"unworthiness" and the "hell she deserved" was not her "union with God" and possessing the "truth," but Jesus crucified, "his crucifixion for me," his love [1]. In other words, at the end of her life, what she
her family decided to celebrate her saint's day on February 2, feast of Mary's Purification and of Jesus' Presentation in the Temple. The Virgin Mary was like the path that led her day after day to Christ [...] conditions for something necessary for the salvation of all, subordinated to the One who gives salvation. Jesus saves, his mother intercedes. The "Salve Regina," sung each night after complines in Cistercian m
foundation of faith and ecclesial experience, and she leads to him. That is why, in obedience to Jesus, who reserved a very special role for his Mother in the economy of salvation, Christians have venerated [...] Gospel mysteries and sometimes to remain for long intervals in intimate contact with the Mother of Jesus. Since the Middle Ages, the Hail Mary has been the most common prayer of all believers who ask the
have won God's favor. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of
of all, the Nazarenes (a nickname given to a group of artists on account of their long hair like Jesus’, whose thinking originated in Germany in the Pre-Romantic Movement of the nineteenth century), want
grotesque or unrestrained credulity or a taste for the sensational that does not correspond to what Jesus expects of us. In these and other matters, if we have been attracted to one supernatural account or
especially impressed by Saint Joseph’s example of a good father and husband when he took Mary and Jesus into exile. Nairobi The Consolata Shrine in Nairobi was built in 1968-1971 to fulfill a vow made during
Bible. The Protestants—in the name of the famous "sola Scriptura" of Luther concerning the mother of Jesus—acknowledge the Bible as the only source of reference. The Catholics and the Orthodox, on the other
the story of the Covenant between God and humanity, the marriage between Christ and the Church. Jesus is true man and true God. God offers his presence fully. Mary is the nuptial chamber, the place where
on the Cross. May she welcome us as our mother at the hour of our passing to lead us to her Son, Jesus, in paradise." [1] [1] Catechism of the Catholic Church, § 2677 Christine Ponsard (1956-2003)
