Mary , Mother of God

“Behold, you will conceive and bear a son” (Luke 1:31)

“Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through

the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.” (Mt 1:20)

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall be

with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.”

(Is 7:14)

moment of conception“Dei Genetrix”

giving birth“Theotokos”

"Can it indeed be that God

dwells among men on earth? If the heavens and

the highest heavens cannot

contain you, how much less

this temple which I have

built!”

(1 Kgs 8:27)

“That which the heavens cannot contain, has become man in the womb of Mary!”

“And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43)

“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.” (John 2:1)

“Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was

betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through

the holy Spirit.” (Mt 1:18)“Standing by the cross of Jesus were

his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of

Magdala.When Jesus saw his mother and the

disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your

son.” (Jn 19:25-26)Mother of Jesus

Jesus is true man

Jesus is God

Jesus is bothGod and manin the same

person

GOD’S

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This is credible precisely because it is crazy

It is certain precisely because it is impossible

It is divine precisely because it is not what man

would do

“You are my son; I have

begotten you!” (Heb 1:5)

“In the title Mother of God, all honor is included; no one could say anything

greater of her, or to her, even if he had as many tongues as there are blades of grass or stars in the sky or grains in the sand in the sea. We must let our hearts

reflect on what it means to be the Mother of God”

MARTIN LUTHER

Ecumenical Title“We believe, teach and confess that Mary. . . is rightly called, and truly is, the Mother

of God” (formula composed after Luther’s death)

“In my opinion Mary is rightly called the Genetrix of God, the divine Theotokos,

chosen even before she could have faith”- Zwingli

“Scripture explicitly tells us that he who is to be born of the Virgin Mary will be called the Son of God and that the same time Virgin is

the Mother of our Lord”- John Calvin

Imitation of Mary

“What use would it be to me that Christ was born once of

Mary in Bethlehem if he were not born of faith in my

soul too?” - Origen

“My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God

and do it” (Luke 8:21)

UNFULFILLED MATERNITIES:

ABORTION TEST TUBESPIRITUAL LEVEL

THOSE WHO CONCEIVE

JESUS WITHOUT

GIVING HIM BIRTH “For if anyone is a

hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror. He sees himself, then goes off and promptly forgets what he looked

like.” (Jas 1:23-24)

THOSE WHO GAVE BIRTH TO CHRIST WITHOUT HAVING

CONCEIVED HIM

"Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (Mk

7:6)

St Francis of Assisi

“We are mothers of Christ when we carry him in our hearts and bodies through divine love and a pure and

sincere conscience, we bring him forth through works which must be a

shining example to others. . . O, how blessed and dear, how pleasant,

humble, peaceful, sweet, amiable and desirable

above all things to have such a brother and such a

son as Our Lord Jesus Christ!”

“His Mother carried him in her womb, may we

carry him in our hearts; the Virgin became pregnant with the

Incarnation of Christ, may our heart become pregnant with faith in

Christ; she brought forth the Savior, may our

souls bring forth salvation and praise. May our souls be not sterile, but fertile for

God” St

Augustine

“Let your light shine

before men, that they may see your good

works and give glory to your Father,

who is in heaven” (Mt 5:16)