December 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Hear Fr. Dan explain its special significance during Advent.

Dr. Robert Stackpole is a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism. We discuss his book, “Mary, Who She Is and Why She Matters.”

In Revelation 12, Scripture presents a woman “clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev 12:1). As Fr. Chris explains, this image points unmistakably to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her heavenly glory reveals the one chosen by God to bear Christ, the King who “is to rule all the nations” (Rev 12:5). Yet confusion arises when the passage speaks of her crying out in pain. These are not physical labor pains from the birth of Jesus.