MARI ANQUI ZBEEREVI EWE WER
MamaMar y Pa r e nt s :J o a qu i ma n dAn n e Mar yde sc e nd edf r o mt heHo us eo fDa v i d( J o aq ui m’ sl i n e)a ndt h eFami l yofAa r o n ( Anne’ sl i ne) 4Ma Mar i anDogmas( s etofbel i ef st hati sac c ept edwi t houtbei ngques t i onedordoubt ed) Di v i n eMo Mo t h er h oo d Mar yi st h eMo t h ero fGo d. Weknowt hatGodhasnomo mot heri net er ni t y ,butwhenGodt heSonbecame mehuma man,he wasbor noft heVi r gi nMar y . Sos hei shi smo mo t heri nhi si nc ar nat i on. Per pet ual Vi r gi ni t y Mar yi sav i r gi nbef or es hec onc ei v edJ es us ,dur i ngherpr egnanc yande v enaf t ergi v i ng bi r t ht oJ es us .Thi si s“ defi de”–webel i ev et hati ti ses sent i al t oourf ai t h. Chr i s t ’ sbi r t hdi dnotdi mi ni s hhi smo mot her ’ svi r gi nal i nt egr i t ybuts anc t i fi edi t . —Lumen Gent i um I mma c ul a t eCo nc e pt i o n Fr om t hev er ybegi nni ngofheror i gi n,Mot hermar ywaspr i v i l egedt obek eptoutof or i gi nal s i nori t sst ai n( “ i mmac ul at e”meanswi t houts t ai n” )bec aus eoft hes pec i al gr ac e s h er e c ei v e df r o m Go d.–Po pePi u sI X As s u mp mp t i o n “ TheI mmac ul at eMo Mot herofGod, t heev erVi r gi nMar y , ha v i ngcompl e t edt hecour s eof ear t hl yl i f ewasas s umedbodyands oul i nt ohea v enl ygl or y . ”–PopePi usXI I * ReadLuk eChapt er2,wher et heJ o yf ul My s t er i esar edi s c us s ed.Mar yi sani mpor t ant fi gur ei nt hi sc hapt er . * Wa t c hal s o‘ Th eWo r dEx p o s ed ’v i d eo so nMa r y Magni fi c at–Mar y ’ ss ongt ot heLor daf t erAngel Gabr i el gr eet edherdur i ngt he Annunc i at i onast hehi ghl yf a vor edone( Gr eekChar i t oo) I nt heVi s i t at i on,i mpor t antpeopl e El i z abet h–Mar y ’ scous i n Zec har i ah-El i z abet h’ shus band Si meon Anna
Fi at–“ Mar y ’ sobedi enc e” Bet hl ehem –Joseph’ shomet own St ab atMa t e r–i ma geofMa r yal o ngwi t ho t h erwo me na tt h eCr u ci fi x i o n Pi e t a–Mar yc r adl i ngt hedeadbodyofhers on Qu ee no fHe a v e n( Re g i n aCa el i ) 1 95 4–1s tMa r i a ny e a r Ti t l esGi v e nt oMar y ,amongot her s : Th eo t o k o s( Mo t h ero fGo d) Ai epar t henos( Ev erVi r gi n) I mpo r t a ntFe as tDa y s : Aug15–Assumpt i onofMar y Aug22—Queens hi pofMar y Sept8–BdayofMar y Oc t7–Ou rL ad yoft h eMo s tHo l yRo s a r y De c8–I mmac u l at eCo nc e pt i o n(Ho l yDa yofOb l i g at i o n) J a n1–Ma r ya sMo t h ero fGo d( Ho l yDa yofOb l i g at i o n) TheRosar y Pr a y erwi t houtc ont empl at i oni sl i k eabodywi t houtas oul . —Po pePi usVI Pr ay er ’ sul t i mat es ubj ec ti sJes us . Thel i t any l i k es uc ces si onofHai l Mar y ’ sbec omesi ni t s el fanunc eas i ngpr ai s eofChr i s t . Ther os ar yi soneoft het r adi t i onal pat hsofChr i s t i anpr ay etdi r ec t edt ot he c ont empl at i onofChr i s t ’ sf ac e. —PopeJ ohnPaul I Ii nRos ar i um Vi r gi ni sMar i ae,#18 CanwebypassJ esusbyas ki ngMar y? No ,weas kMar yt oas kJ e s usf o rwh atwenee d,e v enasPr o t es t an t sma yas kt h ei r pas t ororf r i endt o“ pr ayf ort hem. ”Mar y ’ si nt er c es si onf orusi sl i k et hatofChr i s t i anson ear t h.Shei ses sent i al l ya“ pr ay erwar r i or ” -t hegr eat es tpr ay erwar r i or ,f ors he i nt er c edesf orev er y onei nt hewor l d. J es usi st hemedi at orofours al v at i on;hei st heOnewayt ot heFat her ,bywhos edeat h wemayappr oac hGodandgai ns al v at i on.Mar yi sa“ Medi at r i xofi nt er c es si on, ”t hati s , s he“ medi at es ”bypr a yi ngf orus ,notbysa vi ngusandgi v i ngac c es st ot heFat her .Hei s t hes av i or ,s hei samer ei nt er c es sor . Bec aus eofheri nt i mat eandunpar al l el eds har i ngi nt hemy s t er i ouswor kwi t ht hedi v i ne r e dee me r ,Ma r y ,h uma nMo t he ro ft h er e de emer ,h asmer i t e dt h eCh ur c ht i t k e ,“ Co -
r edempt r i x ”whi c hl i t er al l ymeans“ wi t ht her edeemer . ” Doc at h ol i c swo r h i pmar y ? Adi s t i nc t i onmus tbemadebet weenador at i on( l at r i a)andv ener at i on( dul i a) .The c hur c hhasnev ert aughtt hatac t sofador at i on,t her ev er enc eandgl or yduet oGod al one,ar et obegi v ent oMar y , butonl yane x cept i onal v ener at i on( h yper dul i a)bec aus e ofheruni queas s oc i at i onwi t hJ es usChr i s ti nhi swor kofr edeemi nghumani t y . Th eme an i n go fpr e v en t i v er ed emp t i o n Webel i e v et hatMar yneededr edempt i on,al t houghs hewasne v ers ubj ec tt oor i gi nal s i n.Nordi ds hehav ean“ obl i gat i on”t oc ont r ac ti t ;t her ec anbenoobl i gat i ont oc ommi t s i n .Wec anme r el ys ayt h ats h ewou l dh av eb ee nb or nwi t h outgr ac e m wer ei tno tf o r t hepr ev ent i v er edempt i on.Thewor d“ pr ev ent i v e”meansant i c i pat or y :t hegr ac es he r ec ei v edatherc onc ept i onwasgi v eni nant i c i pat i on( Lat i npr aev eni r e)ofChr i s t ’ smer i t s , wh i c hear nedt hatgr ac e.
