December 20 - Our Lady of Molen (France, 1075) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (XI) "Kings shall shut their mouths before him" (Is 52:15) In scrutinizing the Scriptures, the Blessed Virgin prayed
December 16 - Institution of Our Lady of Deliverance (France, 1583) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (VII) "I shall make you a light to the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the
the Holy House of Loreto (Italy, 1291) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (I) "She will crush your head and you will strike her heel" (Gen 3:15) The Virgin Mary certainly understood, better than any
December 1st - Our Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, 1842) Mary in the Temple (XI) The glory of that second Temple will surpass that of the first After the exile, to comfort those who were rebuilding the Temple [...] lost during the exile in Babylon? Since no one could imagine that the Temple already contained, in Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant, not made by man, it was only through hope in the future coming of the
Presentation of Mary at the Temple (or "Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple" for the Orthodox), comes from an ancient tradition historically linked to the dedication of a basilica in honor of Mary. The building [...] November 21 - Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple Mary in the Temple (I) Today the Virgin is introduced in the House of the Lord "The most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and [...] the year 543, and named "New Church" to distinguish it from the old one in honor of the Nativity of Mary, the Probatica. In the course of the 8th century the feast spread to all the Oriental churches, highly
November 25 - Our Lady of the Rock (Italy, 1028) Mary in the Temple (V) She resolved to love God with all her heart From her childhood, Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit, and as she grew grace increased
November 24 - Our Lady of Montserrat (Spain, 1535) Mary in the Temple (IV) I went during the night to the altar of the Temple Saint Elizabeth, a Benedictine nun from the Schoenau monastery, received this
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 30 - Our Lady of Genesta (Genoa, Italy) Mary in the Temple (X) When you approached the Holy of Holies The plan that existed before all times, from our God who is before time, came to pass, O most
November 29 - Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium, 1932) Mary in the Temple (IX) The king was seduced by your beauty When she who was to feed with her breasts the Christ God to be born of her
