Second Week of Advent

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Saturday, December 12, 2026

Today’s verse

About today

In 1531, at Tepeyac, the Virgin appeared to Saint Juan Diego and left her image on his tilma. Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, is honored on 12 December as Mother who speaks to the small and gathers a people. The feast in Advent is a sign that the Incarnation is already leaning toward the poor. Ask today for a Church of the Americas that hears the lowly, and for a Mother who still arranges roses in winter.

Original – Prayer on Fire.

Scripture

Office of Readings

Revelation 12:1–6

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth. And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son. And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne. And the woman fled into solitude, where a place was being held ready by God, so that they might pasture her in that place for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Text: Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) · Office of Readings

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