writer, commented in one of his sermons on the Virgin Mary on Mary's very name: 'Stella maris', star of the sea. *** The name Mary The name "Mary" comes from the Aramaic miryam , maryam . This name has [...] the Virgin Mary, also took up the symbol of the star to greet the Virgin Mary, who became known as "Our Lady" from the 12th century onwards, and developed into music with the prayer Ave maris stella . [ [...] for a very long time, in a fortuitous and fortunate way [1] . Mary, star of the sea The etymology associating the name of the Virgin Mary was fleshed out by tradition [2] , and the Bishop of Chartres Fulbert
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Mary is God's Secret It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus came into the world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world. Because Mary remained hidden during her life she [...] though Mary was his faithful spouse, God the Holy Spirit willed that his apostles and evangelists should say very little about her and then only as much as was necessary to make Jesus known. Mary is the [...] unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God." They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, "Hail, Mary", while prostrating themselves before her, begging
The Apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Seraphim of Sarov Saint Seraphim of Sarov (1759-1833) enjoyed an astonishing intimate relationship with the Mother of God all his life. At the age of ten, suffering [...] John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and twelve virgin martyrs. Seraphim conversed familiarly with Mary, and she said to him: "Soon, my beloved, you will be with us”. When the dazzling vision left, Seraphim [...] Mother of God to intercede with her Son, not only for the nuns, but also for all those who follow Mary’s advice. _________________________________________________________________________________ Bibliography:
ed Proto-Gospel of James, unequivocally affirm that Mary is of the house of David. The Venerable Bede (735 AD) thinks the same and teaches that Mary was of the house of David, just as Joseph was “because [...] priestly tribe of Levi. Indeed, Mary is Elizabeth’s kinswoman (Luke 1:36) who is of the daughters of Aaron (Luke 1: . Shouldn’t we therefore consider the possibility that Mary is also of the tribe of Levi [...] Ephraim (373 AD) did not hesitate to maintain that “The words of the angel to Mary: ‘Elizabeth, your kinswoman’ portrays Mary as being of the house of Levi [1]. Does Jesus have priestly ancestors through
The Virgin Mary at the Heart of the Culture of Life Mary is the Mother of Life: first of all, because at the Incarnation she received Life itself in her womb, the divine Word come to give life to the world; [...] of the Church, Mary exerts a spiritual motherhood over all those who accept to enter into the Covenant with her Son through Christian baptism. Finally, when we contemplate the life of Mary and Joseph within [...] crucified Son pointed when he showed her the apostle John: Behold your son ... (cf. Jn 19: 26). Therefore, Mary is at the heart of the Culture of Life, on both natural and supernatural levels. As the mother of
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate The history of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) starts at the beginning of the 19th century in south-eastern France. Saint Eugene de Mazenod was the [...] questioned by the miserable living conditions of his time. He placed his work under the patronage of Mary Immaculate (only a few decades before the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception on [...] some other priests from the Marseilles area, he founded the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1816. Twenty five years later, in 1841, the Oblates accepted a first mission out of
The Carmelite Order and the Virgin Mary The order was born in the 12th century on the mountain where the Holy Prophet Elijah withdrew, 800 years before Christ, and came to pray to the Most High. As Father [...] would become the ancestors of the Carmelite family had the spiritual intuition to choose the Virgin Mary Mother of God as patroness of the place of their implantation and of all those who lived there." The [...] Order, to the point where the brothers are all recognized under the name of "Brothers of the Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel."
