December 29 - Our Lady of Spire (Germany, 1146) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (III) I think that John told Luke almost all the things he wrote in his Gospel. Let's look [...] He wants to have witnesses. Who witnessed the very beginning? There was only one witness: Mary. And who took Mary into his home? John. It is therefore easy to understand that Luke received a lot from John [...] considerable amount of time trying to understand that manuscript. And what if the knowledge we are seeking is not in writing, but in a source that is so hidden, would we spare any means? Mary's heart is not
The Expectation of Our Lady (654) assigned at the Tenth Council of Toledo in 656 Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (IX) "We have been healed by his bruises" (Is 53:5) The mystery of the Messiah thickens [...] numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Is 53:11-12). "A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my [...] contrast to the promises of glory and kingship. How would the Blessed Virgin have understood what was written about the Lord's "servant" (Is 42:1), who must first "restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back
images of the Paschal Lamb and the scapegoat were present in Mary's mind, like all Jews, but who saw that the words of the prophet Isaiah referred to the figure of the Servant of God? "He was oppressed [...] December 19 - Our Lady of Toledo (Spain, 657) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (X) "After the ordeal he has endured, he will see the light" (Is 53:11) The mystery of the Messiah who will renew the [...] mention the death of the Just: "Let us lay traps for the upright man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life" (...) "He claims to have knowledge of our God and calls himself a child of the Lord" (.
Lady of the Armed Forces Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (VI) "I shall be a father to him and he a son to me" (2 Sam 7:14) The Blessed Virgin, just as all Israel, questioned the identity of the announced [...] yours from the day of your birth, sacred honor from the womb, from the dawn of your youth. The Lord has sworn an oath He will never retract; you are a priest forever of the order of Melchizedek" (Ps 110:1-5) [...] came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him" (Dan 7:9-14), or a very particular presence of God himself through other
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas (Mexico, 1531) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (III) "There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse" (Is 11:1) In the midst of Israel's [...] stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge [...] knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." (...) "It shall happen in that day, that the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious"
December 14 - Our Lady of Alba Royale (Hungary, 1005) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (V) "His dominion is an everlasting dominion" (Dan 7:14) Israel's and the Blessed Virgin's exceptancy was for [...] the ends of the earth" (Zech 9:9-10). God's small stone "became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" (Dan 2:35) and his empire "will be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth" [...] for a peaceful, humble and just king, but the prophets had also raised the hope of universal salvation, claiming in an incredible way that the king would one day reign without any limits, neither in time
by the prophets, the coming of the Messiah would make all things new: "Behold, the days come that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah..." (...) "I will put [...] all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more" (Jer 31:31-34). "You renew the face of the earth" (Ps 104:30). "I will [...] 17 - Our Lady's in Trastevere, First Church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin (Rome, ca. 352) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (VIII) "Behold, the days come that I will make a new covenant" (Jer 31:31)
December 22 - Our Lady of Chartres, Mother of Youth (France, 1935) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XIII) "A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son" (Is 7:14) All throughout tradition, saints and [...] the mother of this Child, Mary becomes the "City of the great King" (Ps 48.3) where God lives and protects. Within her, "generation after generation will proclaim their joy, and the name of her who is [...] that the very humble Virgin never imagined she might be the mother of the Savior. This certainly was the great sign of the coming of the Messiah foretold by the prophet Isaiah: "The Lord himself will give
the anointing of the Lord: "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord" (Is 11:2) [...] 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" [...] strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins" (Is 11:3-5). "He
Lady of the 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 [...] He made to our ancestors" (Lk 1:55), "of his mercy to Abraham" the believer. "All nations on earth will be blessed in your descendants" (Gen 22:18) ? in favor of his son Jacob - "The scepter shall not
