Luxembourg Takes Mary for Her Patroness (1666) Her Mercy Fills the Whole Earth Let us never speak again of your mercy, Blessed Virgin, if anyone can recall having invoked you in times of trouble and you didn't [...] drew by its prayers salvation for all men. Of course, Mary is concerned for the human race. She is the one to whom it was said, "Do not fear, O Mary, you found grace, precisely that grace you were looking
Heart of Mary, placing it under her all-powerful protection. At the same ceremony he decreed that the whole Church should celebrate a feast each year in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to seek "the [...] sinners, the love of purity, and the practice of virtues" through her intercession. He established this feast on August 22, in the octave of the feast of the Assumption of Mary. Source: Free [...] October 31 – Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) Answering the call of our heavenly Mother On October 31, 1942, on the day of the solemn closing of the Jubilee of the
August 22 – Feast of the Queenship of Mary For centuries the litanies to Mary have praised her as "Queen" The memorial feast of the "Queenship of Mary" was instituted in the wake of the Assumption, Pope [...] The feast of the Queenship of Mary is in fact celebrated on August 22nd by the Latin Catholic Church, eight days after the feast of the Assumption. The Queenship of Mary is inscribed in the liturgical [...] mission to which she was predestined by God," wrote French Catholic author and theologian Fr Dominique Le Tourneau. The Marie de Nazareth editorial team
August 31 - Transfer or “Deposition” of the Holy Belt of the Theotokos to the Church of Holy Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople (Orthodox feast) Healed by touching the Blessed Virgin’s Holy Belt This is [...] The term “deposition” refers to the transfer of the Holy Belt of Theotokos to the Church of Virgin Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople. This miraculous event dates back to the year 395, when the son of [...] Zaoutsi, wife of Emperor Leo 6th the Wise. This happened when the reliquary called Agia Soros was opened and the Holy Zoni (Belt) was placed on the ailing queen. The Holy Belt, which had been captured during
meant to highlight the link between Christmas and the divine motherhood of Mary. Since the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Church venerates the Virgin Mary under the title of Mother of God ( Sancta Maria [...] of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s dignity. "A woman who is mother of God" is a bold formula that truly conveys the solemn meaning of Mary’s dignity, the meaning of the feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God [...] January 1st – Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God How should we celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation? Pope Pius XI instituted the feast of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, on October 11, 1932.
which solemnizes on March 25th, as a forever sacred day, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Incarnation of the Son of God. However, popular devotion was still so strong for the feast on [...] December 18 - Feast of Mary's Expectation (Council of Toledo, 656) Our Lady's Expectation The origin of this feast goes back to the bishops of the 10th Council of Toledo, in 656. These prelates believed [...] prior to the nativity of her Son. A new feast was established under the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Expectation.
fortunate." The exceptional grace given by God to Mary is the ability to say a perfectly free "yes"! (From a talk about Mary and the Protestants) Source: Mary’s Perfect Holiness [...] The Council of Trent declares that Mary is free of all sin by a special grace (1547) – Saint Hilarius Free from all sin by a gift from God Obviously it was not Mary who exempted herself from original sin: [...] "The Almighty has done wonderful things for me," Mary sang in the hymn of the Magnificat (Luke 1:49). Why would it be impossible for God to do for Mary what he had done for Eve? Before original sin happened
Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God “I saw Our Lady visiting the souls in purgatory” In purgatory, the soul is in a process of passive purification. In addition to the help of saints and angels, in particular [...] purgatory. Guided by her guardian angel, she saw the most consoling presence of all, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Purgatory: “I saw my guardian angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in
Valvanera (Spain) Mary's feminine "here I am" reveals the universal feminine "here I am" (I) The Church is fundamentally a bride, and this bride has only one word in her mouth, only one name, only one program: [...] universal "here I am" in extent and depth, at the very heart of things, is ultimately the situation of the created being before its God and creator. The creature is defined and exists in relation to God, who [...] relationship between the Divinity and the creation as God wants it, as he makes it, here, in me, everywhere, and always. This femininity of which we speak is a quality of the deep and universal being; it is an
the Father. Whereas all descendants of Adam and Eve, infected by sin and therefore doomed to go astray as a result of the divine wrath, the Son of Mary and Son of God made amends for us on the Cross. He [...] makes us sons of the Father by adoption, and spiritual sons and daughters of Mary, whom he has established as our mother since his agony on the Cross. Bibb Adapted and translated from: nd2kabylie.org [...] his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God." It is therefore also through Mary, Mother of Jesus, her firstborn son, that this birth and this
