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
November 23 - Our Lady of the Vault (Italy) Mary in the Temple (III) And Mary was given the task of weaving the purple and scarlet In the Apocalypse of Baruch, the existence of virgins living in the Temple [...] who will weave the gold, asbestos, linen, silk, Tyrian purple, scarlet and genuine purple'." "And Mary was given the task of weaving the purple and scarlet" echoes the apocryphal book of James's proto-Gospel
November 26 - Our Lady of Los Remedios (Philippines) Mary in the Temple (VI) She spent her time praying and meditating on the Law At only three years of age, her demeanor was so assured, her speech so
Lady of the Grotto (Lamego, Portugal) Like Mary, the Docile Handmaid of the Divine Word This attitude of religious listening is the typical attitude of Mary Most Holy exactly as shown in the emblematic [...] Church offered by the Council itself, in the constitution "Dei Verbum" (No. 1). Let us pray that, like Mary, the Church may be a docile handmaid of the Divine Word and proclaim it always with firm confidence
recall the example of the miracle of Theophilus, whom Mary reformed by the grace of forgiveness. But those above, innocent in grace, have in Mary the channel of that grace, by which they are kept from [...] November 15 - Our Lady of Piety (Byzantine Church) - Saint Albert the Great Mary is the Channel of Grace The Blessed Virgin is the hope of forgiveness for those who are sorry for their sins and expiate
8 - Our Lady of Belle Fountaine (La Rochelle, France) - Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (d. 1906) Mary, Model of Interior Souls It seems to me that nobody has penetrated the mystery of Christ in its depth
November 6 - Our Lady of Valfleury (Lyons, France) Mary's Childbirth in the Marian Piety of the Second Century The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and gave birth; and the
a devout lover of the Virgin, who had been Satan’s slave for many months The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (VIII) The Rosary is both meditation and supplication. Insistent prayer to the Mother of God is based [...] does not turn to thee, would have his desire fly without wings." When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 1:35), she intercedes for us before the Father who filled
October 27 - Our Lady of Charity (Cuba) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (IX) O Blessed Rosary of Mary, Sweet chain which unites us to God, Bond of love which unites us to the angels, Tower of salvation against
October 25 - Consecration of Toledo’s Cathedral to the Blessed Virgin (Spain, 1075) The Virgin Mary Stops the Invasion of Christendom On Saturday, October 25, 732, the first day of Ramadan, the Moslem [...] invasions north of the Pyrenees. Charles Martel attributed his victory to the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
