Mary and the Trinity

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today, on this Feast of the Holy Trinity, it is good to ponder the unique relationship of Mary with the Three Persons in One God. When Jesus told us from His Cross, "Behold your Mother", I believe He intended us to see in her the perfect Model for our lives of discipleship. Pope John Paul II wrote:

Mary's threefold relationship with the divine Persons is confirmed in precise words and with a description of the characteristic relationship which links the Mother of the Lord to the Church: "She is endowed with the high office and dignity of the Mother of the Son of God, and therefore she is also the beloved daughter of the Father and the temple of the Holy Spirit" (Lumen gentium, n. 53).

Full text of his Wednesday Audience on the Trinitarian dimension of Marian doctrine can be read [HERE](http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2bvm11.htm)
What great dignity we are likewise called to in our own vocation to holiness! Though Mary alone was called to become the physical Mother of God, we, by our baptism, are also called into relationship with the Trinity and to live as Mary in did in union with God in Charity.

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
Mary, Praise of the Trinity, pray for us.

 

[BornAgainRN]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today, on this Feast of the Holy Trinity, it is good to ponder the unique relationship of Mary with the Three Persons in One God. When Jesus told us from His Cross, "Behold your Mother", I believe He intended us to see in her the perfect Model for our lives of discipleship. Pope John Paul II wrote:

Full text of his Wednesday Audience on the Trinitarian dimension of Marian doctrine can be read [HERE](http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2bvm11.htm)
What great dignity we are likewise called to in our own vocation to holiness! Though Mary alone was called to become the physical Mother of God, we, by our baptism, are also called into relationship with the Trinity and to live as Mary in did in union with God in Charity.

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
Mary, Praise of the Trinity, pray for us.

When Jesus told John ‘behold your mother,’ Jesus was entrusting Mary to John (His cousin), because Joseph was most likely dead, & Jesus, being her eldest child had been caring for her, & was about to die. But, Mary is NOT our ‘Blessed Mother.’ In fact, even on the cross, as well as the wedding at Cana, Jesus NEVER refers to Mary as ‘Mother,’ but as ‘Woman,’ which is a term of endearment, & means ‘Widow’ in the Greek, & that He was caring for her, but NOT that she was anymore His bride than the rest of the Church is.

 

[Samson01]

When Jesus told John ‘behold your mother,’ Jesus was entrusting Mary to John (His cousin), because Joseph was most likely dead, & Jesus, being her eldest child had been caring for her, & was about to die. But, Mary is NOT our ‘Blessed Mother.’ In fact, even on the cross, as well as the wedding at Cana, Jesus NEVER refers to Mary as ‘Mother,’ but as ‘Woman,’ which is a term of endearment, & means ‘Widow’ in the Greek, & that He was caring for her, but NOT that she was anymore His bride than the rest of the Church is.

Take it to the apologetics subforum…reported.

 

[De_Montfort]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today, on this Feast of the Holy Trinity, it is good to ponder the unique relationship of Mary with the Three Persons in One God. When Jesus told us from His Cross, "Behold your Mother", I believe He intended us to see in her the perfect Model for our lives of discipleship. Pope John Paul II wrote:

Full text of his Wednesday Audience on the Trinitarian dimension of Marian doctrine can be read [HERE](http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2bvm11.htm)
What great dignity we are likewise called to in our own vocation to holiness! Though Mary alone was called to become the physical Mother of God, we, by our baptism, are also called into relationship with the Trinity and to live as Mary in did in union with God in Charity.

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
Mary, Praise of the Trinity, pray for us.

Awesome read! Thanks for sharing Maria

 

[MariaChristi]

Awesome read! Thanks for sharing Maria

Dear De Montfort,

Yes, the writing of John Paul II is always a blessing! I believe he was much influenced by his reading and pondering of St. Louis De Montfort’s True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, as well as the works of his fellow Polish countryman, St. Maximillian Kolbe.

May we continue to learn from the wisdom of the saints, and become for our own time, the unique saints God intends each of us to be!