13 - Our Lady of the Holy Chapel (Paris) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (IV) 'The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him" (Is 11:2) Like all Israel, Mary meditated on the figure of "God's chosen One"

Angels (Forest of Livry, France, 1212) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (II) "All nations on earth will be blessed in your descendants" (Gen 22:18) The Virgin Mary, in the midst of Israel's waiting, also

November 29 - Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium, 1932) Mary in the Temple (IX) The king was seduced by your beauty When she who was to feed with her breasts the Christ God to be born of her

December 1st - Our 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 [...] lost during the exile in Babylon? Since no one could imagine that the Temple already contained, in Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant, not made by man, it was only through hope in the future coming of the

November 28 - Saint Catherine Laboure (d. 1876) Mary in the Temple (VIII) God's most tender gaze is upon her She lives almost without making a sound, without being spoken of by the world and without Israel

November 27 - Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Paris, 1830) Mary in the Temple (VII) There, in her solitude ? There, in her solitude, the Most High hides her, guards her, surrounds her with his power

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

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

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 [...] November 21 - Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple Mary in the Temple (I) Today the Virgin is introduced in the House of the Lord "The most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and [...] the year 543, and named "New Church" to distinguish it from the old 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

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