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I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed. The Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived in the womb of Her mother St. Annes without original sin. The Birth of Mary (Sept. 8th) until the time when she who is to give birth has borne Presentation of Mary in the Temple (Nov. 21st)- Mary was three years old when She gave Herself to God.
Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to Mary & Incarnation of Jesus (March 25th)
Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Her cousin Elizabeth (May 31st)
Who am I that the Mother of my Lord has come to me. Blessed are you among women. My soul magnifies the Lord -- Marys Magnificat
Marriage of the Virgin Mary to St. Joseph The Birth of Jesus (Dec. 25th) Miraculous Birth- She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger. Epiphany (Jan. 6th or 2nd Sunday after Christmas ) The Wise Men visit the newborn Christ Child Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Feb. 2nd) And your heart shall be pierced Flight into Egypt -Rise and take the child and His Mother into Egypt. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple - Your father and I have been sorrowing. Mary, the Mother of God (Jan. 1st) Mary, Perpetual Virgin Wedding Feast of Cana -Woman was it to you and to me? Do whatever He tells you. Your Mother has come to see you. -Whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is mother, sister or brother to me. Mary at the Foot of the Cross - Woman behold Your Son. Son behold your Mother Mary, Assumed in Heaven Body and Soul (Aug. 15th) Crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth (Aug. 22nd)
A woman clothed with the sun, with moon under Her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday after the Sol. of Sacred Heart) Mary pondered all these things in Her Heart ---- Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Watch Video: The Footprints of God Mary Mother of God, Stephen Ray or What every Catholic Needs to Know About Mary- St. Joseph Communications The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8th) I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed. (Gen. 3:15) It was by the Virgin Mary's seed, that is, Jesus Christ, that the kingdom of Satan was demolished. It was fitting that She, who was to co-operate in the defeat of Satan, should never be infected by his breath or a slave to his kingdom of sin. The enmity between the Virgin Mary and the serpent placed by God was Her triumph over sin, Her Immaculate Conception. The Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived in the womb of Her mother St. Anne without original sin. Marys Parents were St. Joachim and St. Anne. They were unable to have any children, but when they were of old age. The Virgin Mary was their only child. Hail full of Grace- Greek -- kecharitomene "thou who hast been graced.
The Catholic Church does not deny that the Virgin Mary needed redemption. Yet, Her redemption was effected in another, "more sublime manner", namely, in advance. Pope Pius IX on the 8th December, 1854: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.
Ambrose says she is incorrupt, a virgin immune through grace from every stain of sin. (340 to 397 AD)
Maximus of Turin calls her a dwelling fit for Christ, not because of her habit of body, but because of original grace. (380-465 AD) Theodotus of Ancyra terms her a virgin innocent, without spot, void of culpability, holy in body and in soul, a lily springing among thorns, untaught the ills of Eve nor was there any communion in her of light with darkness, and, when not yet born, she was consecrated to God. (died 446 AD) In refuting Pelagius St. Augustine declares that all the just have truly known of sin "except the Holy Virgin Mary, of whom, for the honor of the Lord, I will have no question whatever where sin is concerned (354 to 430 AD)
Immaculate Conception
In his own words: "... she is full of grace, proclaimed to be entirely without sin. ... God's grace fills her with everything good and makes her devoid of all evil. ... God is with her, meaning that all she did or left undone is divine and the action of God in her. Moreover, God guarded and protected her from all that might be hurtful to her" (Luther's Works, American edition, Vol. 43, p. 40, ed. H. Lehmann, Fortress, 1968). Mother of God ".... she is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God. ... it is certain that Mary is the Mother of the real and true God" ("Sermon on John 14:16": Luther's Works [St. Louis], ed. Jaroslav Pelican, Concordia. Vol. 24. p. 107). "Men have crowded all her glory into a single phrase: The Mother of God. No one can say anything greater of her, though he had as many tongues as there are leaves on the trees" (From the Commentary on the Magnificat). Perpetual Virgin Luther: It is an article of faith that Mary is Mother of the Lord and still a virgin. ... Christ, we believe, came forth from a womb left perfectly intact. (Weimer's The Works of Luther, English translation by Pelikan, Concordia, St. Louis, v. 11, pp. 319-320; v. 6. p. 510.) "Christ our Savior was the real and natural fruit of Mary's virginal womb. ... This was without the cooperation of a man, and she remained a virgin after that" ("On the Gospel of St. John": Luther's Works, Vol. 22. p. 23, ed. Jaroslav Pelican, Concordia, 1957).
St. Bernadette Soubirous - Lourdes, France, 1858 I am the Immaculate Conception Miraculous Water 68 Officially Approved Miracles, yet thousands not approved.
Marys Parents were St. Joachim and St. Anne. The Virgin Mary was their only child. It is believed Joachim and Anne were beyond the years of child-bearing, but prayed and fasted that God would grant their desire for a child. God listened to their prayers and granted them the child. According to tradition, the house in which Mary was born in Nazareth is the same one in which the Annunciation took place.
Blessed Virgin Mary The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary- (March 25th)
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galiee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, and the Virgins name was Mary. And He came to Her and said, Hail full of grace, the Lord is with you! (Lk 1:26-28) When Mary gave Her consent, Be it done unto me according to thy word., Jesus takes upon human nature in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The Incarnation --(Mary Yes, is the cause of our salvation)
My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him. He hath showed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy: As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
In the prayer it calls Mary, Mother of God (200sAD)
Perpetual Virgin
"Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this? And they took offence at him". (St. Matt. 13: 54-57) According to Fundamentalists, it appears clear from this passage that Jesus Christ had brothers and sisters, and that the Virgin Mary did not remain a virgin all Her life. Yet, the Catholic Church asserts that the Virgin Mary was a virgin before, during, and perpetually after the birth of Christ. The Catholic answer to this apparent contradiction. There existed no special word in Hebrew or Aramaic for "cousin." The word "brother" is used in these languages generically, and does not necessarily imply children of the same parent. There are many examples in the Old Testament when the word brother was applied to any kind of relations: nephew (Gen. 12: 5), uncle (Gen. 29: 15). A further Protestant objection is founded on St. Matthew 1: 25 which states that St. Joseph "had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus." It is argued that this passage implies that the Virgin Mary had other children by St. Joseph after giving birth to Jesus. The Catholic answer to this is: St. Jerome shows, that this expression of the Evangelist was a manner of speaking usual among the Hebrews, to denote by the word until, only what is done, without any regard to the future. St. Matthew said this in order to indicate that Our Lords conception was miraculous and not conceived through St. Joseph.
Jesus works His first public miracle, through the intercession of Mary, His Mother. (John 2) Jesus does not rebuke Her when He said, Woman what have you to do with Me? My hour has not yet come. He called Her woman as a reference to (Gen. 3:15) and later He would call Her woman at the Foot of the Cross, as reminder that She is the woman foretold in Genesis. In the book of Revelation, it speaks of the woman and a dragon. And the woman will give birth to a Son, who will rule the nations. The hour (Jn. 2:4) is used throughout Johns Gospel as a reference to Jesus passion. Therefore Jesus understands that His acquiescence to His Mothers request is an event that will ultimately lead to His passion and death. And He wanted Her to realize that after His first miracle is worked, things will change and all will culminate with His death on the Cross, where She will stand. Mary understood Jesus would resolve the crisis of the wine shortage. She said to the servants: Do whatever he tells you (Jn 2:5). If Mary is concerned about the couples embarrassment of not having enough wine for the celebration, is She not also concerned about us, Her Spiritual children, whose temporal and spiritual needs She can intercede on our behalf by Her requests to Her Son, who is in heaven.
The "First Saturdays of Reparation" was not a new devotion, but it was even more popularized after Our Lady appeared at Fatima. It consists of, on the first Saturday of each month for five consecutive months: 1. Go to Confession (may be 8 days before the Saturday as long as one stays in a state of grace) 2. Receive the Eucharist (Holy Communion) 3. Pray 5 decades of the Rosary, including the Fatima Prayer 3. Keeping her company" for 15 minutes while meditating on all of the Mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making reparation to her. This can be done by reading Scripture or other writings relevant to the Mysteries, meditating on pictures of the Mysteries, or simple meditation.
The promise given by Mary to those who make the First Saturday devotion is her assistance at the hour of their death. Mary told the children of Fatima: "Sacrifice yourselves for sinners, and say many times, especially when you make some sacrifice: O Jesus, it is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
FATIMA PRAYER O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.
Brown Scapular
Whosoever dies clothed in this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire. --Mary to St. Simon Stock Enrollment in the Scapular- often times when First Communion is made. Sabbatine PrivilegeThe Sabbatine privilege thus consists essentially in the early liberation from purgatory, through the special intercession and petition of Mary, which she graciously exercises in favor of her devoted servants preferentially as we may assume on the day consecrated to her, Saturday. Furthermore, the conditions for the gaining of the privilege are of such a kind as justify a special trust in the assistance of Mary. It is especially required of all who wish to share in the privilege that they faithfully preserve their chastity, and recite devoutly each day the Little Hours of the Blessed Virgin. However, all those who are bound to read their Breviary, fulfill the obligation of reciting the Little Hours by reading their Office. Persons who cannot read must (instead of reciting the Little Hours) observe all the fasts prescribed by the Church as they are kept in their home diocese or place of residence, and must in addition abstain from flesh meat on all Wednesdays and Saturdays of the year, except when Christmas falls on one of these days. The obligation to read the Little Hours and to abstain from flesh meat on Wednesday and Saturday may on important grounds be changed for other pious works; the faculty to sanction this change was granted to all confessors by Leo XIII in the Decree of the Congregation of Indulgences of 11 (14) June, 1901.
The Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast Day Oct. 7th Victory of Battle of Lepanto) The Rosary is a double prayer: Vocal & Meditation. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, Begin and end with the sign of the Cross and then the Apostles Creed hail, our life, our sweetness and our As one prays Hail Marys and Our Fathers one meditates on the mystery. hope. To thee do Glory Be & Fatima Prayer Glory be to the Father and to the Son we cry, poor and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the banished children End with Hail Holy Queen. beginning is now and will be forever. of Eve: to thee do Mysteries: Joyful, Light, Sorrowful, Glorious Amen we send up our
O my Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.
sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.
Hail Mary Full of Grace the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus, Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Most of it comes from Scripture)
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Mary, therefore, is necessary for our salvation. Not to love, honor, and serve Mary because of a malicious will, is a sign of one's perdition. On the other hand, devotion to Mary is practically a sign of salvation. To those called to a special perfection, devotion to Mary is indispensable and of greater necessity. Without this devotion, it is impossible to be intimately united to Jesus. Only Mary alone, was able to obtain the grace of God, without the help of anyone. How difficult it will be for others to find it without her! "All those who possess grace have it because of Mary...Mary has the power to let us enter into the sublime and secret ways of perfection." (St. Louis de Montfort).