Pope Francis: Let Mary Teach You What to Do in the New Year
‘She tenderly takes care — this is the language of Mary — to tenderly take care of the Child. This is Mary’s greatness,’ the Holy Father said Jan. 1.
‘She tenderly takes care — this is the language of Mary — to tenderly take care of the Child. This is Mary’s greatness,’ the Holy Father said Jan. 1.
SCRIPTURES & ART: Jesus first shed his blood in the Circumcision. It would not be the last time his Mother witnessed the shedding of his blood.
The Solemnity of Mary as the Mother of God concludes the octave of Christmas, or the eight days following Christ’s birth.
User’s Guide to the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
"The hope he gives us is a hope that never disappoints,” the Pope said on Dec. 31 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
User's Guide to Sunday, Jan. 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
“To celebrate Mary as Mother of God and our mother at the beginning of the new year means recalling a certainty that will accompany our days: we are a people with a Mother; we are not orphans.”
COMMENTARY: By a quirk of history or a turn of divine Providence, the celebration of the new year has returned once again to a Marian celebration of the beginning of the world’s redemption.
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