Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Virgin Mary or Mary the Mother of God is the Mother of Jesus Christ[1] and Mother of the Catholic Church.[2] But she was not a prostitute,[3][4] nor a member of any Jewish group or sect, such as the Essenes.[5][6] Neither was she a goddess or anything but a human person.[7][8]
Names[]
Advocate, Help, Benefactress, Mediatrix[]
Mary ceaslessly prays for us to Christ.[9]
All-Holy[]
Mary is Most Holy, free from all sin.[10]
Assumed into Heaven[]
Mary is exalted and crowned Queen.[11]
Eschatological Icon of the Church[]
Mary is the image of the perfect Church.[12]
Ever Virgin[]
Mary is always faithful to God her Savior.[13]
Exemplar of Holiness[]
Mary is the model and source of holiness.[14]
Exemplar of Hope[]
Mary is the purest bearer of hope.[15]
Exemplar of Obedience of Faith[]
Mary is the most blessed among women.[16]
Exemplar of Prayer[]
Mary is the model and source of prayer.[17]
Exemplar of Union with the Son[]
Mary is always and everywhere united to Christ.[18]
Exemplar and Witness of Faith[]
Mary is the Queen of the Martyrs.[19]
Full of Grace[]
Mary is the New Ark of the Covenant.[20]
Handmaid of the Lord[]
Mary is the personal servant of God.[21]
Immaculate Conception[]
Mary is most holy from her conception.[22]
Mother of Christ[]
Mary is the source of the Messiah.[23]
Mother of the Church[]
Mary is the source of the New Israel.[24]
Mother of God[]
Mary is the true Mother of Christ.[25]
Mother of the Living[]
Mary is the Woman, the New Eve.[26]
Mother of Mercy[]
Mary is the exemplar of charity.[27]
New Eve[]
Mary is the helper of Christ, the New Adam.[28]
Queen of Heaven and Earth[]
Mary is Queen over all things.[29]
She shows the Way[]
Mary shows us Christ, the Way.[30]
Seat of Wisdom[]
Mary is docile to the Word.[31]
Life[]
Annunciation
Annunciation[]
Visitation to St. Elizabeth[]
Nativity[]
Flight to Egypt[]
Nazareth[]
Passover[]
Wedding at Cana[]
Passion[]
Resurrection[]
Ascension[]
Pentecost[]
Assumption[]
Family[]
Sts. Anne and Joachim, her parents[]
St. Joseph, her husband[]
St. Mary of Clopas, her husband's sister[]
Jesus Christ, her Son[]
St. Elizabeth, her relative[]
St. Mary Salome, her relative[]
Sts. James and John, her relatives[]
Popular Piety[]
Notes[]
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#505
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c2a2.htm#2679
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p4.htm#923
- ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15448a.htm
- ↑ Gnostic Order of Nazorean Essenes [Note: The Gnostics are heretics, yet, the GONE website is being referenced here since it references St. Epiphanius, who speaks on the Essenes' theology] "And so, they were Jews who kept all the Jewish observances, but they would not offer sacrifice or eat meat." (Panarion 1:18)
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PWL.HTM#-3I0
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyridianism
- ↑ Epistle to the Ephesians For our God, Jesus Christ, was, according to the appointment of God, conceived in the womb by Mary, of the seed of David, but by the Holy Ghost.
- Address to the Greeks We do not act as fools, O Greeks, nor utter idle tales, when we announce that God was born in the form of a man. I call on you who reproach us to compare your mythical accounts with our narrations.
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#969
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#493
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#966
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#972
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#499
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a3.htm#2030
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s1c2a1.htm#64
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s1c3a1.htm#148
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c1a2.htm#2617
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#964
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s1c3a1.htm#165
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c2a2.htm#2676
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#510
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#491
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p7.htm#411
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#963
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p1.htm#466
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a3p2.htm#494
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c2a2.htm#2677
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p7.htm#411
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a9p6.htm#966
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s1c2a2.htm#2674
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c3a8.htm#721