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In Mary is perfectly realized God's whole creative and redemptive plan. That is why she is said to be for us a light of truth and a pattern of life. That is why her spiritual beauty includes in itself all the beauty which we see here and there, in partial and incomplete form in the universe.
Mary intercedes for our needs in the same way that she went to Jesus when the wine had run out at the wedding feast of Cana (John 2:1-11). Mary not only prays for us, but also leads us back to Christ.
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- ROBERT FASTIGGI, PH.D.
- 4. Mary’s Union with Christ during His Earthly Ministry
- 6. Mary’s Glorious Assumption into Heaven and the Mediation of Grace
Professor of Systematic Theology , Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Vatican II’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy tells us that Mary, the Mother of God, “is joined by an inseparable bond to the saving work of her Son (indissolubili nexu cum Filii sui opere salutari coniungitur).”15 This inseparable or indissoluble bond between Mary and the saving work of her Son is manifested from the time of Christ’s conception ...
We might be tempted to think that Mary’s co-redemptive work ends at Calva-ry, but this is not the case. Vatican II makes it clear that after Mary’s assumption into heaven she continues act as our “mother in the order of grace.”32As the Coun-cil teaches: This maternity of Mary in the order of grace began with the con-sent which she gave in faith at ...
Mary and illustrates how these events manifest that Mary is a fine exemplar of missionary dedication. Mary’s role is always to be seen as subordinate to and anchored within God’s loving plan of salvation for all people; she is always an active recipient of God’s action, yet, a true collaborator.
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Can you imagine the all-powerful God allowing a key part of his plan for our salvation to depend on the actions of an uneducated teenager from a small, remote village? Yet this is what he does, and because of Mary’s complete trust in God, she plays a crucial role in God’s plan for our salvation. In Luke, she
The Holy Spirit inspired her to recognize that Mary was to be the mother of God. And with this inspired proclamation, Mary’s motherhood is presented to us in all its greatness. But God was not just satisfied to put Mary apart from us as the mother of God. As Jesus, her Son, hung in agony on the cross, He gave Mary,
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trines concerning Mary are also part of the Word of God, either in Scrip-ture or Tradition. Let us now take a deep-er look into Mary’s role in God’s plan of salvation, as it is revealed to us in Sa-cred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. There are five key doctrines that reveal the truth of who Mary is. All of these doctrines are
