Mary's Humility, by Raban Maure "Humble yourself the more, the greater you are" (Sir 3:18). After the angel who had announced the divine conception to her left and went back to heaven, "Mary set out and [...] God with her in her womb, she went to the house of God's servants and asked to speak with them. Upon Mary's arrival, Elizabeth, having heard the salutation of the Mother of God, began at once to prophesize [...] voice, the child, filled with the Holy Spirit, had leaped for joy in her womb (Lk 1: 44). And yet Mary, though she heard these things, did not become presumptuous. She didn't exalt herself through a movement
Mary Did Everything Out of Love Love was everything and did everything in her and through her. If she prayed, it was love that prayed in her and through her. If she adored and praised God, it was love
was her religious name in Warsaw. She was canonized in the year 2000. The apparitions of Jesus and Mary before entering the convent Helena was born in Glogowiec, between Lodz and Wloclawek, in the Swinica [...] such a village, near the city, you will spend the night safely there." The apparitions of Jesus and Mary at the convent On August 1, 1924, Helena was admitted to the convent of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw [...] in April 1927, "the Virgin visited me, holding Jesus in her arms. Joy filled my soul, and I said, ‘Mary, my Mother, do you know what terrible suffering I endure?’ And the Mother of God answered me, ‘I know
busy with cooking, cleaning, sewing (Mary, for instance, wove the tunics her family wore with her own hands and took part in the activities of the women of Nazareth). Mary, like all mothers, felt distress [...] mothers, Mary also experienced the sadness of seeing her son, as he grew older, leave his home little by little, until the very day he gathered his belongings and began his public life for good. But Mary was [...] the salvation of the world… Mary did not try to lead her son off his path – contrary to a possessive mother- she was a model of generous motherly self- sacrifice . Lastly, Mary was the Mother above all mothers
At the Annunciation, Mary represents the whole human race Each taking different paths, theologians come to the same conclusion: Mary represents the whole human race at the time of the Annunciation. Some [...] d all the people, so in the event of Gabriel's annunciation to Mary—presented according to the scheme of an Alliance pact—the Virgin Mary undertakes, on behalf of humanity, to adopt God’s salvific project [...] took place. The nuptial pact is realized with the spousal "yes" of the Word and the spousal "yes" of Mary, pronounced in the name of all mankind. This is the thought of Saint Thomas. To illustrate the appropriate
Ascension, Mary kept in her heart. She was educated by her Son’s example, so Mary understood the Father’s will for her. “Thy will be done” — the Fiat of the Annunciation and the Fiat of the Cross took Mary to [...] and heard. Mary’s fervent prayer attracted the living Spirit upon those that Jesus had chosen to found His Church Mary leads us to Jesus and she will also bring us back to Him. We need Mary in order to [...] the unfathomable mystery of Pentecost. This mystery proceeds at Mary’s side, with her and in her presence The Holy Trinity dwells in Mary and she communicated the Spirit to the Apostles. Through them, she
created, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Sabbat Queen and Mary There is also another, more mysterious, way in which it is natural for me as a Jew to see the Blessed Virgin Mary as the "Queen of Heaven." In [...] Mary Queen of Heaven Abraham and Mary The role of Abraham in Judaism provides a parallel which can shed some light. At the time of Jesus, the Jews called their "heaven" the "bosom of Abraham" (this was [...] images of the Sabbath Queen and the Catholic understanding of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven. It is Mary who is the "fountain of blessings"—that is, the channel though which all of the graces
The Conception of Mary "There is no doubt that in this conception, a vivifying and incandescent spirit filled each one of Mary's parents with a singular energy and that the protection of holy angels was
The Shrine of Mary Help of Christians of Zo-se is of national importance in China. Located in the heart of Catholic China, it rises on a hill a few kilometers from Shanghai. In 1844, a missionary, noticing [...] noticing the ruins of a Buddhist temple, thought of setting up a shrine in honor of the Virgin Mary. His dream came true in 1867, and soon Christians started coming there on pilgrimage. It is in this shrine [...] Delegate in China, all the bishops, and many priests, came to officially consecrate China to the Virgin Mary. The current shrine, inaugurated in 1935, was elevated to a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII in 1942
Mary, Mother of God, in Luther’s Writings At the time of the Protestant Reformation, Catholic Mariology was more centered on the Virgin Mother of God than on Mary the New Eve and her participation in the [...] The Magnificat) Mary is "Mother of God" in the truest sense, as Mother of God's Son In Luther's profession of faith on the Last Supper of Christ, in 1528, we read: "...I believe that Mary, the Blessed Virgin [...] called Son of God." This is our Lord and the Lord of all, Jesus Christ, of God and of Mary, true natural Son of God and Mary, true God and man." (W 26.501) A little before his death he confirmed this opinion:
