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 in the midst of Israel [...] ready for the day of his coming? "'The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!' says the Lord of hosts. But who can [...] day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap; and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi
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
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
- 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 earth" (Is [...] come to you" (...) "The abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you. The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from [...] have made a covenant of the people and a light to the nations" (Is 42:6). "It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I shall make
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
December 10 - Transition of 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 [...] praying in silence or reading the word of God and "pondering in her heart" (Lk 2:19) all of God's promises to his people, beginning with the first announcement of salvation, in Genesis, shortly after the [...] understood, better than any other, the promises of God to his people, because she was capable within herself of deeply penetrating God's mystery. She was first and foremost attentive and fully turned to God
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
