can rely on Mary to undo the original knot. by Leah Libresco Taken from Arriving

revealed herself as the Virgin Mary and asked him to have a church built on the site of the apparition. The unbelieving bishop asked the seer to obtain a sign from the Virgin Mary. This didn’t take long—on [...] December 12 – Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas (1531) The Virgin Mary of Guadalupe is with child! December 12th marks the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to Saint Juan Diego in [...] astonishment—all could see the miraculous imprint on the tilma of an image representing "the ever Virgin Mary of Guadalupe," as she called herself. During this time of Advent, let us not forget this important

December 11 – Our Lady of Consolation (Italy) When Mary is depicted... in the crescent moon When I met him, Thiam was already an old man who had a sculpture shop at the artists' market in the village of

The statue of Bernadette kneeling before Mary had not moved or been sullied either. Indeed, “Little Lourdes” must be protected and wanted by the Virgin Mary! Philippe Louvet [...] December 3 – Our Lady of Victories (Paris, France, 1836) “Little Lourdes” is protected by the Virgin Mary During a trip to Lourdes (France) in 1930, a modest railway worker from Lorraine, Georges Simonin

Satan was forced to confess the Immaculate Conception of Mary December 8, 1854: Pope Pius IX promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. March 25, 1858: On the Feast of the Incarnation of the [...] Conception, in verse. Humiliated, the devil was coerced, in the name of Christ, to sing the glory of Mary, and he did so by means of a sonnet in Italian—perfect in form and in theology! Adapted from Aleteia

Joseph noticed Mary’s condition without knowing how it had happened. As for Mary, she was not allowed to reveal the marvelous wonder conceived in her by the Lord God. Yet Joseph, like Mary, remained faithful [...] of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mary and Joseph’s first great trial was during the time of Advent During the period before the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph had to undergo a very painful trial [...] and the Incarnation of the Word of God in Mary’s womb, by the operation of the Holy Spirit who covered her with his shadow , and the moment of Christ’s birth, Mary, engaged to Joseph, was given to him as