Mary's Faith (Luther) Luther spoke of the believer's faith and the faith of Mary: this faith come before works. « Lo! my God, without merit on my part, of His pure and free mercy, has given to me, an unworthy
The Virgin Mary (Paul VI) While we close the ecumenical council (1965) While we close the ecumenical council, we are honoring Mary Most Holy, the mother of Christ, and consequently, as we declared on another [...] Does not the beauty of Mary Immaculate become for us an inspiring model, a comforting hope? (Paul VI, 1965, december 8, 1965). Profession of faith (1968) We believe that Mary is the ever-virgin Mother [...] another occasion, the mother of God and our spiritual mother. We are honoring Mary Most Holy, the Immaculate One, therefore innocent, stupendous, perfect. She is the woman, the true woman who is both ideal
advanced age and dignity as a mother. It wasn't Elizabeth who greeted Mary first, but Mary who greeted Elizabeth."[1] "One must observe that Mary, who was superior, went to Elizabeth, who was inferior, and that [...] Mary’s Humility at the Visitation (Origen d. 253) "Since the Virgin was most thoughtful, not only did she go to Elizabeth's house without any conceit about the angel's words, but she even took the first
writer after the Gospels to mention Mary: "Our Lord Jesus Christ was borne in Mary’s womb in accordance with the divine economy", and again "Jesus was born of Mary and of God"... His purpose is to underline [...] the theory of Mary as Mother of the Church. Gradually, popular veneration and reflection by scholars defined more clearly our picture of Mary. In the Eastern Church, from 350 onwards, Mary is frequently [...] feast of Mary Theotokos, is established from this 5th century beginning and icons of Mary grow in abundance. St Leo the Great (440-461) is the greatest Western Theologian on the subject of Mary. In the
Saint Mary”. When the city of Santarem was taken back from the Moors, a few years later, Alphonse had a monastery built, which he dedicated to the Virgin and called Santa Maria de Alcobaça. Mary is Godmother [...] after having entrusted themselves to the protection of Mary, that important navigators set sail to discovered the seas. This is how the veneration of Mary, Star of the Sea, began in parts of the world where [...] Portugal, Land of Saint Mary Portugal’s Marian devotion began as early as the birth of the nation in the 12th century. Alphonse, founder of the kingdom and the first king of Portugal, placed his country
Mary's Cooperation is Universal and Unique Throughout the centuries, the Church has meditated on Mary's cooperation in the work of Salvation by deepening its understanding of her association to Christ's [...] underlines Mary's joint and subordinated action to Christ the Redeemer. Further work on the subject has used the same premises, particularly from the 15th century on. Some feared that Mary would be elevated [...] only the Blessed Virgin Mary's contribution tho the Savior's birth but also to the life of his mystical body throughout the centuries and until the "eschaton": in the Church, Mary "has cooperated" (cf Lumen
Mary and Hinduism S ince ancient times, goddesses have been both well known and revered in India. Thousands of images of women that were found in the North-West of India in the ruins of the Indus Valley [...] to the stability of the world and to the needs of her worshippers. …which reminds us of the Virgin Mary without being comparable to her The dark, destructive, blood-thirsty side of the Great Goddess is [...] , strength and rest. The devotion of Hindus and other Indian religions towards the Blessed Virgin Mary should be put into this context of worship of the Hindu goddesses. If we were able to speak to them
The followers of Christ… “turn their eyes to Mary who shines forth to the whole community of the elect as the model of virtues.” Second Vatican Council Dogmatic Constitution of the Church LUMEN GENTIUM [...] divine model, Jesus Christ, of whom she was the most faithful image.” Paul VI, Signum Magnum, I, 26 Mary and the Moral and the Intellectual Virtues Justice: The Second Cardinal Virtue Fortitude: The Third
did. Mary's heart is one with Jesus' Mary's heart is that human heart whose feelings are all animated by the Holy Spirit, a fire of Love. Jesus and Mary's hearts are one heart. John Eudes said: "Mary's heart [...] Jesus' and Mary’s Hearts, the Heart of our Heart Saint John Eudes always placed Mary in relation with Christ and mankind In 637, Jean Eudes published "The Life and Kingdom of Jesus in Christian Souls," [...] lives and reigns perfectly in Mary, Saint John Eudes presented her heart as the prototype of Christian life, the perfect identification with Christ. He has us contemplate, in Mary, what Christian virtues a
