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Sep 27, 2017 · 1. This title for Mary arose in the 5th Century. St. Jerome was doing a bit of translating (as he was oft to do) and translated Mary’s Hebrew name Miryam, which means drop of the sea, in the Latin Stilla Maris. Either due to a peasant dialect or a transcription error, Stilla became Stella and Mary went from a drop in the ocean to the star of ...
Novena to Mary Star of the Sea - Day 1. Join in praying the Novena to Mary Star of the Sea. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Dear Mary, Star of the Sea, we humbly ask for your intercession for the protection of all travelers, both on physical journeys and on the journey of life.
Mary Star of the Sea was established in 1954 by Mary Star of the Sea Parish. There is also a Mary Star of the Sea elementary in San Pedro, which was founded in 1922. In 1959, the Archdiocese created a separate boys' high school, Fermin Lasuen High School, and Mary Star of the Sea was transitioned to a girls' school. Fermin Lasuen was closed in ...
Depend upon the star, call upon Mary Let us say a few words on this name, Stella Maris, which means star of the sea, and which is appropriately accorded to the Virgin Mother. Fittingly is she compared to the stars, since just as a star gives light without burning itself out, so the virgin gave birth to her son without stain to herself.
Jun 18, 2024 · What does Our Lady Star of the Sea mean? This title arose by God’s Providence in a unique way. St. Jerome translated Mary’s Hebrew name Miryam (drop of the sea) to Stilla Maris in Latin. For Catholic peasants, Stilla was read as Stella (star), and so Mary became Star of the Sea. Just as a star serves as a guiding light to sailors navigating ...
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Since Jerome, Mary, Star of the Sea has been a beloved title of Mary, especially among her many children who live and make their livelihoods by the sea. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux captured this moment and how we ought to respond in supplication to Mary in his twelfth century treatise “Homilies on the Gospel ‘Missus est’”:
