foundress of a convent named for the "Humility of Our Blessed Lady" The King of kings got many of his natural virtues from his mother Even in the years before Christ's birth, the Virgin did more for the glory [...] of her heart. Our Lady did not need to move much to sanctify the earth! Her stride was regal. Her natural and supernatural distinction was already enough to beautify humanity. Of course, Jesus increased
Nativity of the Virgin Mary – Our Lady of the Kneeling Woman (France, 1550) "Today, from the earthly nature, a Heaven has been formed on earth" The gospel writers do not tell us where Mary was born. We only [...] "Come, all of you: with joy let us celebrate the joy of the whole world! Today, from the earthly nature, a Heaven has been formed on earth. Today is for the world the beginning of Salvation!" Source: Swiss
Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary (Coptic Church) Mary's conception was not purely the work of nature When the winter of unbelief was about to end, as the author of the Canticle says (cf. Sg 2:11), and [...] bridal chamber that could receive the Lord, so that the Bridegroom, on entering, would unite with our nature and espouse it with his goodness.... Although Anne did not give birth to the Mother of God without [...] was born this entirely good daughter, so that her coming into existence was not only the work of nature, but also of the synergy of the Holy Spirit. Thus, from the beginning, Mary was united to the Spirit
February 26 – Blessed Virgin Meschecia (Russia, 1492) “Paraguayans are a Marian people by nature" In Paraguay, the Shrine of Our Lady of Caacupé (a small town 50 km east of the capital) is one of the largest [...] Our Lady was preserved from original sin." "The Paraguayans," says Bishop Gimenez, "are Marian by nature. Paraguay was born with Our Lady of the Assumption, who has marked the destiny of the people. Its
January 29 – Our Lady of Nasturtiums (Italy, 1630) From whom does Christ derive his human nature? In Mary, we contemplate a true maternity that transports us into a divine and superhuman sphere. Mary conceives [...] ordinary mother—while all children derive their origin from a father and a mother—Jesus owes his human nature to his mother alone. And while all children bear the mixed resemblance of their father and mother
father. Let us not be afraid to place the husband before the wife, according to the order of the nature of God's law. If we were to set Joseph aside to mention only Mary, he would rightly say to us: ‘Why
Pope Pius XII in his definition of the Assumption as a Dogma of faith: Even though, according to nature, your most holy and happy soul is separated from your most blessed and stainless body and the body
Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4), the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ
meditations. And in September, a woman who just happened to pass by joined our Rosary. Praying is a natural act because human beings have a spiritual dimension—there is therefore no reason to confine prayer
prepared for the Incarnation The Incarnation would not have been possible without the concrete human nature that the Word was to receive being first purified: He needed to find a perfect and immaculate virgin [...] And in his homily 53,12, St Gregory Palamas delightedly makes this observation: What Christ is by nature, the Virgin is by grace . (1) All quotes are from the homilies of St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359)
