Lets talk about Mary

[Razanir]

The three names I call her by most often:
-The Blessed Virgin. No particular reason, it’s just the one I use
-Our Lady of the Rosary. I actually keep a one decade Rosary ring in my pocket at all times, and have been meaning to get it blessed.
-And when I’m being less formal, Mama Mary. What can I say? I’m a religious mama’s boy

 

[MysticalSelah]

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deu 6:4-5

If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. Deu 13:1-4

Jesus replied: "‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Mat 22:37

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. “If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans;*** I will come to you***. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. "All this I have spoken while still with you. Jhn 14:12-25

Give all the glory, devotion, prayer, worship, and offerings of thanksgiving to Jesus Christ, who alone shed his blood on the cross and was risen to heaven

The Theotokos is worthy of honor because she is the Mother of God.

God bless you

 

[po18guy]

This is what Gabriel said:

You have a wonderful faith, which is admirable, but do not get caught in the trap of an “either-or” faith. God will give you the grace to have a “both-and” faith. Do you stop loving your first child because you have a second? Do you love the first half as much so as to love the other the with the reminder of your love? Do you stop lovng your mother and father because you love the Lord? Nonsense! You love both fully and experience the synergistic love that is greater than the sum of the two loves. Our capacity to experience God’s love is often limited by our will. At the bare minimum, we can learn from human examples of the divine virtues, can we not? Is not Paul an example for us to follow? He says that he is, in 1 Corinthinas 4:16, 11:1. Does the bible say that Paul alone should be our example? No, it does not. Someone whom I consider to be far superior in intellect, education and spirituality to us has rendered an opinion on this:

Mary Is A Model On How To Obtain Peace

We may ask ourselves: what is the basis, the origin, the root of peace? How can we experience that peace within ourselves, in spite of problems, darkness and anxieties? The reply is given to us by the readings of today’s liturgy. The biblical texts, especially the one just read from the Gospel of Luke, ask us to contemplate the interior peace of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. During the days in which “she gave birth to her first-born son” (Lk2:7), many unexpected things occurred: not only the birth of the Son but, even before, the tiring journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, not finding room at the inn, the search for a chance place to stay for the night; then the song of the angels and the unexpected visit of the shepherds. In all this, however, Mary remains even tempered, she does not get agitated, she is not overcome by events greater than herself; in silence she considers what happens, keeping it in her mind and heart, and pondering it calmly and serenely. This is the interior peace which we ought to have amid the sometimes tumultuous and confusing events of history, events whose meaning we often do not grasp and which disconcert us.
excerpt from the Homily of January 1, 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI

 

[abort73catholic]

I did DeMonfort’s total consecration as well. Because I have a special love for Our Lady of Guadalupe, I chose to end it on her feast day. When I pray for her intercession, it is her that I always imagine. I usually call her “Our Lady” or “Nuestra Señora” (I am a Spanish major and have learned most of the Rosary in Spanish).

 

[CaptFun]

Hey, thats my username!!

But indeed very true. She is a literal Mother to all of us, a Mamma, if you will, put tenderly. That is why we have to be real devotees and slaves of Our Lady. I cannot recommend strongly enough, Total Consecration, Either according to the method of A) St. Louis Marie De Monfort or B) St. Maximillian Kolbe, both are excellent (Although I have only done St. Louis De Monfort’s). I also HIGHLY (When I say HIGHLY, I mean HIGHLY) Recomend the Most Holy Rosary. I also recommend Marian Prayers such as the Memorare, Sub Tuum Praesidium, The Angelus, The Magnificat (The Prayer of Our Lady Herself) etc. I also recommend that You get enrolled in the Brown Scapular and wear one regularly, and a Miraculous Medal.

I personally love Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Fatima

I love Our Lady of Guadalupe because in that apparition, She stressed to St. Juan Diego on how much of a loving Mother She is and how She desires to love all mankind as Her children, and I love spanish/hispanic culture

I love Our Lady of Fatima because there She appeared as a Mother with love and caution in Her Heart warning us of dangers if the world does not heed Her counsel and turn to Her as Our Mother, and Her SON as our LORD and GOD.

I’ll try not to be jealous. :dancing: And even though Mary is called “cause of our Joy” as one of her titles - I suppose I’ll wait in vain for anyone to call her … wait for it … Captain Fun!

My mother loved to refer to Our Mother of Perpetual Help.

In first grade the sisters told us that Mary watched over us for Jesus and had us under her mantle … which is why the sky is blue! Nice feeling.

After my divorce years ago, though I didn’t want it to happen, I was tempted with bad (suspicious, resentful) feelings about women. Furthermore a Fundamentalist relative, who was otherwise wonderful to me at the time … went anti-Catholic and anti-Mary.

Under this influence I scrupulously avoided any of the occasional Marian devotions I would do. Rosary. Quick Hail Mary. Scapular. And focused solely on JESUS!

To my surprise … one night when I was in fervent prayer battling withdrawal symptoms from being married (including now being suddenly single - and “in trouble” due to longings that were no longer able to be directed anywhere); Jesus told me “Look to my mother!”

It’s the last thing I would have thought to do. And was stunned. But it ended up being a healing. I won’t go into details, but I found that Our Mother - who loves us with HIS love and love of her own - is a precious gift to us that we should never disdain.

Healing came a bit at a time … but my critical need for peace came quickly, with a great female friend (previous acquaintance) I met later that night after mass.

To me Our Blessed Mother is a prayer pal with 24 hour availablility … always ready to join my prayer so that Jesus can be “in our midst” per the “two or more gathered in His name”.

Her having an Immaculate Heart totally devoted to God rubs off on you if you keep her close. She encourages and inspires us as the first Christian – and – she loves us too.

It is God’s plan that the first person we meet in this life is our mother. She is a holy vessel and brings us life in our helplessness before we were born and for the first few years after.

It is interesting how Our Lord crafted His Mother to be quite like Him. He is humble and meek … yet Lord of all. She is the humble handmaiden of the Lord … yet crowned above with unimaginable power given to her. Like a mother, she will come to her children when they call.

Pray for us sinners!