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"His popularity was greatest of all in Russia, where he and St. Andrew were joint national patrons. There was not a church that did not have some sort of shrine in honor of St. Nicholas and the Russian Orthodox Church observes even the feast of the translation of his relics." [EWTN]

December 7: Memorial of St. Ambrose

"Ambrose composed Latin hymns in the rhythm of 'Praise God from Whom all blessings flow,' and taught them to the people, who sang them in the church as the soldiers surrounded it. The Goths were unwilling to attack a hymn-singing congregation..."

December 8: Memorial of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"On this and the following eight days the Church celebrates, with particular solemnity, the immaculate conception of the ever-blessed Virgin Mary, who, from all eternity, was chosen to be the daughter of the heavenly Father, the spouse of the Holy Ghost, the Mother of the divine Redeemer, and, by consequence, the queen of angels and of men." [Catholic-Forum]

December 9: Memorial of St. Juan Diego

"After the miracle of Guadalupe, Juan Diego moved to a room attached to the chapel that housed the sacred image, after having given his business and property to his uncle; and he spent the rest of his life propagating the account of the apparitions to his countrymen." [Our Lady of Guadalupe]