This feature scours The Mary Page to bring together resources that pertain to a particular season.
It does not exhaust all resources which may be posted on The Mary Page for a topic.
These can be located with the help  of our search engine.
Additional resources can be found under Special Liturgical Feasts

 The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple – February 2

Luke's Portrait of Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Luke 2:21-40: The Naming of Jesus and the Presentation in the Temple
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bible3.html

Bible Meditations on Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/memoirs.html

What was Mary's role as a disciple?

(Presentation in the temple mentioned in this context.) To understand Mary's role as disciple it is useful to remember that every human being is God's creature, directly (soul) and indirectly (body) the fruit of God's love.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq188.html

                   Did Mary have servants?

One point to consider:   There has been a tendency since the late Middle Ages to compare Mary to Christ in order to show the intimate connection between the two figures... (answer contains reference to presentation in the temple)
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq177.html 

Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation 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 Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian Churches.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

 

          Direct quotes from Post-Vatican II documents
                   New Testament Elements Infancy: Nativity and Epiphany
                   www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2f.html

                  Women: Teachers of Peace

John Paul II / World Day of Peace, January 1,1995
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/youth/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_15081996_xii-world-youth-day_en.html

                   Why is Mary a model of contemplative prayer?

Mary is a model of contemplative prayer specifically because of her pondering (presentation and twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple), meaning: assimilating events of her life -- which happened to be important events of salvation history -- examining them in her heart....
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq173.html

The Rosary in Image and Text

Meditations based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/rosmed.html

Icons: Kinds of Marian Icons

Refers briefly to types of icons appropriate to the liturgical feastday.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/icon.html

Presentation in the Temple (detail), Shrine at Künigsfelden, Switzerland

One of many windows dedicated to Mary at the shrine. Artist: unknown, fourteenth century.
Scroll down to:
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/sarahhall/millennium.html

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

The presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn Son who belongs to the Lord.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/joyful.html

Ave Regina Caelorum

Marian Antiphon for the Time After the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Lent
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/antiph2.htm

Candlemas Poetry

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)  www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/cndlmas.html

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

Bible Meditations on Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/memoirs.html

Votive Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Excerpts from the introductions to the following votive Masses taken from the Collection of Marian Masses.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Savior
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Epiphany of the Lord
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of the Lord
Our Lady of Nazareth
Our Lady of Cana
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bvmtext1.htm

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.
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is the oldest Marian feast of the Church of Rome.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq04.html

The Life of Mary: Sacred Scripture:

Direct quotes from Post-Vatican II documents
New Testament Elements Infancy: Nativity and Epiphany
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2f.html

Women: Teachers of Peace

John Paul II / World Day of Peace, January 1, 1995
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_08121994_xxviii-world-day-for-peace_en.html

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

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

Music for Christmas

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

Index of Christmas Videos

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

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

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Meditation by Don Antonio Valeriano ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/guadalupe.html

GUADALUPE

Today's gospel message is about the mystery of Jesus and its revelation. Today's message deals also with the vocation of Mary. This double revelation about the mystery of Christ and the vocation of Mary is for us cause of...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/GuadalupeHomily.html

Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe

Greatly astonished, the Franciscan bishop of Mexico, Fray Juan de Zumarraga, contemplates the fresh roses of Castille that sprinkle with colors the floor of his episcopal palace. Tears run down his cheeks as he recognizes the ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/engfive.html

Is Mary Empress of the Americas?

We have much information on Guadalupe, in image and in text.... As to the name and influence of ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq104.html

La ciencia ante el misterio de los ojos de Guadalupe

Un cientíífico revela conclusiones de un estudio basado en tecnologíía digital
ROMA, 11 ene 2001 (ZENIT.org) - La tecnologíía digital arroja nuevas claves de comprensióón de uno de los fenóómenos que la ciencia sigue sin explicar: el misterio de los ojos de la Virgen de Guadalupe...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/spanish/fourc.html

Black Madonnas

Among the miraculous Marian images are the so-called "Black Madonnas." Many of these images are quite popular among the faithful. Of the hundreds which presently exist at various shrines, some of the better known images are ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/blackmdn.html

Was Our Lady of Guadalupe ever crowned?

On October 12, 1895, Our Lady of Guadalupe was solemnly crowned, in the name of Pope Leo XIII, as Queen of the Mexican people.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq228.html

What do the symbols mean in the Our Lady of Guadalupe image?

The 450-year-old image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is more than simply a picture. It contains symbols -- in a sense, hieroglyphics, or a story in pictures ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq89.html

Why are there images of Mary without Jesus?

Statues of Mary without Jesus are numerous and have been so for centuries.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq80.html

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Links to other sites ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/links/linkdisplay.php3?catnum=8

Videos on Our Lady of Guadalupe

Can be borrowed from the Marian Library
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos/index.php3

The Mary Page Annotated Bibliography:

Our Lady of Guadalupe
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/guad_bib.html

Guadalupe: Mother of the New Creation, Elizondo Virgil, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 1997

The book presents a translation, from the Spanish, of the Nican Mopohua, a poetic account of the Guadalupe events of 1531. This masterpiece of Nahuatl literature is a ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bkrevelizondo.html

Ineffabilis Deus: The Immaculate Conception

Apostolic Constitution issued by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854
www.newadvent.org/docs/pi09id.htm

Ad Diem Illum Laetissimum: On the Immaculate Conception

Encyclical of Pope Pius X promulgated on February 2, 1904
www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_x/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-x_enc_02021904_ad-diem-illum-laetissimum_en.html

Prayer to Immaculata

Source: St. Maximilian Kolbe's Prayer of Total Consecration
www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/consec01.html#2

Various Chaplets

Includes chaplet of the Immaculate Conception
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/chaplet.html

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

www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq204.html

Immaculate Conception Emblems

Pedem Virginis Timeo, I Dread the Virgin's Foot: The Immaculata is victorious over the dragon symbolizing evil, etc.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/immac_con_images.html
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/imco_emblems01.html

What can you tell me about Mary as Patroness of America?

The following is an article addressing this question.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq203.html

Immaculate Conception

On December 8 we celebrate the Immaculate Conception, not only as Catholics but also as Americans. The Catholic Church of the United States made the Immaculate Conception the patronal feast of the whole nation. This occurred in 1846, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/immac.html

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The Life of Mary: Sacred Scripture: Annunciation

www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2b.html

Bible Meditations on Mary

Bertrand Buby, SM
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/memoirs.html

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 eighth century.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/oantiphons.html

O'Antiphon IV: Jesus is Key of David

http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/advc05.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

Index of Christmas Videos

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

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

November 21: Presentation of Mary
The Scriptures tells us nothing of Mary's hidden life. The inspired Word of God gives us no word about her Presentation in the Temple, the feast which we celebrate each year on November 21. However, we do have the testimonies of tradition which is based on accounts which come to us from apostolic times.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Nov21.html

Bible Meditations on Mary
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/memoirs.html

Poetry

November Poetry

 Includes the following poems: "November Eleventh", "November Memories", "Our Lady of the Eucharist", "The Queen of Purgatory", "Our Lady of Mercy", "Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament", "Our Lady - Skyscraper in the Night", "Our Lady Compared to a Space Ship", "Mary On Her Way to the Temple", "Mother of Mercy", "Thanksgiving", "Thanksgiving Day Grace", "Family Portrait", "After Holy Communion", "Mary, Shield Us From Danger", "Mother of Grace"
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/november.html

Icons: Kinds of Marian Icons

Refers briefly to types of icons appropriate to the liturgical feastday.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/icon.html

Joachim and Ann: Presentation of Mary, work of Robert F. McGovern
www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/mcgovern.html

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 twelfth century, 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

Marian Magisterial Documents Index

This resource lists several documents from the Church on the Rosary. Scroll down to find them or links to them.
www.udayton.edu/mary/vmisform.html

Marian Devotion: Various Forms of Marian Piety

Quotes from post-Vatican II Church documents on the Rosary devotion.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs7-2.html

The Rosary in Image and Text

Meditations based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/rosmed.html

October: Month of the Holy Rosary

The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. This is primarily due to the fact that the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on October 7. More information on historical origin.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Fcc.html

The Rosary Since Vatican II

Reports about the rosary's demise are premature.
Article from The Marian Library Newsletter
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosary.html

Our Lady at Fatima

In Fatima Our Lady appeared six times to three young Portuguese children in a field called the Cova de Iria, near the small village of Fatima, about seventy miles north of Lisbon. The children were asked to pray the rosary for peace.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Apr99.html

Our Lady of Pompeii

Story of the shrine dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompei, Italy.
www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/pompei.html

See also:
What do you know about the image of Our Lady of Pompei? (YQ 126)
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq126.html

How do you pray the Rosary? (FAQ #7)

This page has information on the most important prayers which constitute the Rosary and on how to pray them (Sign of the Cross, Apostles' Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, Prayer after the Rosary).
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq07.html

What are the origins of the title "Our Lady of the Rosary"? (YQ 132)

Regarding the title, Our Lady of the Rosary, it is opportune to remember not only that Marian titles evolve over time, but also that ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq132.html

Are the "Rosary Novenas to Our Lady" available on the Internet? (YQ 179)

The novena is written by Charles V. Lacey with a preface by Rev. Raymond P. Lawrence. It is a fifty four-day Novena of daily recitation of five decades of the Rosary with a meditation ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq179.html

Is there a chaplet, rosary or some other devotion to the seven joys of Mary? (YQ 205)

The most typical Rosary expression of Mary's joys are the joyous mysteries. The original number of joys were five, and not seven! At one time it became fifteen joys. However, ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq205.html

I have a six-year-old daughter in kindergarten who received a rosary today. Is there an easy way to start teaching how to pray the rosary? (YQ 217)

What a marvelous task to initiate the youngest to the mysteries of the rosary ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq217.html

In both churches I attend (Ukrainian rite & Roman) May is dedicated to Mary. In the Roman Church I attend on weekdays we say the Rosary before Mass just as we do in October (in my Ukrainian rite we say the rosary before Mass throughout the year). Is this universal in the Church? When, where and how (or why) did this originate? (YQ 220)

The reciting of the rosary before (or sometimes after) Mass, a fairly widespread custom in Catholic countries, is the consequence of several developments. ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq220.html

Will God ignore my rosary if I am at my worst at concentration? What's the best way I can do in order to feel God's presence? (YQ 231)

Use various approaches, depending on disposition and degree of concentration. Overall principle: Don't let yourself float ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq231.html

Saturday Devotions in Honor of Our Lady

Historical Background of the Saturdays in Honor of Mary, The Golden Saturdays, The Heart of Mary Saturdays and the Saturday Rosary, First Saturday Communion of Reparation, The Fifteen Saturdays of the Rosary, and others.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/firstsaturday.html

See also:
Explain why Saturday is devoted to Our Lady and tellwhat the requirements of the devotion of the five First Saturdays are?
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq178.html

What about Our Lady of Victory? (YQ 103)

Mary, Refuge of Sinners, 1836 Basilica of Our Lady of Victories. To commemorate the victory of the Christian Armada on October 7, 1571, Pope Pius V introduced in 1572 the festem BMV de victoria – rosary plays important role.
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq103.html

What is the Fiat Rosary? (YQ 116)

The Fiat Rosary is named after Cardinal Leon Suenen's Fiat Movement, which encourages total openness to God in imitation of Mary...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq116.html

What is the Missionary Rosary?

The Mission Rosary links two major concerns of our church: prayer and apostolate. The rosary is a traditional form of prayer which combines remembrance, praise and petition. It remembers the events of Salvation History...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq169.html

Is there going to be a fourth series of Rosary mysteries?

The German Liturgical Institute was recently asked its opinion about instituting a fourth series of Rosary mysteries, The Public Life of Jesus. A Marian group in Leutesdorf, Germany recently ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq53.html

Where can I find a Marian image, statue, rosary, book? (YQ 86)

To find a Marian image, statue, rosary, book, or other such items, first look at your local religious supply store. Of course, the Web may be a resource, but always be cautious. We have compiled ...
www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq86.html

A Western Way of Meditation: The Rosary Revisited

David Burton Bryan / Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1991
This is a review of the book.
www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bkrevbryan.html

See also sidebar: resources / bibliography.

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 Protevangelium Jacobi (First Gospel of James) (ca. 150) examines ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq05.html

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

Theme: The Life of Mary: Visitation (Mary's Service)

Among the document references, this from Catechism of the Catholic Church:

"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John." (Jn 1:6) John was "filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb" (Lk. 1:15, 41) by Christ himself, whom the Virgin Mary had just conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary's visitation to Elizabeth thus became a visit from God to his people. (Cf. Lk. 1:68) 717
See more at: /mary/resources/documents/docs6-2c.html

Theme: The Life of Mary: Visitation (Elizabeth's Perspective)

Among the document references, this from Redemptoris Mater :

"And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Lk.1:43) Elizabeth bears witness to Mary: she recognizes and proclaims that before her stands the Mother of the Lord, the Mother of the Messiah. The son whom Elizabeth is carrying in her womb also shares in this witness: "The babe in my womb leaped for joy" (Lk. 1:44). 12
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2d.html

Theme: The Life of Mary: Magnificat Song

Among the document references, this from Marialis Cultus:

Magnificat (exemplar of the Church, esp in liturgy  ) the Virgin in prayer ... "In her exultation Mary prophetically declared in the name of the Church: 'My soul proclaims the glory of the Lord...'" (Adversus Haereses III). And in fact Mary's hymn has spread far and wide and has become the prayer of the whole Church in all ages. 18

In Mary's prophetic canticle (cf. Lk. 1:46-55) they saw a special working of the Spirit who had spoken through the mouths of the prophets. (Origen) 26
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2e.html

Theme: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catechetics

A Synod of Bishops --1977; Oral Intervention by John Joseph Cardinal Carberry, Archbishop of St. Louis:

Within the document it states: Here, again, Mary in the mystery of the Visitation, of Cana, of Calvary, is the ideal image for our young people to whom we proclaim the Word of God.
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/carberry.html

Mary Page FAQ #1: What do we know about Mary's life?

In response to the request of many readers, we have produced a general summary of the life of Jesus' mother, Mary. The canonical scriptures (especially the Gospels) are the primary source of information about the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq01.html

Mary Page FAQ #3: 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. Some of the more important celebrations on the current ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq03.html

The "Merciless" Magnificat

The text contains: Mary's song is the "magna charta" of any and all authentic faith experience. It is a description of the two columns upon which rests the weight of God's grace in this world; it pictures the two wings on which the soul is elevated toward her final encounter with God.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MercilessMagnificat.html

The Joyful Mysteries

See the Visitation mystery as based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/joyful.html

Rosary Information Index

Extensive material on the rosary which includes the second joyful mystery, The Visitation
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/rosdex.html

A Video on the Visitation
The Marian Library lends its videos. See page:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/videos/show_list.php3?search=Visitation

Mary, Queen of Apostles / Celebrated on the Saturday between Ascension and Pentecost

Q: Where did the title Mary Queen of Apostles come from?
A: Mary Queen of Apostles, understood as title/advocation first appears in...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq40.html

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother and Teacher in the Spirit

Explanation for the votive Mass with the above title:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/bvmtext2.htm

The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin

Letter of Pope Paul VI to Cardinal Léon Josef von Suenens on the Occasion of the International Marian Congress, May 13, 1975.
Pope Paul VI emphasized the need to couple devotion to the Virgin Mary with devotion to the Holy Spirit in these critical times.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/suenens.html

Theme: The Life of Mary: Pentecost

Among the document references, this from Behold Your Mother:

There are striking likenesses between the Annunciation and Pentecost. Mary, the great mother figure for the Church, is present not only at the Annunciation, but praying with her Son's disciples before Pentecost. 79
After Christ's Resurrection, surrounded by His disciples, Mary prayed for the coming of that same Spirit, in order that the Church, the Body of her Son, might be born on Pentecost. 115
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs6-2l.html

Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: General

Among the document references, this from Marialis Cultus:

In the Virgin Mary everything is relative to Christ and dependent upon Him. It was with a view to Christ that God the Father from all eternity chose her to be the all-holy Mother and adorned her with gifts of the Spirit granted to no one else. 25
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs3-0.html

Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Overshadowed by the Spirit (Incarnation)

Among the document references, this from Behold Your Mother:

Any correct understanding of Mary's role must be seen in connection with the predominant role of the Holy Spirit. ... St. Luke presents Mary as the humble woman overshadowed by the Holy Spirit in order that Christ be formed. "God sent his Son born of a woman..... that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Gal 4:4). (LG 52) 112.  See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs3-1.html

Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Fashioned by the Spirit (Her whole existence)

Among the document references, this from Marialis Cultus:

Theological reflection and the liturgy have in fact noted how the sanctifying intervention of the Spirit in the Virgin of Nazareth was a culminating moment of the Spirit's action in the history of salvation. Thus, for example, some Fathers and writers of the Church attributed to the work of the Spirit the original holiness of Mary, who was as it were "fashioned by the Holy Spirit into a kind of new substance and new creature." (LG 56) 26
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs3-2.html

Theme: Mary and the Holy Spirit: Fullness of Grace

Among the document references, this from Signum Magnum:

It was this perfect harmony between divine grace and her own human activity that gave honor to the Blessed Trinity and made her the crowning glory of the Church. 16
See more at: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/docs3-3.html

The Holy Spirit and Mary

This collection covers the themes: The Year of the Holy Spirit, 1998; Sacred Scripture Concerning the Holy Spirit and Mary; Mary as Image of the Holy Spirit; Marialis Cultus: The Holy Spirit and Marian Devotion; Recent Magisterial Teachings on the Holy Spirit and Mary; The Holy Spirit and Mary in Iconography
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/h-spirit.html

Mary, Mother of the Church

After fifty days of joyous celebration, the Easter Season solemnly closes each year with the great feast of Pentecost Sunday. This has been traditionally called the "birthday" of the Church , that day when "all were filled with the Holy Spirit." (Acts 2:4) Pentecost occurs ten days after the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ...
A reflection by Rev. Matthew R. Mauriello:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/Mchrch.html

Who Was Mary?

In this reflection, the author writes: At the end of her beloved Son's terrible passion and atrocious death, then his glorious resurrection and ascension St. Luke tells us in the Acts of the Apostles that the Mother of Jesus was in the upper room with fearful apostles awaiting the outpouring of the Pentecostal Spirit. Hers was an extraordinarily significant presence to the fledgling Church. The apostles were new shepherds (pastors) of Christ's Church. The Mother of Jesus is in their midst, forgiving and reconciling the disciples...
A reflection by Rev. Eamon R. Carroll, O. Carm.:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/carroll.html

Mary's Apostolic Mission And Our Participation

The Vision of Venerable William Joseph Chaminade developed by Father Emil Neubert, S.M. Brother John M. Samaha, S.M.:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/chaminade/participation.html

Present in Every Sunday of the Church

On 31 May 1998, the feast of Pentecost, the Holy Father addressed to all bishops, clergy, and faithful the apostolic letter Dies Domini on the "sanctification of the Lord's Day." The text is clear and divided into five chapters: 1) Day of the Lord; 2) Day of Christ; 3) Day of the Church; 4) Day of the Person; 5) Day of Days. Subtitles within the chapters give further expressive and suggestive names for Sunday: "day of the new creation," "day of Christ the Light," "day of the gift of the Holy Spirit" .... by Rev. Ignacio Calabuig, OSM:
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/calabuig.html

Novena Prayers to Mary, Queen of Apostles
Devotion to Mary as Queen of Apostles is one of the oldest devotions in the Church....
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/Queennovena.html

The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
Ascension and Pentecost reflections based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Art from Dominican Nuns, Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Buffalo, NY
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Two Masterpieces Depicting Mary with the Apostles at the Ascension
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/news97/0506.html

Icons / Kinds of Marian Icons

Article contains representations of an Ascension and a Pentecost icon
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/icon3.html

The Holy Spirit and Mary

This article contains several masterpieces depicting various scenes with the Holy Spirit and Mary
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/h-spirit.html

Encyclical of Pope Paul VI promulgated on April 30, 1965.
The pope urges the faithful to pray to Mary more than ever during the month of May, in connection with this exhorts all to seek peace by negotiation and prayer.
vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/

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.
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/crowning.html

What is the origin of the custom to place a crown on Mary's head?
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq123.html

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 ...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq/yq73.html

May Crowning, May, Mary's Month, Marian Coronation

May, often called Mary's month in popular devotion...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/crownmed.html

May Hymns

(oft-requested traditional hymns for May)
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/mayhymns.html

May Poetry

Our Lady of the May, To Crown the Queen of May, The Gift of the Springtime, The May Queen, Galilean May, Our Lady of May, May Day Pageant, The May Magnificat (and more)
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/may.html

New Marian Poetry

"May Time", "To the Queen of May", "Anticipation", "The Month of May", "To Crown the Queen of May", "Another Maytime", "The May Queen", "May Blessing"
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/new.html

The Rosary

The Glorious Mysteries

... invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix. The Coronation of Our Lady, the "splendor of an entirely unique holiness"
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/glorious.html

Popular devotion stresses Mary's sorrow more than her joy. The following provide some exceptions:

                    The Three Easter Days
                    Did Christ Visit Mary at or after the Resurrection? Early Writings
                    Et Prima Vidit": The Iconography of the Appearance of Christ to His Mother
                     Marian Masses During the Easter Season
                    A Marian Reflection and Prayer

The Mary Page:  the Season of Lent

See our Lenten resources listed below.

The commentary in the Sacramentary of the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the votive Mass, "Holy Mary, Disciple of the Lord," says about Lent:

Lent is a "journey" for the faithful, during which they "more diligently listen to the word of God and devote themselves to prayer with greater earnestness" (SC 109}, and during which they are ready to bear the cross with greater zeal, so that with minds and hearts renewed they may reach a more worthy celebration of the Easter festival. In this way they show themselves true disciples of Christ, hearing his words and seeking to make them their own (see Luke 8:15), following in his footsteps in self-denial (see Matthew 16:24), and striving to stand by his cross in faithful witness (see John 19:26).

The Blessed Virgin Mary was such a disciple. One of the prefaces in the Marian Mass, "The Commending of the Blessed Virgin Mary," sums up the Marian outlook for Lent:

Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks.

At the foot of the cross of Jesus,
by his solemn and dying wish,
a deep bond of love is fashioned
between the Blessed Virgin Mary
and his faithful disciples:
the Mother of God is entrusted to the disciples
as their own mother,
and they receive her
as a precious inheritance from their Master.

She is to be for ever
the mother of those who believe,
and they will look to her
with great confidence in her unfailing protection.
She loves her Son in loving her children,
and in heeding what she says
they keep the words of their Master.

Through him the angels of heaven
offer their prayer of adoration
as they rejoice in your presence for ever.
May our voice be one with theirs
in their triumphant hymn of praise.
(Preface 13)

Holy Mary, Disciple of the Lord
The Blessed Virgin Mary at the Foot of the Cross
The Blessed Virgin Mary at the Foot of the Cross
The Commending of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Reconciliation
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/respub/ colmas.html

Mary as Model for Advent
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/AdventModel.html

Advent: God Still Comes
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/advgod.html

Advent Calendar
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/advgod.html

Advent in Nativity Scenes
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/kreche.html

Jesse Tree
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/jessetree.html

Merciless Magnificat
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/MercilessMagnificat.html

Five Lenten Meditations

These meditations take their orientation from the Sunday liturgies for Lent, from the five votive Masses in honor of Mary for the Lenten season, from Sacred Scripture, and from devotional traditions...
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/lent.html

HAP Grieshaber's Polish Way of the Cross

The stations are accompanied by reflections from Rev. Johann G. Roten, SM.
campus.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/lent.html

Poetry for Lent

"Mother of Sorrows", "She Shall Crush Thy Head", "Communion of Reparation" (for Our Lady of Sorrows), "To the Sorrowing and Immaculate Heart", "Lady Most Pitiful", "The Passion", and many more...
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/lent poet.html

Poetry for Passiontide

This poetry section concentrates on the final days of the Lenten season. http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/passp.html

Thomas Merton’s Evening: Zero Weather - Written in 1947

Here in the zero days before Lent -
(We are already binding up our sheaves of harvest
Beating the lazy liturgy, going up with exultation
Even on the eve of our Ash Wednesday...)
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/poetry/merton01.html#zero

The Rosary

The Sorrowful Mysteries, to be said on Tuesdays and Fridays, as well as Sundays during Lent.
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/faq/faq07.html

Marian Music Collection – Lent

For the season of Lent see a selection of chant, traditional, contemporary, ecumenical, and art songs at http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/music/mus_words/lent.htm

The Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Letter of Pope Paul VI to Cardinal L‚on Josef von Suenens
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/suenens.html

Mary Page Resource Documents

Her serving of the whole human race began from the moment of the Annunciation, and her entire life, then and now, was/is one of loving service. (SM 21)
http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/documents/SM.html