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Virgin Mary
Mary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the “Virgin Mary,”. She was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of Joachim and Ann. In the Catholic faith, her feast day is celebrated on September 8.
938 Questions
What are the eighteen apparitions at Lourdes?
For a complete list of the 18 apparitions of Lourdes, see this link.
Is Lourdes a places of miracles?
NOt only Lourdes is a place of miracles.. but all the parts of the world are filled with miracles.. imagine this : "EVERYDAY we are experiencing 200 miracles, we cannot only recognize it because we dont have the will to recognize it" miracles are everywhere because God is everywhere..
Does blessed Mary have a feast day in April?
As far as the liturgical rank of "Feast Day", no. There is, however, at least a Feria, if not a Memorial, to Our Lady almost every day of the year, although most of them are regional.
Here is a complete list for April:
1. Octave of the Annunciation (by the Carmelite Order)
2. Our Lady the Great (Poitiers, France)
3. Apparition of Our Lord to Mary and the Apostles eight days after the Resurrection
4. Our Lady of Grace (Normandy, France)
5. Apparition of Our Lady to Pope Honorius IV to confirm the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
6. Our Lady of the Conception (Douai, France)
7. Our Lady of the Forsaken (Valencia, Spain)
8. Feast of the Miracles of Our Lady (Cambron: near Mons, Belgium)
9. Our Lady of Myans (near Chambrey, Savoy)
10. Our Lady of Laval (Viverais, France)
11. Our Lady of Montserrat (cure of a blind man, Spain)
12. Interior Life of the Blessed Virgin (Marianist Missal)
12. Our Lady of Charity (near Toulouse, France)
13. Apparition of Our Lady to Blessed Jane of Mantua
14. Apparition of Our Lady to St. Ludivina in 1433
15. Our Lady gave Blessed Alberic the white habit
16. Our Lady of Victory (celebrated in church of St. Mark, Venice)
17. Our Lady of Arabida (Portugal)
18. Grant of Plenary Indulgences to those who visit Church of Our Lady of Loretto
20. Our Lady of Scheir (Bavaria)
21. Institution of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception in 1503
22. Our Lady of Betharam (diocese of Lescar: Bearn, France)
24. Our Lady of Bonaria (Sardinia)
25. Dedication of the Holy Chapel of Paris in Our Lady's honor in 1248
26. Mother of Good Counsel
26. Our Lady of Naira (Navarre, France)
27. Our Lady of Haur (Hainaut, France)
28. Our Lady of the Oak (near Sable: Anjou, France)
29. Our Lady of Faith (in Augustinian Church of Amiens, France)
29. Our Lady Queen of Orphans (celebrated by the Somaschians)
29. Our Lady of the Earthquake (Quito, Ecuador)
30. Our Lady of Nantes (in Bretagne, France)
30. Our Lady of Quito (Ecuador)
30. Our Lady of Africa (celebrated by the White Fathers)
MOVABLE FEASTS IN APRIL
(generally in April)
- Friday after Passion Sunday The Compassion of Mary. The Sorrows of Our Blessed Mother
- Friday after Easter Our Lady, the Source of Life (Constantinople)
- Saturday after Low Sunday Notre Dame of Fourviéres (Lyons, France)
- Second Sunday after Easter Our Lady of the Pearls (Palermo, Italy). Our Lady of the Valley (Catamarca, Latin America)
- Monday after Low Sunday Joys of Our Lady
- Fourth Sunday after Easter Our Lady of Light (Lujan, Argentina). Our Lady of Consolation (Luxemburg). Our Lady of Publito (Queretaro, Latin America)
Is there proof in the Bible of Mary being assumed body and soul into heaven?
The origins of this doctrine lay with the 'Dormition of the Virgin Mary', a doctrine of the Orthodox Churches, that gradually spread to the west and became belief in an assumption in body and soul. The 13th century saw most Catholic theologians accepting the belief of the Assumption, but this doctrine did not become an article of faith until Pope Pius XII declared it a dogma of the Catholic faith: "The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory" (Munificentissimus Deus, Pope Pius XII, 1950).
Catholic Answer:
If one understands scripture, the Assumption of Mary can be found there.
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."
However, Mary was exempted from death and corruption because of her Immaculate Conception. She was born without the stain of Original Sin.
Then in Saint Luke's Gospel the Angel Gabriel in addressing Mary at the Annunciation:
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee,"
Had Mary carried the stain of Original Sin, she could not have been described as 'full of grace.'
So, the Doctrine of the Assumption of Mary was not a new revelation. It had always been found in scripture. It just took a proper interpretation. Mary, because of her unique position of being conveived without sin was not subjected to the normal death and corruption of all other humans.
Was Mariamne the wife of Herod a relative of the Virgin Mary?
No, Mariamne was not related to the Virgin Mary.
The apocryphal Gospel of James states that the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary were Saint Anne and Saint Joachim. There is nothing in canonical scriptures to verify this but the Church has traditionally called them by these names.
Do Catholics and Protestants differ in their views of Mother of Jesus?
Yes there is a difference in views.
Roman Catholic tradition add to what is in the Bible. Some Catholic teachings are that Mary was born sinless, was taken bodily into heaven, acts as a mediator between mankind and her son Jesus. Also that she remained a virgin all her life after the virgin birth of Jesus.
None of this is biblical and protestants regard these beliefs as manufactured for the benefit of the catholic church at best, and as heretical at worst. Protestants believe Mary was a sinner, the same as all mankind except for her son Jesus. That she had normal sexual relations and had other children, that nothing is known about her death or burial. And most importantly, that she and other catholic saints do not intercede on the behalf of christians prayers and that Christ alone is the intercessor for all of mankind.
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Catholic AnswerOf course, Catholics believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary was given to them by Our Blessed Lord from the cross when He told all of us, represented by the apostle, John, "Behold your mother." We are to imitate Our Blessed Lord in all things, and He loved His mother above all people who ever lived, as He said through the Archangel Gabriel, "Blessed are you among women" and called her "full of grace". She was the only perfect disciple of her Blessed Son that ever lived, and as she, herself tells us in the Scriptures, "Do whatever He tells you." Our Blessed Lady prophesized of herself, in the Sacred Scriptures, "all generations will call be blessed." For God has done great things for her, and for us, through her. If it were not for Our Blessed Lady, Our Blessed Lord would not have entered the world, but through her all generations are blessed because she was humble enough to submit her will entirely to God, something everyone of us can learn from her..
All of the protestant founders, who left the Catholic Church, took with them a great love and respect for Our Blessed Lady, and Martin Luther, Calvin, and others all wrote about her with love, tenderness, and great devotion. As they, and their followers got further and further from Christianity, they necessarily lost this respect and love for God's mother, and thus modern day protestants have sadly veered far from their Blessed Savior and His love for His Mother.
Jesus' mother Mary was Jewish. While it is not impossible that she might be black the Israelites were not a black race and there is no reason to think Mary was black.
Was Mary is the mother of all people?
Mary was not the mother of all people. She was the mother of Jesus and is sometimes referred to as the Mother of God because she gave birth to a God-like man.
What do the stars above Mary's head represent?
The 12 Patriarchs, or Apostles.
This image comes from Revelation chapter 12.
Was virgin Mary ALWAYS kind humble and obedient?
Yes. But for a more advanced answer, 4.99/5
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Roman Catholic AnswerThe Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculated conceived, in other words, she was preserved from the stain of original sin from the first moment of her conception. Thus she was never plagued, like the rest of us, with the inclination to evil that our sinful nature is prone to. We know very little of her early life, and what we do not is not Scripture, so we can only conjecture. It would be my opinion that without sinful tendencies she would have always been kind, humble, and obedient.Why does the Angel Gabriel call Mary 'highly favored'?
You refer to this passage in the first chapter of Luke's Gospel:
v.28. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art] thou among women.
Mary was the one young virgin of all the virgins in Israel chosen by God to bear Jesus, the Saviour of the world - certainly favoured and blessed!
Later, when she is carrying the baby Jesus in her womb, she visits her cousin Elizabeth, who calls her, "the mother of my Lord"
Was Jesus' mother with him when he died?
John's Gospel says that the 'disciple whom Jesus loved', alone of the disciples, stood at the foot of the cross with Mary, mother of Jesus. In this gospel, Jesus told the beloved disciple to look after Mary like his own mother.
In honor of Mary how many mysteries of the rosary are there?
There are twenty mysteries of the rosary in honor of Mary. They are the 5 Joyous Mysteries, the 5 Luminous Mysteries. the 5 sorrowful Mysteries and the 5 Glorious Mysteries. They are enumerated below in the instructions:
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How to pray the rosary: First of all, one of the most important things that we must do as Christians is to pray, and beginning prayer is meditation. Realize that Christian meditation has absolutely nothing in common with Eastern meditation. That are completely different things and that fact that they are called by the same word is an unfortunate happenstance. Christian meditation is recalling and thinking about the truths of the faith. Meditation using Sacred Scripture (the Bible) is called Lectio Divinia.
The rosary is a series of prayers based on the Bible - the Our Father, and the Hail Mary (the Angelic Salutation from the Gospel of Luke). But the vocal prayer is like the background music, if you will, to the meditation of the mysteries of the faith, which is the heart of the rosary.
The rosary meditations are:
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Joyful
(Monday and Saturday)
Annunciation of angel Gabriel to Mary
Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth
Nativity of our Blessed Savior
Presentation in the Temple
Finding in the Temple
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Luminous
(Thursday)
Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan
Self manifestation of Jesus at the Miracle of Cana
Proclamation of the Kingdom of God
The Transfiguration on the Mount
The Institution of the Blessed Eucharist
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Sorrowful
(Tuesday and Friday)
The Agony in the Garden
The Scouring at the Pillar
The Crowning with Thorns
The Carrying of the Cross
The Crucifixion
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Glorious
(Wednesday and Sunday)
The Resurrection
The Ascension
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Assumption of the B.V.M.
The Crowning of the B.V.M. as Queen of Heaven and Earth.
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So we are praying by meditating on the mysteries of our Redemption. And this form of prayer was very ancient, but the form that we currently use was given by Our Blessed Mother to St. Dominic (who was founder of the Dominicans). As Catholics, we walk in our Savior's footsteps, and one of the ways in which we imitate Him is in His love and devotion to His mother.
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So the rosary is important to us, as Catholic Christians, as fulfilling our Blessed Lord's command to pray always, as meditation on the events of His life, as a form of prayer that was given to us at the express wish of Our Blessed Mother, and as one of the forms of prayer, above most others that leads many saints to intimate union with God.
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Below is the form that I made up for my students in Sunday school (in the instructions below there is L for leader and R for response, that is if you have two or more people praying the rosary together; obviously, if you are saying it alone, you will be saying all the prayers):
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
CRUCIFIX
L. I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of Heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell. On the third day He rose again.
He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
R. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church,
the Communion of the Saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen
Our Father (for the Pope). Three Hail Mary's ( for increase of Faith, Hope, Charity) Glory be.
All. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the first of Hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen
For each decade:
L. Our Father, who art in heaven,
BIG BEAD
Hallowed be Thy Name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
On Earth as it is in Heaven
R. Give us this day, our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us,
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
L. Hail Mary, full of grace,
SMALL BEADS - 10 TIMES
The Lord is with thee,
Blessed are thou amongst women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
R. Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
L. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
CHAIN
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
L. O my Jesus...
R. forgive us our sins,
save us from the first of Hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who have most need of Thy mercy. Amen
Final prayers:
Hail, Holy Queen
, Mother of Mercy! Our life,
our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we
cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do
we send up our sights, mourning and weeping
in this valley 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 clement,
O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
L. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
All:
O God, whose only-begotten Son, by His life,
death, and Resurrection, has purchased for us
the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech
Thee, that meditating on these Mysteries of
the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and
obtain what they promise, through the same
Christ our lord. Amen.
What does it mean to be immaculately conceived?
Please note that the Immaculate Conception refers exclusively to Mary's conception in the womb of her mother, Anne. It has nothing to do with Jesus' conception.
When was Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin created?
Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin was created in 1606.
What did Simeon tell Mother Mary?
"This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."
Where did lady Mary meet Mr fox?
Lady Mary met Mr. Fox in the novel "The Fox," written by D.H. Lawrence. Their encounter takes place at the remote farm where Lady Mary lives, highlighting themes of desire and social dynamics. The meeting sets the stage for the complex relationship that unfolds between the characters throughout the story.
Who is the apostle or disciple that went to Ephesus with Mary mother of Jesus?
Saint John the Apostle was the person appointed by Our Lord to care for his mother.
Why did Father Hidalgo use the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe to inspire Mexicans in their revolt?
At the time, the only thing common to all people on New Spain was religion, so it was a logical choice. Also, the virgin has always been looked up to as an insipring symbol, the image gave the people hope toward wining the revolt and pushing towards freedom.
What does Mary oliver's crossing the swamp say about life?
Life (the swamp) is a struggle. Though difficult at times, life's struggles ultimately lead to a greater existence. These struggles do not leave us hopeless nor disheartened, but result in accomplishment. They are the foundation for new life, growth, and progression within individuals who encounter extreme or harsh struggles.
-S.K. (ap English student)
What is the name of Joseph's wife before he married the Virgin Mary?
To the best of our knowledge, Mary was the first wife of Joseph. If he had been previously married, there is nothing in either scripture nor tradition to confirm this.
