The Presentation in the Temple, block print art of Dominican Nuns, Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, New York

Marian Antiphon for the Time After the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Lent

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph2.html

Includes: The Presentation in the Temple, Mary's Purification, Candlemas (by John D. Boyd, S.J.),Simeon's Prophecy, The Purification (by Eugene M. Beck, S.J.), Candlemas (by Francesca), The Purification From the Menaion), Purification of the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Doves, The Offering (A Song of Simeon)

MEDITATION

SNOWDROP:

Galanthus nivalis. The Flower of the Purification, Fair Maid of February, Candlemas Bells.

LEGEND:

The snowdrop is said to have bloomed on February 2, when Mary took Jesus to the temple....

www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/barrish02.html

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Litany of the Infant Jesus

www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/infant.html

Various Chaplets

Includes chaplet of the Infant Jesus
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html

Christmas Meditation

Includes the themes: The Yes and the Present, Genealogy and Broken Life Patterns, The Christ Child, The Word and the Words, "Epiphany" East and West, The Heart of Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/christmas.html

A Thought for Christmas

St. Luke's Gospel contrasts the splendor of the angels' announcement to the shepherds with the lowliness of Jesus in the manger.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/christmas2.html

Videos

Index of Christmas Videos

Can be borrowed from the Marian Library
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos

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Mary Page Resources for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe [December 12]

Marian Devotion: Various Forms of Marian Piety

The charts are direct quotes from Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Various Forms of Marian Piety. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs7-2.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Season of Advent

Votive Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Advent

1) The Blessed Virgin Mary, Chosen Daughter of Israel
2) The Blessed Virgin Mary and Annunciation of the Lord
3) The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bvmtext1.htm

O-Antiphons -- 17 - 23 December

The O'Antiphons were composed by the 8th century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/oantiphons.html

What does the title, Virgen de la O, signify?

The designation "do" or "Virgen de la O" has liturgical origins. It refers to the so called O-antiphons (Vespers) sung during the latter part of Advent.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq239.html

Litany to Jesus in the Womb of Mary

www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/litpray02.html

Christmas Novena

Father Charles Vachetta, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate in Turin, Italy, wanted to give his parishioners something special for the Advent of 1721....
www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/chrnovena.html

Why does a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary go from home to home in some communities?

The origin of this custom is the so-called shelter seeking, that is the holy family on their way to Bethlehem, seeking a shelter where they could stay for the night ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq260.html

Nativity Scenes

Exhibits, Introduction to Nativity Sets. Various Displays, Friends of the Creche, permanent displays around the world and United States
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/creches.html

La nativité

Canadian stamps showing the Nativity Date: 11/03/1976 Scott: 699; Y&T: 617
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/stamps/canada/stampscanada2.html

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Marian Antiphon for Advent
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph1.html

Music for Advent

Lists of music, hymnals and texts for the Advent season
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/music/seasons.html

Advent Poetry

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/advpoet.html

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Mary Page Resources for Presentation of Mary in the Temple - Feast for November 21

Magisterial Documents:
Theme: The Life of Mary: Annunciation
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2b.html

What are the aspects of Mary’s person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?
Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary’s personality and life...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Who are Mary's parents?
The story of Mary's birth and details about her aging parents, Joachim and Anne, come from apocryphal writings known as the Protoevangelium of James....
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq13.html

Did Mary have any brothers or sisters?
As it stands the sources dealing with the life of Ann, Joachim and Mary do not mention brothers and sisters of Our Lord's mother...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq193.html

Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Blessed Virgin Mary and Annunciation of the Lord
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bvmtext1.htm

Marian Feasts Past and Present
The following feature points to the evolution of Marian Feasts in the recent past.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?
Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Month of October – Traditionally the Month of the Rosary

Life/Scripture

What is the Origin of the Rosary? (YQ 18)

The complex history of the rosary deals normally with the following stages of development: 1) Repetition of the Hail Mary, in the 12th c, related to the joys of Mary, first five (Annunciation, Nativity, Resurrection, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq18.html

Is there a biblical basis for the Rosary? (YQ 83)
As you know the bible does "not" tell us to pray the rosary because this form of prayer originated only during the middle ages. However, important elements of the Rosary are biblical ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq83.html

Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7

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What are the aspects of Mary’s person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?

Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary’s personality and life. It speaks only to the essentials of her religious vocation and role ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?

Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches. …
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

Includes a brief explanation of celebration of the September Marian days.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

A Meditation on the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The History of the Liturgical Celebration of Mary's Birth - The Churches of Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West celebrate liturgies in honor of Mary’s birth ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/birthday.html

September 8: Our Lady's Birthday

Day Blessing G.E. Mullan
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated each year on the eighth of September. Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Sept97.html

Devotion

Information on the Divina Infantita (since Vatican II called the little Immaculate Mary) or in Italy called Maria Bambina

The devotion to Maria Bambina (in the city of Milan) can be traced back to 1007 ... http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq133.html

Mary Garden, Annapolis, Maryland Dedicated on Mary's Birthday

September 8, 1988, the Mary Garden in Annapolis, Maryland, is located behind St. Mary's Church, in the quadrangle formed by the church, the rectory and the historic John Carroll House...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/annap.html

Mary Garden, Episcopal Convent of the Transfiguration

in Cincinnati, Ohio Located on a shady hillside on the grounds of the Episcopal Convent of the Transfiguration in suburban Glendale, [includes flowers blooming in time for Our Lady’s birthday or dedicated to her ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/cqu.html

Garden of Our Lady St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, Mass.

The Garden of Our Lady established in 1932 in Woods Hole on Cape Cod is thought to be the first U.S. Mary Garden. [Includes: Our Lady's Birthday Flower (Italian aster)]
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/woodshl.html

Poetry

September Poetry

September poetry is a collection of poems that concentrates on two of the month's Marian feasts: the Nativity of Our Lady (September 8) and the Holy Name of Mary (September 12). There are also several poems which utilize summer-time images ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/september.html

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Information on Our Lady of Sorrows

The devotion has its origin in the gospels of John (19, 25 Mary standing at the foot of the cross) and Luke (2:35 Your own soul a sword shall pierce). Other possible references to Mary's sorrow, pain ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq304.html

Church Documents

The Life of Mary: Calvary

Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Mary's Life, Calvary. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, homilies or for research. ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2k.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

Includes a brief explanation of celebration of the September Marian days.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Meditations

Mary, Mother of Sorrows: The Mystery of Comfort and Hope

An abridged reflection, originally an article in Chicago Studies by Louis J. Cameli
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sorrowsmed.html

Devotion

What about the sorrows of Mary?

The devotion to the sorrows of Mary appears toward the beginning of the 14th c, and may have been influenced by Henry Suso (d. 1366) and other Rhenish mystics. It took as central theme the Calvary scene ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq258.html

Describe the origins of Mary's title: Our Lady of Sorrows?

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15, the day after the feast of the Holy Cross to show the close connection between Jesus' Passion and Mary's Sorrows ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq20.html

Our Lady of Sorrows

Lenten Meditation I "and his mother kept all these things in her heart." (Luke 2:51b) Mary Page’s five Lenten meditations give much material on the topic of Mary’s sorrow. These meditations take their orientation from the Sunday liturgies for Lent ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/lent1.html

Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows

The chaplet or rosary of the Seven Sorrows uses special beads. There are seven groups of seven beads.
History: The seven groups of seven Hail Marys remember the seven sorrows of Our Lady
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html

"Our Lady of Tears"

… renewed interest in a devotion known as "Our Lady of Tears," a special Rosary devotion …
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq287.html

Rosary Index

Information on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosdex.html

Art

Mother of Sorrows

Several works by Ioana Datcu with the theme "Sorrows of Mary"
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/datcu/works_on_display.htm

Mother of Sorrows

by Jean Marlow 1993
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/msa/marlow.html

Poetry

Seven Sorrows, Seven Joys

Sonnets in Meditation on Mary's Life by Ann Astell
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/sevensorrows1.html

Poetry for the Season of Lent

Contains poetry appropriate to the liturgical celebration of the Mother of Sorrows such as: To the Sorrowing and Immaculate Heart Lady Most Pitiful The Passion of Our Lady The Passion of Mary When Mary Weeps
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/lentpoet.html

Passion Poetry

Contains poetry appropriate to Mary’s sorrows such as: Mother of Tears Queen of the Seven Sorrows Good Friday Mothers Mother of the Crucified Three Mothers Beneath Three Crosses How Our Blessed Lady Stood By the Cross of Jesus The Child of Calvary Lady of Pain Our Lord etc.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/passp.html

Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater is the title of a 13th century Latin hymn and it means "the Mother was standing". In Latin, the hymn consists of 20 couplets which describe the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin at the Cross. There are more than 60 English translations ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/stbmat.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Solemnity of Mary's Assumption [August 15]

Scripture

Describe the scriptural support for the dogma of Mary's Assumption.

Like the dogma of Mary's Immaculate Conception, the dogma of the Assumption is not explicitly stated in the Bible. The teaching that 'at the end of her earthly course, Mary was assumed into heavenly glory, body and soul' was dogmatically defined by Pius XII in 1950 in Munificentissimus Deus.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq14.html

Life

What does scripture tell us about Mary's life?

A frequently asked question:
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq02.html

What about Mary's death?

A frequently asked question:
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq24.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?

There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi [First Gospel of James] (ca. 150)...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

Church Documents

Encyclical MUNIFICENTISSIMUS DEUS by Pope Pius XII

Defining "ex cathedra" (from the chair of Peter) the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P12MUNIF.HTM

Mary and the Church: Assumption (eschatological image)

A list of quotations on the Assumption from post-Vatican II magisterial documents such as this from Lumen Gentium, Chapter 8: "in the Blessed Virgin the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle (cf. Eph 5:27)" 65
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs4-5.html

What are the Marian dogmas?

There are four Marian dogmas:
1) Divine Motherhood - Council of Ephesus 431
2) Mary's Virginity
a) Virginal Conception through the Spirit - Baptismal symbols since 3rd century.
b) Perpetual Virginity (virginal birth and no other children) - Baptismal symbols since 4th century (first in eastern church)
3) Immaculate Conception (Mary's freedom from original sin) - Pius IX, 1854
4) Mary's Assumption (body and soul) into heaven - Pius XII, 1950
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq186.

Liturgy

Development of the Liturgical Celebration of the Assumption

It is often stated: As the Church prays, so she believes. The great prayer of the Liturgy aided the development of the doctrine of the Assumption.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp02.html

A Variety of Customs Associated with the Assumption

A variety of local, regional and national customs are associated with the Feast of the Assumption on and around August 15^th
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp03.html

Which are the Marian feast days?

There are many Marian feast days celebrated in the Catholic Church, but the principal ones are the Solemnity of Mary, the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, the Annunciation, the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq04.html

Marian Feasts Past and Present

The following feature points to the evolution of Marian Feasts in the recent past. It shows the feasts in vigor before the liturgical reform of 1969, the changes made in 1969, and the further developments of 1986.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/dogmas.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?

Several events concerning Mary's life are commemorated during the yearly liturgical cycles of the Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

Meditations

An Overview Page

The following overview page gives direct links to assist in varied ways to contemplate Mary’s assumption into heaven. At the end of the links is a select bibliography.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assumption.html

Historical Background: Belief in Mary's Assumption

Introduction: Belief that Mary has been taken up and is now in heaven with both her body and her soul has been part of the teaching of the Catholic Church since the earliest centuries of Christianity.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp01.html

Mother of the New World

The Meaning of the Assumption is that of a culmination and a new beginning. With the Assumption, the promises of the Lord were fulfilled for Mary, and as always, beyond all expectation. … Rev. Johann G. Roten, SM
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MotherofNewWorld.html

A Reflection on the Feast of the Assumption

The following contribution to Mary Page on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a contemplation on a 15th century Greek Orthodox icon painted by iconographer Andreas Ritzos … by Virginia Kimball
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/kimball.html

Prayerful Reflections on the Assumption

St. Alphonsus de Liguori is one among the saints who writes that Mary died for sheer longing and love of the Savior. Below is a quotation from his seventh discourse, "The Assumption of Mary"
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/assmp05.html

Devotion

Mary's Flowers During the Middle Ages

Includes a section on the custom of bringing herbs for a blessing on the Assumption.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/flowers.html

How do religious names of flowers originate?

Includes Assumption lily.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq209.html

Explain the 'Marian Year' celebrations.

There was a Marian Year in 1950. It coincided with the proclamation of the Dogma of Mary's Assumption by Pope Pius XII.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq33.html

Why do we call Mary Queen?

Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished.
[See more under Queenship memorial]
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

Prayer

The Rosary in Image and Text Meditations Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Includes the Glorious Mysteries and therefore the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/rosmed.html
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Poetry

Assumption

The following poems celebrate the mystery of Our Lady's Assumption. The reader will also find here poetry which explores the relationship between the season of Summer and the Blessed Virgin's role in salvation history.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/assumpp.html

New Marian Poetry

Includes: Assumpta est Maria en Coelum
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/ordinary2001.html

Art

What are the fifteen symbols of the Immaculata represented on the famous tapestry of Our Lady in Reims, France?

The famous tapestry of Our Lady in the Reims Cathedral comprises fifteen tableaux relating the life of Mary.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq204.html

What is the meaning of the crescent moon that Mary is sometimes pictured standing upon?

Includes: The crescent appears under Mary's feet in paintings of the Assumption (Meister of the Luzien-Legende, 1485) and signifies her glory and victory over time and space.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq244.html

Bibliography

Bibliography [only of] Articles in Marian Studies

1950 -- Present: Summary List In May 1999, the Mariological Society of America celebrated its fiftieth year as an academic theological society. For each of the fifty years the society published, the papers presented … include work on the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/msarticles.html

Video

Marian Theology Tape 2 [Lecture by Anthony Tambasco], 100 min,1990.
Contact Marian Library below.

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What is the origin and meaning of the liturgical celebration of Mary as a queen?

Memorial of the Queenship of Mary On August 22, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates a memorial in honor of the Queenship of Mary. This memorial is placed in the octave of the Assumption
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq62.html

Meditations

Pope Pius XII and Our Lady

It is generally held by scholars that Pope Pius XII made very significant and notable contributions to Marian theology, public piety and devotion to Our Lady: Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/May98.html

Blessed Chaminade Vignette 25 TODAY'S CHURCH ECHOES CHAMINADE

Recent writings of theologians and popes have stressed the universal role of Mary in the life of the Church. An increasing awareness of the universality of Mary's relation to all persons…
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/chaminade25.htm

Mary's Apostolic Mission Chaminade's Contribution To Mariology

Biographical and historical background.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/mariology.html

Devotion

Why do we call Mary Queen?

Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished. Whereas the assumption has been the object of dogmatic definition (1950), the coronation of Mary has never been more than a pious advocation (rosary), an iconographic motif (since the 12th century) and a devotional custom (coronation of Mary statues known already in the early middle ages). However, the coronation points to a Marian title known in Christian tradition since from the beginning of the 4th century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

Coronation of Mary

Brief History of Coronation

Since the Council of Nicea in 787, the Church has often asserted that it is lawful to venerate images of Christ, Mary and the saints. This is an ancient practice of the Christian churches...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/crowning.html

Prayer

The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary

Includes the Coronation
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Bibliography

Bibliography [only of] Articles in Marian Studies

Includes several articles on the Queenship of Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/msarticles.html

Video

Madonna and Child: The Development of Christian Symbolism, 50 min,1992.
Contact Marian Library below.

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Mary Page Resources for the Memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel [July 16]

Devotion

Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel and how does she relate to the scapular devotion?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq21.html

What is a scapular?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq78.html

Marian Shrines of the Carmelites
www.ocarm.org/eng/santeng.htm

Chile: Our Lady of Carmel of the Maipú
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engtwo.html#chi

Related Devotion of the Carmelites

Can you tell me about the Infant of Prague?
A special devotion to the Divine Child originated with the Carmelites in the city of Prague, Bohemia, in the beginning of the seventeenth century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq164.html

Meditations

Who was Mary?
Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O. Carm.
A Carmelite reflects on Mary.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/carroll.html

Art

An Icon of the Sign
by Sr. Mary Grace, O.C.D.
The saints surrounding the central image are especially relevant in Carmelite history.
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/SMGocd.html

Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Victor Gohler Santos & Retablos
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/gohler.html

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Mary Page Resources for the Memorial of Saints Ann and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary [July 26]

Who are Mary's parents?
The story of Mary's birth and details about her aging parents, Joachim and Anne, come from apocryphal writings known as the Protoevangelium of James the Lesser that was written by an unknown author.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq13.html

Where was Mary born?
According to old traditions Mary was born in Jerusalem. Joachim is said to have been the owner of a home in the vicinity of the temple, more precisely near the Sheep Gate and its pool called in Hebrew Bethesda.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq184.html

Did Mary have any brothers or sisters?
As it stands the sources dealing with the life of Ann, Joachim and Mary do not mention brothers and sisters of Our Lord's mother.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq193.html

What do we know about Mary's life?
Includes a possible timeline.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq01.html

Does the liturgy give us any hints about Mary's life?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

What do we know about Mary's life from apocryphal sources?
There are a number of ancient texts not in the canon of Sacred Scripture which claim to present details about the life of Mary. The Protoevangelium Jacobi [First Gospel of James] (ca. 150) ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

What are the aspects of Mary’s person and life, which are related by the various apocryphal writings?
Scripture is tight-lipped regarding details of Mary’s personality and life. It speaks only to the essentials of her religious vocation and role ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq28.html

Video

Saints Anne and Joachim: Grandparents of Jesus, 30 min,1998.
Contact Marian Library below.

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