disobeyed and in doing so destroyed the previously harmonious relationship with God. Joseph and Mary are faithful to the Covenant : Joseph is just (Mt 1: 19) and Mary is the humble servant of the Lord (Lk 1:48)
gifts of faith, hope and charity, given to us in addition to sight, smell, hearing, etc. With them we acquire a higher sense that puts us in touch with God and enable us to say "I believe." Faith helps us [...] Christian life we let the current flow by putting an end to the breakdown effect of original sin. Through faith consecrated by Baptism, we are delivered from sin and death. God heals our souls before healing our
These children, or slaves who have the spirit of childhood, are giving Satan a hard time: Mary's faithful servants and children… whom he finds more difficult to overcome than others (TD 50). They are also [...] every day. He will not hesitate to stir up savage persecutions and set treacherous snares for Mary's faithful servants and children whom he finds more difficult to overcome than others.” (TD 50) This text is
both a "positive" and a "negative". And, in fact, this is really how it is: the darkest mystery of faith is at the same time the most luminous sign of a never-ending hope. Holy Saturday is a "no man's land" [...] light of the Resurrection. And it seems to me that, looking at this sacred Cloth through the eyes of faith, one may perceive something of this light. Effectively, the Shroud was immersed in that profound darkness
declared blessed those who heard and kept the word of God (cf. Mk 3:35 par.; Lk 11: 27-28) as she was faithfully doing (cf. Lk 2:19, 51)" (Lumen gentium, n. 58). The beginning of Jesus' mission also meant separation [...] His disciples for following Him and for dedicating themselves to proclaiming God's kingdom. Mary faithfully put Jesus' words into practice Nevertheless, Mary sometimes heard her Son's preaching. We can assume [...] affirming a far loftier bond with her. Indeed, in listening to her Son, Mary accepts all His words and faithfully puts them into practice. We can imagine that, although she did not follow Jesus on His missionary
and living the obedience of the faith, united them. Let us discover one of the crucial sources of unity in Mary and Joseph’s marriage: both lived the obedience of the faith which opened for them broader
Mother" (LG 61). Her spiritual virginity is a model for all faithful : "[Mary is a] model virgin and a model mother: it is through her faith and obedience that she conceived on earth the Son of the Father…" [...] Spouse her faith, which she keeps unsullied and pure; because she imitates the Mother of her Lord, she conserved, by the virtue of the Holy Spirit, in their virginal purity, an upright faith, a strong hope [...] contributed to the work of the Savior an absolutely unsurpassed cooperation by her obedience, her faith, her hope, and her burning charity, so that supernatural life might be given back to souls. This is
Increase our faith, enliven our hope, augment and strengthen love in us. Shelter our families, protect young people and little children, comfort the suffering. Be the Mother of the faithful and of the Shepherds [...] on this island and with it his saving message, there began a process which, nourished by Christian faith, has continued to forge the characteristic traits of this nation. The series of this nation's illustrious [...] addition to these, there are many other illustrious men and women who, motivated by their unshakeable faith in God, chose the way of freedom and justice as the foundation of their people's dignity. 2. I am
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 of the incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus [...] and growth of the Divine life in the souls of the redeemed"(16). (excerpts from the Profession of faith of the Pope Paul VI - June 30, 1968) (9) Cf. Council of Ephesus (DS 251-252). (10) Cf. Council Vatican
Apostles" and in the "Nicene - Constantinopolitan Creed", the two great affirmations of the Christian faith, used throughout Christendom. As St Gregory of Nazianzus (330-390) writes, Mary has become a model [...] and questions stirring over the virginity of Jesus’ mother. Referring to the doubts and a lack of Faith by some who called Mary’s saintliness into question, "the birth of Christ is a real event, of the [...] already used in the most ancient reference texts of the Tradition: We find it in the second Symbol of Faith of St Epiphanus, in 374 . In connection with the Incarnation: the Son of God "was incarnate, that