| Documents |
II. Mary and Jesus Christ / 2b. Mother of Jesus
Christ / Mother as Birth Giver |
| Lumen Gentium,
1964 |
- when the Son of God has
taken human nature from her 55
- Mother of Jesus
[predestined, enriched for her role] 56
- Mother of Jesus [in
heaven...image of Church] 68
- Mother of the Redeemer
55
- gracious mother of the
divine Redeemer [predestined mother, generous associate and
humble handmaid] 61
- conceived, brought forth,
and nourished Christ 61
- gave birth on earth to
the very Son of the Father [through her faith and
obedience]63
- the Son whom she brought
forth is he whom God placed as the first born among many brethren
(Rom 8:29) 63
- [Mother of Life] "gave
Life to the world" 53
- [Mother of Life] "Mother
of Jesus who gave to the world the Life that renews all things"
56
- enduring with her only
begotten Son 58
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| Christi Matri
Rosarii, 1968 |
- Mother of Christ 1
- for she is the mother of
Our Saviour 14
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| Signum Magnum,
1967 |
- "Mother of God and of the
Redeemer," [LG 53] 5
- she is the mother of
Jesus Christ and His closest associate in "the new economy...when
the Son of God takes on human nature from her in order to free
men from sin by the mysteries of His flesh"; [LG 55]
8
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| Creed, Paul VI,
1968 |
- ...He was incarnate of
the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, and was made
man: equal therefore to the Father according to His divinity, and
inferior to the Father according to His humanity,(11:
Symbolum Quicumque, DS 76) and Himself one, not by some
impossible confusion of His natures, but by the unity of His
person (12: Ibid.). 11
- We believe that Mary is
the Mother, who remained ever a Virgin, of the Incarnate Word,
our God and Savior Jesus Christ [cf. Conc. Ephes., DS 251-252]
14
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| Recurrens Mensis
October, 1969 |
- It is the humble Virgin
of Nazareth who became Mother of "the Prince of Peace," (Is 9:5)
of Him who was born under the sign of peace, [Lk 2:14) and who
proclaimed to the whole world: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called sons of God." (Mt 5:9)
7
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| General
Catechetical Directory, 1971 |
- the mystery of Christ the
Incarnate Word, who was born of the Virgin Mary [hierarchy of
truths] 43
- being his [the Lord's]
Ever-Virgin Mother 68
- the Church...venerates in
a most special way Christ's Mother 68
- Mother of Jesus
78
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| Basic Teaching for
Catholic Education (USA), 1973 |
- The "ever-virgin mother
of Jesus Christ our Lord and God," [Footnoted: 106 First
Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass]
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| Behold Your
Mother (USA), 1973 |
- Because of her divine
maternity, Mary stands in a unique relationship with her Savior
and her Son. 5
- she brought forth on
earth the Father=s Son...whom God placed as the first-born among
many brethren... (LG 63) 5
- We honor Mary as the
Mother of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God. 8
- the new dispensation is
established. this occurred when the Son of God took a human
nature from her, that He might in the mysteries of His flesh free
man from sin." [Paul VI, Nov. 21, 1964, pp. 137-138] 15
- In the strength of her
faith, Mary consents to the merciful Father's invitation, and in
the power of the Spirit becomes the Mother of Jesus, Son of God
in human flesh. 33
- Mother of Jesus [by
consenting] (LG 56) 55
- She conceived, brought
forth, and nourished Christ. (LG 61) 80
- "the ever-virgin Mother
of Jesus Christ our Lord and God" (Eucharistic Prayer I)
89
- Mother of Jesus 105,
106
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| Marialis Cultus,
1974 |
- [liturgy]
- - Christmas: "brought
the Savior into the world" (Eucharistic Prayer I) 5
- - March 25: of the
Word, who becomes "Son of Mary" (Mk. 6:3) 6
- she who "believing and
obeying ... brought forth on earth the Father's Son. ..." (LG 63)
19
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| Sharing the Light
of Faith (USA), 1979 |
- the mystery of Christ the
incarnate Word, who was born of the Virgin Mary 47
- [belief in Mary as]
virgin mother 78
- In taking on human flesh
through the ever-virgin Mary 87
- The "ever-virgin mother
of Jesus Christ our Lord and God," [Footnoted: 45 Roman
Ritual, First Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass.] 106
- special love and
veneration due her as mother of Christ
106
|
| Dominum et
Vivificantem, 1986 |
- Mary the Mother of Jesus
30
- For the "fullness of
time" is matched by a particular fullness of the
self-communication of the Triune God in the Holy Spirit. "By the
power of the Holy Spirit" the mystery of the "hypostatic union"
is brought about - that is, the union of the divine nature and
the human nature, of the divinity and the humanity in the one
Person of the Word-Son. When at the moment of the "annunciation
Mary utters her fiat: "Be it done unto me according to
your word," (Lk 1:38) she conceives in a virginal way a man, the
Son of Man, who is the Son of God. ... The Incarnation of God the
Son signifies the taking up into unity with God not only of human
nature, but in this human nature, in a sense, of everything that
is "flesh"; the whole of humanity, the entire visible and
material world. The Incarnation, then, also has a cosmic
significance, a cosmic dimension. 50
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| Redemptoris Mater,
1987 |
- [Luke] Mary is present as
the mother who conceives Jesus in her womb, gives him birth and
nurses him: the nursing mother referred to by the woman in the
crowd. Thanks to this motherhood, Jesus, the Son of the Most High
(cf. Lk. 1:32), is a true son of man. He is "flesh," like every
other man: he is "the Word (who) became flesh" (cf. Jn. 1: 14).
He is of the flesh and blood of Mary! (Cf. Augustine) 20
- [Cana] Mother of Jesus at
the beginning of his public life 21
- "... the Son of God took
a human nature from her, that he might in the mysteries of his
flesh free man from sin." (LG 55) 24
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| The VM in
Intellectual and Spiritual Formation, 1988
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[See also
28]
- She is the mother, who, accepting with faith
the message of the Angel, conceived the Son of God in his human
nature in her virginal womb through the action of the Holy Spirit
and without the intervention of man; she brought him to birth,
she fed him, tended him and educated him (cf. LG 57,61)
7
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| To
All Consecrated Persons, Marian Year, 1988
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- God came into the world
and was born of her as the "Son of Man" in order to fulfil the
eternal will of the Father who "so loved the world" (cf Jn 3:16)
- 22
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| Mulieris
Dignitatem, 1988 |
- [see Annunciation]
3
- He spoke as the Son,
joined to the Father by the eternal mystery of divine generation,
and he did so while being at the same time the truly human Son of
his Virgin Mother. 8 [See also 25]
- Each and every time that
motherhood is repeated in human history, it is always related to
the Covenant which God established with the human race through
the motherhood of the Mother of God. 19
- Does not Jesus bear
witness to this reality when he answers the exclamation of that
woman in the crowd who blessed him for Mary's motherhood:
"Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you
sucked!"? Jesus replies: "Blessed rather are those who hear the
word of God and keep it" (Lk 11:27-28). Jesus confirms the
meaning of motherhood in reference to the body, but at the same
time he indicates an even deeper meaning, which is connected with
the order of the spirit: it is a sign of the Covenant with God
who "is spirit" (Jn 4:24). This is true above all for the
motherhood of the Mother of God. 19
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| Veritatis
Splendor, 1993 |
- Until the time of his
birth, she sheltered in her womb the Son of God who became man
120
|
| Tertio Millennio
Adveniente, 1994 |
- And she gave birth to her
first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes ... (2:7)
2
- Born of Mary the Virgin
he truly became one of us and, sin apart, was like us in every
way. (GS 22) 4
- [For year one, Jesus
Christ, one of the Christological themes:]
a deeper understanding of the mystery of the Incarnation and of
Jesus' birth from the Virgin Mary 40
- The Blessed Virgin who
will be as it were "indirectly" present in the whole preparatory
phase, will be contemplated in the first year especially in the
mystery of her divine Motherhood. It was in her womb that the
Word became flesh! The affirmation of the central place of Christ
cannot therefore be separated from the recognition of the role
played by his Most Holy Mother. 43
|
| Evangelium Vitae,
1995 |
- Mary's consent at the
Annunciation and her motherhood stand at the very beginning of
the mystery of life which Christ came to bestow on humanity (cf.
Jn 10:10) 102
- Through her acceptance
and loving care for the life of the Incarnate Word, human life
has been rescued from condemnation to final and eternal death.
102
- She is in fact the mother
of the Life by which everyone lives 102
|
Catechism of the
Catholic Church, 1994
Fidei Depositum, 1992 |
The
Apostles' Creed: He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
The Nicene Creed: by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born
of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
437 ... From the beginning he was "the
one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world," conceived
as "holy" in Mary's virginal womb. ... (Jn 10:36, cf. Lk
1:35)
470 ...The Son of God...worked with
human hands; he thought with a human mind. He acted with a human
will, and with a human heart he loved. Born of the Virgin Mary, he
has truly been made one of us, like to us in all things except sin.
(GS 22 '2)
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| Novo Millennio
Ineunte, 2001 |
- Christianity is a
religion rooted in history! It was in the soil of history that
God chose to establish a covenant with Israel and so prepare the
birth of the Son from the womb of Mary "in the fullness of time"
(Gal 4:4). 5
- At the same time, along
with the memory of the birth of the Son, how could the memory of
the Mother be missing? 11
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| Ecclesia in
Oceania, 2001 |
- In Jesus Christ, whom she
nurtured in her womb, there is born a new world where justice and
mercy meet, a world of freedom and peace.
53
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| Rosarium Virginis
Mariae, 2002 |
i>In a unique way the face
of the Son belongs to Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was
formed, receiving from her a human resemblance which points to an
even greater spiritual closeness.... When at last she gave birth to
him in Bethlehem, her eyes were able to gaze tenderly on the face
of her Son, as she "wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him
in a manger" (Lk2:7). 10
- When in the Rosary we
plead with Mary, the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk
1:35), she intercedes for us before the Father who filled her
with grace and before the Son born of her womb, praying with us
and for us. 16
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| Ecclesia de
Eucharistia, 2001 |
- Ave, verum corpus natum
de Maria Virgine! 59
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