| Documents |
II. Mary and Jesus Christ |
| Lumen Gentium, 1964
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- united to him by a close and indissoluble
tie
53
- this union of the mother with the Son in the work of salvation is made manifest from the
time
of Christ's conception up to his death... 57
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| Mense Maio, 1965
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- every encounter with her can only result
in an encounter with Christ himself 5
- we continually turn to Mary...to seek...Christ she holds in her arms
6
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| Signum Magnum, 1967
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- was united to Him "by a close,
indissoluble
bond," [LG 53] 5
- was accorded a special "role...in the mystery of the Incarnate Word" [LG 54] that is, "in the
economy of salvation." [LG 55] 5
- [after Ascension] she remained united to her son by her enduring and ardent love
19
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| Creed, Paul VI, 1968
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- joined by a close and indissoluble bond to
the
Mysteries of the Incarnation
and Redemption [18: cf. LG 53, 58, 61] 14
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| General Catechetical Directory, 1971
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- Mary is united in an ineffable manner with
the
Lord
68
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| Behold Your Mother (USA), 1973
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- She is totally dependent on her son.
6
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| Marialis Cultus, 1974
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- 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
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| Redemptor Hominis, 1979
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- [pastoral need]
if we feel a special need, in this difficult and responsible phase of the history of the Church and
of
mankind, to turn to Christ, who is Lord of the Church and Lord of man's history on account of
the mystery of the Redemption, we believe that nobody else can bring us as Mary can into the
divine and human dimension of this mystery. Final ¶
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| Redemptoris Mater, 1987
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- "only in the mystery of the Incarnate Word
does the mystery of man take on
light," then this principle must be applied in a very particular way to that exceptional "daughter
of
the
human race," that extraordinary "woman" who became the Mother of Christ. Only in the
mystery
of
Christ is her mystery fully made clear. (cf. GS 22) 4
- ... she made present to humanity the mystery of Christ. And she still continues to do so.
Through
the mystery of Christ, she too is present within mankind. Thus through the mystery of the Son
the
mystery of the Mother is also made clear. 19
- united by a close and indissoluble bond (LG 53) 41
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| The VM in Intellectual and Spiritual
Formation, 1988 |
- The Council, explaining the participation
of Mary in the history of salvation expounded, first of all the multiple aspects of the relationship
between the Virgin and Christ:
7
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Catechism of the Catholic Church,
1994
Fidei Depositum, 1992 |
Christ and Mary: 437, 467, 469, 726, 970, 1138,
2162, 2665
[BB] |
Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 2003
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- I would like to rekindle this Eucharistic
"amazement" by the present Encyclical Letter, in continuity with the Jubilee heritage which I
have left to the Church in the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte and its Marian
crowning, Rosarium Virginis Mariae. To contemplate the face of Christ, and to
contemplate it with Mary, is the "program" which I have set before the Church at the dawn of the
third millennium, summoning her to put out into the deep on the sea of history with the
enthusiasm of the new evangelization. 6
- By proclaiming the Year of the Rosary, I wish to put this, my twenty-fifth anniversary, under
the aegis of the contemplation of Christ at the school of Mary. 7
- In my Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, I pointed to the Blessed Virgin
Mary as our teacher in contemplating Christ's face, and among the mysteries of light I included
the institution of the Eucharist.102 Mary can guide us towards this most holy sacrament, because
she herself has a profound relationship with it. 53
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