I’ll admit I need to do more research on this, but why do there not seem to be as many apparitions of Christ as there are of Mary, at least in terms of official apparitions? The only one I can think of is the Divine Mercy and Saint Faustina (which is why I have a great devotion to it, because it puts emphasis on Christ and his passion).
Are there any other apparitions of Jesus? and if so why do Marian apparitions get so much more attention and devotion. I know she is the Mother of God and deserves honor, but you’d think Jesus would be seen just as much. Even with unofficial apparitions so many seem to be of Mary, yet few deal with Christ.
Here it is the end of Lent, but your question is more about Advent. The Advent of the Lord is the arriving of the Lord. His First Advent culminated in the Nativity, Christmas Day, when the Earth received her King, as the carol says. Before that, there was Mary, with Child by the power of the Holy Spirit. She it is who brought Christ into the world. Our Savior came to us through her, and without her, He did not come.
Saint Louis deMontfort expounds much about these things in his book, “True Devotion to Mary.” I highly recommend it.
At Fatima, Our Blessed Mother prophesied, “In the End, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” Pope Leo XIII had a vision informing him that in the twentieth century, the decisive battle between Satan and Christ would be fought. Satan was given more power and a whole century to attempt to destroy Christ’s Church. It is not mere coincidence that the apparitions at Fatima took place near the beginning of the twentieth century.
In the Book of Revelation we read, “A great Sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, the moon at her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.” The Woman is Mary, and also the Woman represents the Church; Mary is the perfect Model of the Church. The Woman clothed with the Sun is thus The Great Sign.
That Great Sign literally appeared in the sky at Fatima and elsewhere.
The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is taking place now, in the hearts of those devoted to her through her Rosary, in accordance with her explicit requests at Fatima, and in accordance with what Saint Louis wrote in
True Devotion to Mary.
It is her Time now. It is her Triumph. It is the Triumph of sinlessness as Victory over Satan and his legions of evil. God is now preparing His Bride for His return in glory, and included in that preparation is the entire human race, as there is no one who is not associated in some way with God’s Church; whether as faithful members, or strayed members, or objects of solicitude. God is now eliminating all sin from His entire world on Earth through the intercessory power of His Immaculate Mother and through her Rosary.
The task of preparing a place for Jesus to enter His World on Earth at the First Advent was assigned to the Holy Family. It is the same for His Second Advent, now. Saint Joseph is always with Our Blessed Mother, and God has assigned to her the task of preparing the world for His return in Glory. There is much to be done, but it all begins with her Rosary.
The Penitential Rosary Crusade Prayer specifically asks her for what it explicitly her will with her Rosary. It asks for more graces, of conversion from sin, of perseverance in praying rosary after rosary after rosary, and of her help in her spreading of her Rosary of penance for sin, diocese by diocese, throughout God’s entire world on Earth.
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