dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. We hail you, O Mary Mother of God, venerable treasure of the entire world, inextinguishable lamp, crown of virginity, scepter of orthodoxy, imperishable lamp, container of Him [...] January 1 – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God We hail you, O Mary Mother of God! I see the assembly of the saints, all zealously gathered together, invited by the holy Mother of God, Mary, Ever-Virgin. I was [...] was feeling very sad, but then the presence of the holy Fathers changed this sorrow into merriment. Now the sweet words of the hymnographer David have been fulfilled in our presence: “Behold how fair, and
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The
February 4 - Our Lady of Fire (Forli, Italy) Mary is the Queen and Lady and Mother of the King of Angels (II) Her Son placed seven lilies in the crown, and between the lilies he placed seven gems. The
worthy of being set before the throne of God. Joachim had therefore married wisdom twice, "loving her more than any other woman": the Wisdom of God enshrined in the heart of a just woman. Anne of Aaron [...] her life to that of an upright man, certain that family joy lies in uprighteousness. And to be the embodiment of the "strong woman" she lacked only the crown of children, the glory of the married woman [...] July 31 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola (d. 1556) – Ethiopian Church: Conception of Mary in the womb of her mother Anne, announced to Joachim by the Archangel Gabriel on 7 Nahasê (July 31 in the Ethiopian calendar)
June 27 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1866) -- Saint Cyril of Alexandria (d. circa 444) We Salute You, O Mary, Mother of God We salute you, O Mary, Mother of God, treasure of the universe, inextinguishable [...] hable flame, crown of virginity, sceptre of the true Faith, indestructible temple, and tabernacle of the One Whom the world cannot contain. In your virginal womb you enclosed the Immense and Incomprehensible [...] only-begotten Son of God, Who is light, shone amid the nations who were seated in darkness and the shadow of death. What human voice can ever worthily celebrate the ineffable greatness of Mary? She is Mother
France to Mary (1638) The Virgin Mary responds to the Consecration of France (II) King Louis XIII of France made sure that the edict of February 10, 1638, which officially consecrated France to Mary, was recorded [...] Parliament as an act of sovereign authority. He instituted a religious procession to be held every year on August 15 for the feast of the Assumption of Mary, in all the churches of each diocese throughout [...] been the mediatrix of these benefits, she should be the mediatrix of our thanksgivings." Cf. Encyclopedia Maria tome IV - Beauchesne 1956 - p. 714 And also: Notre Histoire avec Marie
head of the statue of the Virgin Mary. To the "Our Father" were soon added the words of the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation, and this prayer took the name of "Psalter of Our Lady". The words of Elizabeth's [...] repetitive form of prayer. They strung pebbles on a cord to keep track of the pace and number of recitations of biblical passages. Later, people fashioned "prayer ropes" for the recitation of the Lord's Prayer [...] the 12th century, during the great surge of Marian devotion generated by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, that the word "rosary" appeared. It designated the crown of flowers - "chapel" (Old French: small hat
consecrates the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who is “one” with the Heart of Mary (1899) With Mary’s help, let us consecrate ourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus With the Encyclical Annum sacrum [...] been practiced for two centuries. … The consecration of the human race to the Heart of Jesus was thus presented by Leo XIII as "the summit and crowning of all the honors which have been customarily paid to [...] sacrament of Baptism and is fittingly confirmed in personal consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Saint John Paul II, Pope (d. 2005) Warsaw, 11 June 1999, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vatican
February 2 - Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Presentation of Jesus in the Temple The day of Mary’s Purification It was thus prophesied of old: “Mother Sion says: And a man was made man in her; [...] Lord that he would not taste death before he had seen Christ born of the Lord. Christ was born, and in the old age of the world the desire of the old man was fulfilled. He who found a world broken with age [...] her." O almighty power of a newborn child! O magnificence coming down from heaven to earth! He is still being carried in the womb, and is saluted by John the Baptist from the womb of his mother; is presented
for the glory of the Virgin Mary and for Our own consolation, We proclaim the Most Blessed Mary Mother of the Church, that is to say of all the people of God, of the faithful as well as of the Pastors, [...] declared the Virgin Mary "Mother of the Church." Here is the official text of the pontifical declaration during the Council: "By the promulgation of today's Constitution, which has as its crown and summit a whole [...] Blessed Virgin Mary occupies in the mystery of Christ and of the Church. "(...) Very many Council Fathers made their own, pressing for an explicit declaration at this Council of the motherly role of the Virgin
