Mulier, ecce filius tuus… Ecce Mater tua. Woman, behold thy son… Behold thy mother.
All antiquity asserts that St. John was ever a virgin, and specially on this account he was given as a son to Mary, and honored in being made to occupy the place of Jesus Christ; on which account the holy Church sings, “To him a virgin He commended his Virgin Mother.” And from the moment of the Lord’s death, as it is written, St. John received Mary into his own house, and assisted and obeyed her throughout her life, as if she had been his own mother.
Jesus said to her, Woman, behold thy son! It is doubted by none that this woman was the Blessed Virgin Mary, who, by means of her Son, would crush the head of Satan. Naturally was Mary the enemy of the serpent, because Lucifer was haughty, ungrateful, and disobedient, while she was humble, grateful, and obedient. It is said, She shall crush thy head, because Mary, by means of her Son, beat down the pride of Lucifer.
God said to the serpent, I will put enmities between- thy seed and the woman. This shows that after the fall of man, through sin, notwithstanding all that would be done by the redemption of Jesus Christ, there would be two families and two posterities in the world, the seed of Satan signifying the family of sinners, his children corrupted by him, and the seed of Mary signifying the holy family, which includes all the just, with their head Jesus Christ. Hence Mary was destined to be the mother both of the head and of the members, namely, the faithful. Therefore, St. John was not called John, but the disciple beloved by the Lord, that we might understand that Mary is the mother of every good Christian who is beloved by Jesus Christ, and in whom Jesus Christ lives by his Spirit.
The pain which the Holy Virgin endured in the Passion of her Son exceeded all the pains which a human heart can endure; but the grief of Mary was not a barren grief, like that of other mothers who behold the sufferings of their children; it was a fruitful grief, since through the merits of her so great grief, and through her love (according to the opinion of St. Augustine), as she was the natural mother of our head Jesus Christ,’ so she then became the spiritual mother of us who are his faithful members, in co-operating with him by her love in causing us to be born, and to be the children of the Church.
i wish i could go back in time and show this image to martin luther
Advanced Protestantism
This isn’t protestantism. This isn’t even Christian.
Advanced Protestantism? Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox are the ones always accusing Protestants of caring too much about the bible and not enough about “Holy Tradition.”
“Mary, in the course of history, has not failed to show her motherly care for the little ones…think of…Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta of Fatima.” -St. John Paul II Dollsfromheaven.com
“There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.” -Sister Lucia Dollsfromheaven.com
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“Don’t lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” -Our Lady of Fatima Dollsfromheaven.com
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Mary’s second outfit is based on one of the apparitions of Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Fatima. A story that will teach children the love for prayer, especially the Holy Rosary. http://www.dollsfromheaven.com/blog/meet-our-new-doll
Meet our New Doll! We are so pleased to introduce you to the newest member of the Dolls From Heaven family, Mary of Nazareth. We hope her story will inspire children to have a greater love for Our Blessed Mother and to trust in God as she did. http://www.dollsfromheaven.com/blog/meet-our-new-doll
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