Saturday, June 9, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 480 – Part I.
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among
women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
In Latin: Ave Maria, gratia plena. Dominus
tecum.Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui,
Jesus.Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora
mortis nostrae. Amen.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2674)
Mary gave her consent in faith at the Annunciation and maintained it without
hesitation at the foot of the Cross. Ever since, her motherhood has extended to
the brothers and sisters of her Son "who still journey on earth surrounded
by dangers and difficulties" (LG 62). Jesus, the only mediator, is the way
of our prayer; Mary, his mother and ours, is wholly transparent to him: she
"shows the way" (hodigitria),
and is herself "the Sign" of the way, according to the traditional
iconography of East and West.
Reflecting and meditating
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2675)
Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit,
the Churches developed their prayer to the holy Mother of God, centering it on
the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries. In countless hymns and
antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one
another: the first "magnifies" the Lord for the "great
things" he did for his lowly servant and through her for all human beings
(Cf. Lk 1:46-55). The second entrusts the supplications and praises of the
children of God to the Mother of Jesus, because she now knows the humanity
which, in her, the Son of God espoused.
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