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  Mary, Mother of God
Mary did not create the divine person of Jesus, who existed with the Father from all eternity.
However, objection to the title "Mother of God" arose in the fifth century, due to confusion concerning the mystery of the incarnation.
Mary is not Mother of God, the Father, or Mother of God, the Holy Spirit; rather, she is Mother of God, the Son--Jesus Christ.
www.ewtn.com /faith/teachings/maryc1.htm   (652 words)

  
  Mary-Mother of God
The basis of Mary's greatness is that she was chosen to be the mother of God and accepted.
Mary is the spiritual mother of the human race because by bearing Christ she gave divine life to the human race.
Mary is a mediatrix because she had a role in the atonement of her Son by consenting to his incarnation, caring for him, and sharing his sufferings on Calvary.
www.angelfire.com /ar/vcon/MaryTeaching3.html   (793 words)

  
 Mary, the mother of Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary, cradling the dead body of her Son, is a common motif in art, called a "pietà" or "piety".
For Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics alike, Mary's assumption, i.e., the lifting up of her body into Heaven after her death, is seen as a concrete and present instance of the resurrection of the body, a belief integral to Christian theology and found in the creeds.
Martin Luther said Mary is "the highest woman", that "we can never honour her enough", that "the veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart", and that we should "wish that everyone know and respect her".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary,_Mother_of_God   (4507 words)

  
 Essay XV - Mary, Mother of God   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Mary certainly co-operated by her consent to the Will of God in the divine action which acquired all graces, for all graces have been acquired solely by the Incarnation and Passion of her Son, in which, as we have seen, she bore her special part, even as Eve had shared in Adam’s sin.
Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Savior, is also the Mother of men and especially the Mother of Christians; she is the Mother of all those for whose sake God became man, for whose redemption our Savior died.
Mary is our mother, so she will refuse nothing to her children, when they kneel at her feet and beg her to show to them a mother’s love, to extend to them a mother’s care.
www.marys-touch.com /Teaching/XV.htm   (11753 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary's Divine motherhood is based on the teaching of the Gospels, on the writings of the Fathers, and on the express definition of the Church.
John Chrysostom is of opinion that Mary would have felt fear and trouble, unless the angel had explained the mystery of the Incarnation to her, and that she showed some vainglory at the marriage feast in Cana and on visiting her Son during His public life together with the brothers of the Lord.
At least part of the verses refer to the mother whose son is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; according to Psalm 2:9, this is the Son of God, Jesus Christ, Whose mother is Mary.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15464b.htm   (12836 words)

  
 Mary: Mother of God
Mary was the mother of Jesus in both of these senses; because she not only carried Jesus in her womb but also supplied all of the genetic matter for his human body, since it was through her—not Joseph—that Jesus "was descended from David according to the flesh" (Rom.
Although Mary is the Mother of God, she is not his mother in the sense that she is older than God or the source of her Son’s divinity, for she is neither.
Rather, we say that she is the Mother of God in the sense that she carried in her womb a divine person—Jesus Christ, God "in the flesh" (2 John 7, cf.
www.catholic.com /library/Mary_Mother_of_God.asp   (1452 words)

  
 Catholic Insight: Mary is the Mother of God: Refuting James McCarthy and Eric Svendsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Conclusion: Mary is the Mother of the Trinity.
Mary is not the mother of the Triune God, that is, of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but of the Son only.
Mary is not the mother of "the God-nature of Jesus," as Svendsen would have it, but of the divine person of Jesus.
www.cathinsight.com /apologetics/mother_of_god.htm   (4350 words)

  
 How could Mary be the Mother of God?
The title "Mother of God" is offensive to some Protestant Christians because they believe that this title raises Mary to an inappropriate, even idolatrous, level — the level of God Himself.
Referring to Mary as "Mother of God," however, does not imply that she existed from all eternity (like God) or that she is the source of Jesus' divine nature.
She is the Mother of God because she gave birth to the God-Man, Jesus, "the Word made flesh" (John 1).
www.catholiceducation.org /articles/apologetics/ap0152.html   (664 words)

  
 TCRNews.com, Mary Mother of Jesus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Mary alone was given a new name indicating her exception as the elect vessel through whom God would enter the world in order to bring salvation to that world.
Mary herself was redeemed by the sanctifying merits of the One she gave flesh to in her, of necessity, holy womb.
Mary herself was redeemed by Christ and thus is the first of the redeemed, because the grace given her by God the Father at the beginning of her existence is due to the "merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human species," as Pius IX's bull "Ineffabilis Deus" states (DS, 2803).
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 Virgin Mary, Mother of God
The song is praise of the God who has blessed two insignificant women in an insignificant region of ancient Judea, and in so doing "has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly: [who] has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty" (Luke 1:52-53).
Mary's love and pity for her children seems to be what people treasure most about her, and what helps her to serve as a bridge between cultures.
Over the centuries one of Mary's greatest strengths as a symbol is the considerable tension she exemplifies between the humble peasant woman and the powerful mother of God.
www.awakenedwoman.com /norris_mary.htm   (2261 words)

  
 Mary, Mother of God
To call Mary the "Mother of Jesus" and yet refuse to call her "Mother of God" is to diminish Jesus as well as Mary, for it is a denial that Jesus is truly or fully God.
The Virgin Mary is therefore the Mother of ALL of the PERSON of Jesus Christ, and is therefore truly Mother of God the Son.
In effect, in saying that Mary was the Mother of Jesus, but not the Mother of God, he was denying the reality of the incarnation.
www.ourladyweb.com /mary.html   (720 words)

  
 Mother Mary's Garden, Mother Mary is for everyone
Yet unless you are willing to approach Mother Mary's gifts with a universal sense of awareness, with an open mind and heart, you are likely to reject her offerings based on some prejudice that was, perhaps, programmed into your mind during childhood and never examined.
Mother Mary holds, as she explains here, a spiritual office as the representative of the Divine Mother – the Divine Feminine – for planet Earth.
For example, Mother Mary's rosaries can be used by anyone to invoke high-frequency spiritual energy, a process that is as scientific for nourishing your soul as taking vitamins is for nourishing your body.
www.marysdivinedirection.com /B_FOREVERYONE/AAforeveryoneMAIN.html   (1457 words)

  
 The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.
Mary was not simply a passive instrument in God's hands; rather she discovered and accepted new dimensions to her motherhood as her life unfolded.
Mary's care for humanity and its needs would not limited to her earthly life; it lasts "without interruption until the eternal fulfilment of all the elect.
www.cptryon.org /compassion/mary/trad04.html   (611 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | RELIGION > Mary Mother of God
Mary Mother of God is the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the physical parent of Jesus, who is God.
This prayer is notable for the fact that it invokes Mary as Mother of the Church.
God the Father had taken into account all the circumstances surrounding his birth: the edict from Caesar Augustus, the census, the poverty in Bethlehem… Above all, he had foreseen the Mother who would bring him into the world.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/jan/01/yehey/religion/20060101rel1.html   (1045 words)

  
 January 1 Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Because she is the mother of Jesus, God's Son, she truly is the Mother of God.
God chose Mary to be the mother of his Son.
Mary frequently went with her friends to be near her Son.
www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0101.htm   (394 words)

  
 Mary Mother of God Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Mary speaks from the heart with humor and passion as she shares her real-life experiences in raising her family under the guidance and grace of God.
The Mother's love and Devotion to her Divine Son, which the Saint expresses with inspired eloquence and devotion, raises the reader to a vision of the glory and splendour that she enjoys in her Dormition and ascension to the glory of heaven.
Mary was not rebuked by Jesus' response when his parents found him; she was trying to understand so that she could cooperate fully with the will of God.
www.holiday-book-reviews.com /Mary_Mother_of_God   (3141 words)

  
 Mary: Mother of God?
This was the declaration given at that time: "Born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God according to the Manhood." The purpose of this statement originally was meant to emphasize the deity of Christ over against the teaching of the Nestorians whose teaching involved a dual-natured Jesus.
It should be noted that the Mary of the 1st century and the Mary of the 20th century are not the same.
Mary of the 1st century was the virgin who gave birth to the Messiah.
www.holybiblesays.org /articles/mary_pt2_1.htm   (675 words)

  
 Mary, Mother of God: All About the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
Thus Mary could be called "mother of God" since she gave birth to Jesus who was fully divine as well as human.
The push for an official feast day celebrating Mary's divine maternity started in Portugal, and in 1751 Pope Benedict XIV allowed Portugal's churches to celebrate Mary's divine maternity on the first Sunday in May. The feast was eventually extended to other countries, and by 1914 was being celebrated on October 11.
Thus, affirming Mary as the mother of God has more to do with who Jesus is, than who Mary is. It has everything to do with Christ being God and human at the same time.
www.churchyear.net /motherofgod.html   (1464 words)

  
 Holy Mary, Mother of God
It is the response of the prayer known as the "Hail Mary", the first part of which, often spoken by a lector or prayer leader, is a scriptural quotation from Luke 1: 28,42.
Notice that I did not claim that Mary is (or was) God, or that Mary is divine, or that we should worship her, or that Mary is connected by or to God in any extraordinary way.
Her husband used to be the President, now he isn't but her son is. Who you are the mother of depends on who your son is. And if your son is God, you are the mother of God.
www.datasync.com /~wizard/Mary.html   (3516 words)

  
 saint mary mother of jesus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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 Mary Mother Of Jesus
Her name was Mary, a form of the name Miriam, the famous sister of Moses.
Mary is the mother of Jesus, who is God.
The Pieta is the famous statue of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, holding her son after He has been taken down from the cross.
jesuspets.com /jesus/mary-mother-of-jesus.htm   (495 words)

  
 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Angelus, 1 January 2007
Like Mary, the Church also remains in silence in order to welcome and keep the interior resonances of the Word made flesh and in order not to lose the divine-human warmth that radiates from his presence.
To the Most Holy Mother of God we confidently address our prayer, so that sacred respect for each human person and the firm refusal of war and violence may develop in consciences.
Mary, you who have given Jesus to the world, help us to welcome his gift of peace and to be sincere and courageous builders of peace.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/benedict_xvi/angelus/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_ang_20070101_world-day-peace_en.html   (611 words)

  
 Mary, Mother of God - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
Mary’s role as mother of God places her in a unique position in God’s redemptive plan.
Paul’s further statement that “God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out ‘Abba, Father!’“ helps us realize that Mary is mother to all the brothers and sisters of Jesus.
As Jesus was “first” in God’s mind, Mary was “second” insofar as she was chosen from all eternity to be his mother.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1247   (510 words)

  
 Holy Mary, Mother of God   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
St. Mary is the called the Mother of God.
This teaching of the Church reiterates the unity of Christ's two natures: he is both God and man. The Son existed before all time, as the eternally begotten of the Father.
Elizabeth affirms the divine presense in St. Mary by saying "Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should visit me?" while St. John the Baptist was jumping inside of Elizabeth at the presense of the Lord in St. Mary.
www.creighton.edu /~alackamp/holydays/motherofgod.html   (114 words)

  
 Virgin Mary Mother of GOD
Was the Virgin Mary only an "Incubator" for the Son of GOD or is she allowed to be idolized by Millions today?
JESUS is not denying that Mary is His Mother, He just knew that a religious movement would soon follow Him that would try and worship her as the "Queen of heaven" just as the apostate Jews had done in the Old Testament time.
The Devil's original lie is found in Genesis where he told Eve that she would not really die, and so we see this same with Mary, she is dead and in the grave awaiting the resurrection like the rest of us.
www.come2jesus.com.au /mary.htm   (1398 words)

  
 Mother Mary's Garden, How can Mother Mary help you?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
This approach to God is utterly outdated, and the challenge faced by humankind is to rise to a higher approach to God.
What Mother Mary offers you here is the opportunity to become a self-sufficient spiritual being who is taking responsibility for your life, your outer situation, the inner situation of your psyche and your spiritual growth—what some call salvation.
Mother Mary’s main message on this website is that you do not have to passively wait for the genie in the bottle—God’s power in you is the real genie in the bottle.
www.marysdivinedirection.com /D_HOWHELPYOU/AAhowhelpyouMAIN.html   (1634 words)

  
 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Homily
In today's liturgy our gaze continues to be turned to the great mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God, while with particular emphasis we contemplate the Motherhood of the Virgin Mary.
At the beginning of a new year, we are invited, as it were, to attend her school, the school of the faithful disciple of the Lord, in order to learn from her to accept in faith and prayer the salvation God desires to pour out upon those who trust in his merciful love.
Mary treasures in her heart the words that come from God and, piecing them together as in a mosaic, learns to understand them.
www.vatican.va /holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060101_world-day-peace_en.html   (905 words)

  
 January 1, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Mary, Mother of God - Catechism of the Catholic Church
The divine and virginal motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular salvific event: for Our Lady it was the foretaste and cause of her extraordinary glory; for us it is a source of grace and salvation because "through her we have received the Author of life"(127).
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
www.wf-f.org /SolemnityMary.html   (1018 words)

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