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 [...] would bring the forgiveness of sins? The 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
December 15 - Our 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
December 12 - 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
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
December 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
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 [...] Isaiah, which designates "an engaged girl not yet married." By becoming the mother of this Child, Mary becomes the "City of the great King" (Ps 48.3) where God lives and protects. Within her, "generation
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
Saint Maria Odigitria Church (Rome) - Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even [...] than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos).
December 21 - Our Lady of Saint Acheul (Amiens, France, 4th C.) founded by Saint Firmin Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XII) "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will [...] great joy and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold
