Saturday, August 15, 2009

Evening Prayer 8.15.09, St. Mary The Virgin « The Daily Office

Today is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the most contentious bits of Catholic teaching among their non-Catholic brethren. This morning's meditation ? a little late (sorry) for reasons I will explain later ...

On November 1, 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith: ?We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the ...

The Old Testament is filled with typologies of mitha the virgin Mary, beginning with Eve who brought death upon humanity through her disobedience. The Theotokos, as the most ?blessed among women,? is the New Eve who through her great humility ...

O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, ...

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