Important Dates in the Lives of Jesus and Mary 

according to the plan of Jesus Christ. She is leading the Church to an eventual change in the liturgical 

calendar. The Virgin Mary is God's Holy Servant. She tells us the true date of her birth because God wants us 

to know the true date of her birth and the true dates of other important events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. 

The date for the celebration of Mary's birth in the liturgical calendar will be changed to August 5. Mary's plan 

is God's plan and God's plan cannot fail. 

    The Virgin Mary dwells in Eternity with the Most Holy Trinity. The Virgin Mary's request from Heaven to 

the Church is God's request. It is the will of God that the liturgical calendar be eventually changed so that the 

Virgin Mary's birthday be celebrated on August 5, the actual day of her birth. The Church will follow Mary's 

request to celebrate her birthday on August 5, because the Church is responsive to the will of God. When 

Mary leads the Church to change the liturgical calendar in this way, she is leading us according to God's plan. 

The Virgin understands. 

Other Changes in the Calendar 

    The liturgical celebration of the birth of the Virgin Mary will be moved to August 5. I expect that this 

inevitable change in the Christian liturgical calendar will be accompanied by at least several other changes, as 

detailed in this chapter. Since the celebration of the Virgin Mary's birth must be moved to the true date, about 

a month earlier on August 5, the celebration of her Immaculate Conception must also be moved to the true 

date, a month earlier. We must celebrate both her conception and her birth on the correct dates. Since Mary 

was in the womb of her mother Saint Ann about nine months, the date for the celebration of Mary's 

Immaculate Conception must be placed about nine months earlier than the date for her birth on August 5. If 

the date for Mary's birth is changed to the true date, then so also must the date for her Immaculate Conception 

be changed to the true date. 

    Notice that the Virgin Mary herself, in revealing that her real birthday is August 5, is also revealing that the 

dates in the Church's liturgical calendar do not necessarily match the true dates of the events. If you believe 

what the Virgin Mary revealed at Medjugorje, then you must conclude that both the true date for her birth and 

the true date for her Immaculate Conception are different than the date for their celebration in the liturgical 

calendar. And you must also admit the possibility that other dates in the liturgical calendar do not match the 

true dates. In leading us to celebrate her birthday on the true date, she is leading the Church to make changes 

throughout the liturgical calendar, so as to match the true dates of events, as closely as possible. I believe that 

God wants most of the important events in the lives of Jesus and Mary to be celebrated on the actual month 

and day that they occurred, including the births and conceptions of Mary and Jesus. 

    However, I do not believe that God wants every event to be celebrated on the same day of the month as the 

event actually occurred. For example, our celebration of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ should 

take place on the same day of the week as these events happened (Good Friday and Easter Sunday), instead of 

on the same day of the month (April 7 and 9). Most years April 7 does not fall on a Friday, so we must choose 

between celebrating on the same day of the week, or on the same day of the month as these events occurred. In 

any year when April 7 falls on a Friday, as in the year of Christ's death, the Church should celebrate Good 

Friday on that day, Friday, April 7, and Easter Sunday on Sunday, April 9. Otherwise, Good Friday and 

Easter Sunday should be celebrated on a Friday and Sunday close to the dates of April 7 and 9. 

When Will the Liturgical Calendar Be Changed? 

    I am suggesting changes to the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. But I say more. Before these 

suggested changes are accepted and made a part of the calendar, all Christians will be united in one Holy 

Catholic Church. If the Church is not yet One, then it is not yet time to change the liturgical calendar.

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The Spring Equinox 

    August 5th what does that date mean? Is the  placement of August 1 or January 1 on a particular day 

arbitrary? In the ancient Jewish calendar (and the modern one as well), the placement of the months is 

determined by the placement of the Passover celebration, during the month of Nisan, after the spring Equinox. 

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