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4 days ago · A: Catholics, of course, can pray directly to God, the Holy Trinity. Vatican II, though, recognized the “close and indissoluble tie” that unites Mary to her divine son (“Lumen Gentium,” No. 53). Mary is intimately united to her divine son, and she is “our mother in the order of grace” (“Lumen Gentium,” No. 61).
17 hours ago · With that clear, let’s return to the question posed earlier: what must a Catholic believe about the Blessed Virgin Mary? There are four Marian dogmas: Mary’s Divine Motherhood, Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, and Bodily Assumption. Holy Mother Church says that these are divinely revealed truths to which the faithful must adhere.
3 days ago · In all, the Catholic Church lists four dogmas (truths revealed by God, which all Catholics must believe) regarding Mary. The first, her role as Mother of God, is what we celebrate on Jan. 1. But there are three other Marian dogmas which the Church professes: Mary’s perpetual virginity (Mary was and is Virgin before, in and after Christ’s ...
2 days ago · It is because she is the mother of the Word Incarnate who is divine. Numerous Scriptures identify Mary as the mother of Jesus (Jn 2:1; Mt 1:18, 2:11, 12:46). Since Jesus is God (Jn 1:1), Mary must be recognized as the one who bore God in her womb. Mary, of course, is not the mother of the Trinity or the divine nature of Jesus.
6 days ago · Numerous Scriptures identify Mary as the mother of Jesus (John 2:1; Matthew 1:18, 2:11, 12:46). Since Jesus is God (John 1:1), Mary must be recognized as the one who bore God in her womb. Mary, of course, is not the mother of the Trinity or the divine nature of Jesus. Nevertheless, the person of the Word of God was the child she conceived in ...
2 days ago · Susanna Spencer, January 8, 2023. The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, titled Deus Caritas Est, that is, “God Is Love,” ends with the late pope calling on Mary, the Mother of the Lord, to show us as the Church how to live God’s love in the world: Jesus, your Son — the Son of God. of the goodness which flows forth from him.
May 1, 2024 · Since Catholics believe that Mary was without sin and is the greatest creature God ever made, and the Mother of God to boot, we think her prayers have the most power of any creature’s prayer. It makes entire biblical sense.
