prepare the world for the second coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Savior, but as a just judge. Oh, how terrible is that day! Determined is the day of justice, the day of divine wrath. The angels

widow; the repentant moneylender who has forgotten his catechism; the frightened adulteress that all judge; all the cripples saved by their faith, and the good shepherds, like those in Bethlehem, who discovered

century. "I went to see the King of France on behalf of the Blessed Virgin Mary," Joan would tell her judges. As a child, Saint Joan loved to visit a rustic church near her home dedicated to the Virgin Mary

private revelations, an apparition never becomes part of Catholic teaching. Individual Catholics can judge the evidence for themselves. Knock has the full approval and recognition granted other Marian shrines

to become truly little! To live Advent with Mary means to convert to what the world despises and judges weak—namely, littleness . In the Gospel, Jesus says it plainly: " Verily I say unto you, if ye be

private revelations, an apparition never becomes part of Catholic teaching. Individual Catholics can judge the evidence for themselves. Knock has the full approval and recognition granted other Marian shrines

and fearful of my salvation and my observance. But when I learned that God was my creator and the judge of all my actions, I loved him intimately; I feared at any moment to offend him by my words or my

advocate. Placed as she is between God and the sinner, Mary is ever busy invoking the clemency of the judge in order to move Him to pity, and she is ever trying to overcome the obstinacy of the sinner. The

of self-sufficiency. Living Advent with Mary means to espouse what the world holds in contempt and judges weak: namely, smallness. Jesus makes it very clear in the Gospel: "Truly I tell you, unless you change

But I say to you that it is my right more than it is yours to present this soul to God, who is her Judge. For during her stay on earth, she showed me great affection; she liked to remember that God deigned