of the Virgin Mary in the Temple A temple more sacred than the temple of Jerusalem The feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple evokes first of all the holiness of Mary. The 3-year-old [...] is evident that the Church in this passage makes a special allusion to the Perpetual Virginity of Mary; but all human life, in various ways, can be a life "presented to the Temple," a holy and pure life [...] The second theme of this feast is the comparison between the Stone Temple and the Living Temple. Mary, who will one day carry the God-Man in her womb, is a temple more sacred than the temple of Jerusalem

November 25 – Mary Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) The statue of Mary and a Tour de France cyclist Belgian cyclist Julien Vermote is a teammate of Marcel Kittel, the man who won five stages of [...] team. By the front door of Julien’s modest house in Flanders, Belgium, stands a statue of the Virgin Mary who discretely greets visitors. Not far is the neighborhood church, where Julien sometimes stops by

November 17 – Mary Gate of Dawn (Lithuania) - Saint Gregory the Miracle-Worker (d. 270) 56 apparitions of Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit in a new way (I) On March 25, 1945, Mary appeared to Ida Peerdeman [...] instance, the pressing request to proclaim Mary to be "Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate" is a subject of controversy. Source : Notre Histoire avec Marie [...] time of "decline of the faith" (March 28, 1951) and in this "world sunk in corruption" (May 7, 1949), Mary came to unveil a plan of Salvation for Humanity. The Lady stands on the earth's globe, surrounded

November 18 – Mary of Chinquinquira (Venezuela) 56 apparitions of Mary to invoke the Holy Spirit in a new way (II) The Lady of All Nations asked, during an apparition in Amsterdam on February 11, 1951 [...] Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate" (October 11, 1953). It is the first time in history that the Virgin Mary asked for a dogma. She specified that she "brings no new doctrine" (April 4, 1954) and warned that [...] Peace, to the world" (May 31, 1954). (2) ______________________________________ (1) See A Moment With Mary of November 17, 2017 (2) The official recognition on May 31, 2002, by Bishop Punt (Bishop of Haar

November 19 – Feast of Mary Seyom (Ethiopian Church) The Rosary: The prayer that Our Lady recommended most often In a letter to a nephew priest, dated April 4, 1970, Sister Lucia, one of the seers of Our

November 14 – Our Lady of Pasenika or Mary’s Victory (Contantinople) - St Gregory Palamas The Logic of the Cross and the Heart of Mary Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, who serves as the Major Penitentiary of the [...] Heart of Mary and the mystery of the Cross: "Whenever life puts us on a cross, whenever infirmity, lack of understanding, loneliness, exclusion or betrayal crucify us, we are held in the heart of Mary, because

25 – Christ the King – Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) Mary is the great, unique mold of God We must do everything with Mary: in all our actions we must look upon Mary, although a simple human [...] our Lord because it is the true likeness of him. Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary § 260.2 [...] us to imitate, as far as our limited capacity allows. In every action then we should consider how Mary performed it or how she would perform it if she were in our place. For this reason, we must examine

the prayer addressed to Mary. The first part of the Lord's Prayer is praise to God, the first part of the Hail Mary is the praise of Mary. The second part of the Lord's Prayer is a request addressed to the [...] December 1 – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) Your Mother must be invoked, just like the Father The Hail Mary must not be recited by thinking only of the earth and your flesh, which is dust and will become [...] where Mary, my Mother and yours, lives with her body and soul after she lived on earth with her soul always hovering in Heaven. The Our Father is the prayer addressed to the Father. The Hail Mary is the

immaculate virgin (Homily 52,6) (1). Mary was the end point of a purification process throughout history and all generations. Everything had been prepared with Mary in mind: All divinely inspired Scriptures [...] 53,8). Mary herself had her own path of ultimate preparation, which St Gregory Palamas, a monk on Mount Athos and later Archbishop of Thessalonica, describes from his own monastic experience: Mary chose [...] November 21 - Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple How humanity had been prepared for the Incarnation The Incarnation would not have been possible without the concrete human nature that the Word

19 – Feast of Mary Seyom (Ethiopian Church) How Mary saved the Church in Egypt (II) The patriarch found the man where the Virgin Mary had indicated (1). After repeating to him what Mary had said, Amba [...] churches, including that of St Markorios Abu Sifein in Old Cairo. (1) See yesterday’s A Moment with Mary - November 18, 2018 According to the Biography of Saint Samaan the Shoemaker , published by Saint