Category: mother of God

  • The New Temple

    The New Temple

    MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD is celebrated on 1 January, the Octave of Christmas. (Fr Vincent pointed out in his Homily that this is feast the Latin Church lifted from the East. There it is observed on 26 December.) Mary is seen as a type of the Church because she opened her heart and her…

  • Shine! Shine, O New Jerusalem

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for Mary, Mother of the ChurchMonday in the Week of Pentecost (B2) Genesis 3:9-15, 20 John 19:25-34 Diligit Dominus portas Sion super omnia tabernacula Jacob. Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei! Numquid Sion dicet : Homo et homo natus est in ea? et ipse fundavit eam Altissimus.The Lord loveth the…

  • Contemplata Aliis Tradere

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 8va Day of Christmas, The Solemnity of the Mother of God: Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:16-21 Maria autem conservabat omnia verba hæc, conferens in corde suo.But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.How does Luke know this? Because Mary told him…St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that “Vita…