January 24 - Our Lady of Damascus - Saint Francis de Sales. Prayer to Mary Most Holy Mary Virgin Mother of God, I am unworthy to be your servant. Yet moved by your motherly care for me and longing to serve [...] word, or deed to be displeasing in your sight and that of your most holy Son. Remember me, dearest Mother, and do not abandon me at the hour of death. [...] do what I can to encourage others to be devoted to you. My loving Mother, through the Precious Blood of your Son shed for me, I beg you to receive me as your servant forever. Help me in my actions and beg
Our Lady of Bessiere (Limousin, France) To Jesus through Mary "Father Montfort probably didn't know when he wrote the Treatise on True Devotion, that he was writing under the direct inspiration of the Holy [...] book on the Virgin Mary (La Mère de Jésus était là, ed. Letheilleux). The Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin has experienced extraordinary posterity. The first sentence of the book is like a [...] a prophecy and a program: "It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus Christ came into the world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world."
January 14 - Our Lady of the Word (Montserrat, Spain, 1514) Mary's Emerging Image is Evangelical Love and consideration for the Word of God are the principal characteristics of contemporary spirituality [...] conscience of pastors and many Christians, the Bible has progressively taken its central and rightful place. In this climate of renewed interest in the Holy Scriptures, it is natural that Mary's emerging [...] emerging image is evangelical. An index of this attention are the many publications titled "Mary according to the Gospel" or other similar topics. Of course such studies existed in the past, but today they have
December 30 - Our Lady of Bologna (Italy, 1193) Through Mary Life is Born to Us Our Lord Jesus Christ, who came to liberate mankind, in which both males and females are destined to salvation, was not averse [...] averse to males, for He took the form of a male; nor to females, for of a female He was born. Besides, there is a great mystery here: that just as death came to us through a woman, Life is born to us through [...] would be tormented by each nature, feminine and masculine, since he had taken delight in the defection of both.
Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, 1842) Mary in the Temple (XI) The glory of that second Temple will surpass that of the first After the exile, to comfort those who were rebuilding the Temple, the Word of God [...] in Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant, not made by man, it was only through hope in the future coming of the Messiah of Peace that the Virgin and her people could expect, in this prayerful time of the [...] which enshrined the Ark of the Covenant with the Tables of the Law, manna and the rod of Aaron. But how could they still believe in this prophecy when all the precious gifts of God had been destroyed or lost
sacred treasure of the glory of God, enters the House of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The angels of God praise her: Truly this woman is the heavenly tabernacle." The Feast of the Presentation [...] Presentation of Mary at the Temple (or "Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple" for the Orthodox), comes from an ancient tradition historically linked to the dedication of a basilica in honor of Mary. The building [...] one in honor of the Nativity of Mary, the Probatica. In the course of the 8th century the feast spread to all the Oriental churches, highly favored by the people of God. It became part of the twelve great
November 25 - Our Lady of the Rock (Italy, 1028) Mary in the Temple (V) She resolved to love God with all her heart From her childhood, Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit, and as she grew grace increased [...] parents, fearing that they would distract her from thinking of God. Finally, she hoped to live at the time of the Messiah and to become the servant of the holy virgin who would merit to become his mother. [...] understood through the Holy Scriptures that God was to be born of a virgin to redeem the world, her heart became so engulfed in the flames of divine love that she had no other thought or desire than God
the hands of God." She added: "Of all the divine precepts, the one I constantly beheld was that of love: You shall love the Lord our God. I would go in the middle of the night to the altar of the Temple [...] November 24 - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain, 1535) Mary in the Temple (IV) I went during the night to the altar of the Temple Saint Elizabeth, a Benedictine nun from the Schoenau monastery, received this [...] Temple to ask for the grace of being able to follow the precepts of the Law. I longed for the birth of the Redeemer's mother and eagerly entreated God to preserve my eyes so that I might see her, my tongue
subject: "The veil of the Temple was a palm-length in width. It was woven with seventy-two smooth stitches each made of twenty-four threads. The length was of forty cubits and the width of twenty cubits. [...] November 22 - Our Lady of Lavang (Vietnam, 1798) Mary in the Temple (II) Eighty-two young girls were weaving the veil of the Temple Rabbinical literature confirms that many young girls lived in the Temple [...] virgins who were weaving threw themselves in the flames" rather than let themselves fall into the hands of the enemy (Pesiqta Rabbati 26, 6), and that they lived in the three-storey building inside the Temple
November 30 - Our Lady of Genesta (Genoa, Italy) Mary in the Temple (X) When you approached the Holy of Holies The plan that existed before all times, from our God who is before time, came to pass, O most [...] most Immaculate Mother, when you approached the Holy of Holies to be raised there, in preparation of your becoming the dwelling of the Word.
