Magnificat December 2025

December 2025

32 pages

Let us Follow our King to the Grotto of Bethlehem, by Blessed Canon Alfred Weber  …Page 295

The stable of Bethlehem – The first adorers – The adoration of the Magi

God does not die! García Moreno, Herald and Martyr of Christ the King (1821-1875)  …300

– 150th anniversary of his death

Setting the context – The formation of a hero – Combat against despotism – Urbina’s intrigues – A fruitful stay – García Moreno senator – Urbina still at work – García Moreno president – Systematic opposition – On reserve for his nation – Second term – Wonderful progress – The soul of a Saint – The Republic of the Sacred Heart – The martyr

End of the Year Review, by Father John Gregory of the …323

Table of Contents for the Year 2025  …324

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Our cover:  The Nativity of our Saviour

The prophet Isaiah, beholding in spirit the mystery of the Crib, cried out in his ecstasy: A Child is born unto us! Let us, in our turn, contemplate the Divine Infant of Bethlehem. This Child is the Son of the Most High — Love made flesh. And why does He appear to us beneath the veil of infancy? It is that He may win our hearts, not compel them by fear. A child gives all, forgives all, forgets all; nothing is more winning, nothing more lovable. He smiles upon us from His Mother’s bosom; He awakens our trust and draws us gently to Himself. Could His sweetness, His simplicity, His tender caresses, His divine condescensions fail to conquer our hearts?
(Father Theodore Ratisbonne, Miettes évangéliques – Gospel Nuggets)