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Mama MaryParents: Joaquim and AnneMary descended from the House of David (Joaquim’s line) and the Family of Aaron (Anne’s line)4 Marian Dogmas (set of beliefs that is accepted without being questioned or doubted)Divine MotherhoodMary is the Mother of God.We know that God has no mother in eternity, but when God the Son became human, he was born of the Virgin Mary. So she is his mother in his incarnation.Perpetual VirginityMary is a virgin before she conceived Jesus, during her pregnancy and even after giving birth to Jesus. This is “de fide” – we believe that it is essential to our faith.Christ’s birth did not diminish his mother’s virginal integrity but sanctified it.—Lumen GentiumImmaculate ConceptionFrom the very beginning of her origin, Mother mary was privileged to be kept out of original sin or its stain (“immaculate” means without stain”) because of the special grace she received from God. – Pope Pius IXAssumption“The Immaculate Mother of God,the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” –Pope Pius XII*Read Luke Chapter 2, where the Joyful Mysteries are discussed. Mary is an important figure in this chapter.*Watch also ‘The Word Exposed’ videos on MaryMagnificat – Mary’s song to the Lord after Angel Gabriel greeted her during the Annunciation as the highly favored one (Greek Charitoo)In the Visitation, important people Elizabeth – Mary’s cousinZechariah- Elizabeth’s husbandSimeon AnnaFiat – “Mary’s obedience”Bethlehem – Joseph’s hometownStabat Mater – image of Mary along with other women at the CrucifixionPieta – Mary cradling the dead body of her sonQueen of Heaven (Regina Caeli)1954 – 1st Marian yearTitles Given to Mary, among others:Theotokos (Mother of God)Aieparthenos (Ever Virgin)Important Feast Days:Aug 15 – Assumption of MaryAug 22—Queenship of Mary

Sept 8 – Bday of MaryOct 7 – Our Lady of the Most Holy RosaryDec 8 – Immaculate Conception ( Holy Day of Obligation)Jan 1 – Mary as Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation)The RosaryPrayer without contemplation is like a body without a soul.—Pope Pius VIPrayer’s ultimate subject is Jesus.The litany-like succession of Hail Mary’s becomes in itself an unceasing praise of Christ.The rosary is one of the traditional paths of Christian prayet directed to the contemplation of Christ’s face.—Pope John Paul II in Rosarium Virginis Mariae, #18Can we bypass Jesus by asking Mary?No, we ask Mary to ask Jesus for what we need, even as Protestants may ask their pastor or friend to “pray for them.” Mary’s intercession for us is like that of Christians on earth. She is essentially a “prayer warrior”--- the greatest prayer warrior, for she intercedes for everyone in the world.Jesus is the mediator of our salvation; he is the One way to the Father, by whose death we may approach God and gain salvation. Mary is a “Mediatrix of intercession,” that is, she “mediates” by praying for us, not by saving us and giving access to the Father. He is the savior, she is a mere intercessor. Because of her intimate and unparalleled sharing in the mysterious work with the divine redeemer, Mary, human Mother of the redeemer, has merited the Church titke, “Co-redemptrix” which literally means “with the redeemer.”Do catholics worhip mary?A distinction must be made between adoration (latria) and veneration (dulia). The church has never taught that acts of adoration, the reverence and glory due to God alone, are to be given to Mary, but only an exceptional veneration (hyperdulia) because of her unique association with Jesus Christ in his work of redeeming humanity.The meaning of preventive redemptionWe believe that Mary needed redemption, although she was never subject to original sin. Nor did she have an “obligation” to contract it; there can be no obligation to commit sin. We can merely say that she would have been born without gracem were it not for the preventive redemption. The word “preventive” means anticipatory: the grace she received at her conception was given in anticipation (Latin praevenire) of Christ’s merits, which earned that grace.