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Redemptoris Mater
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  • INTRODUCTION
  1: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 52 and[...]
  2: . The expression "fullness of time" (pleroma tou chronou) is parallel with similar expressions of [...]
  3: . Cf. Roman Missal, Preface of 8 December, Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Saint[...]
  4: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 58.
  5: . Pope Paul VI, Encyclical Epistle Christi Matri (15 September 1966): AAS 58 (1966) 745-749, Apost[...]
  6: . The Old Testament foretold in many different ways the mystery of Mary: cf. Saint John Damascene,[...]
  7: . Cf. Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, VI/2 (1983) 225f.; Pope Pius IX, Apostolic Letter Ineffabi[...]
  8: . Cf. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 22.
  9: . Ecumenical Council of Ephesus, in Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Decreta, Bologna 1973, 41-44; 59-61:[...]
  10: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudi[...]
  11: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 52.
  12: . Cf. ibid., 58.
  13: . Ibid., 63, cf. Saint Ambrose, Expos. Evang. sec. Lucam, II, 7: CSEL 32/4, 45; De Institutione Vi[...]
  14: . Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 64.
  15: . Ibid., 65.
  16: . "Take away this star of the sun which illuminates the world: where does the day go? Take away Ma[...]
  17: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 63.
  18: . Ibid., 63.


  • PART I - MARY IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST
    • 1. Full of Grace
  19: . Concerning the predestination of Mary, cf. Saint John Damascene, Hom. in Nativitatem, 7, 10: S. [...]
  20: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 55.
  21: . In Patristic tradition there is a wide and varied interpretation of this expression: cf. Origen,[...]
  22: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 55.
  23: . Ibid., 53.
  24: . Cf. Pope Pius XI, Apostolic Letter Ineffabilis Deus (8 December 1854): Pii IX P.M. Acta, pars I,[...]
  25: . Cf. Saint Germanus of Constantinople, In Annuntiationem SS. Deiparae Hom.: PG 98, 327f.; Saint A[...]
  26: . Liturgy of the Hours of 15 August, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymn at First and Seco[...]
  27: . Divina Commedia, Paradiso, XXXIII, 1; cf. Liturgy of the Hours, Memomial of the Blessed Virgin M[...]


  • PART I - MARY IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST
    • 2. Blessed is she who believed
  28: . Cf. Saint Augustine, De Sancta Virginitate, III, 3: PL 40, 398; Sermo 25, 7: PL 46,
  29: . Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 5
  30: . This is a classic theme, already expounded by Saint Irenaeus: "And, as by the action of the diso[...]
  31: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 5.
  32: . Ibid., 5, cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 56.
  33: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 56.
  34: . Ibid., 56.
  35: . Cf. ibid., 53; Saint Augustine, De Sancta Virginitate, III, 3: PL 40, 398; Sermo 215, 4; PL 38, [...]
  36: . Ascent of Mount Carmel, 1. II, Ch. 3, 4-6.
  37: . Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 58.
  38: . Ibid., 58.
  39: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 5.[...]
  40: . Concerning Mary's participation or "compassion" in the death of Christ, cf. Saint Bernard, In Do[...]
  41: . Saint Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses III, 22, 4: S. Ch. 211, 438-444; cf. Dogmatic Constitution on [...]
  42: . Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 56, and the Fathers quoted there in Notes[...]


  • PART I - MARY IN THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST
    • 3. Behold your mother
  43: . "Christ is truth, Christ is flesh: Christ truth in the mind of Mary, Christ flesh in the womb of[...]
  44: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 60.
  45: . Ibid., 61.
  46: . Ibid., 62.
  47: . There is a well-known passage of Origen on the presence of Mary and John on Calvary: "The Gospel[...]
  48: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 54 and 53; the latter text quotes Saint Augus[...]
  49: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 55.
  50: . Cf. Saint Leo the Great, Tractatus 26, de natale Domini, 2: CCL 138, 126.
  51: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 59.


  • PART II  - THE MOTHER OF GOD AT THE CENTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH
    • 1. The Church, the People of God present in all the nations of the earth
  52: . Saint Augustine, De civitate Dei, XVIII, 51: CCL 48, 650.
  53: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 8.
  54: . Ibid., 9.
  55: . Ibid., 9.
  56: . Ibid., 8.
  57: . Ibid., 9.
  58: . Ibid., 65.
  59: . Ibid., 59.
  60: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 5.[...]
  61: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 63. [...]
  62: . Cf. ibid., 9.
  63: . Cf. ibid., 65.
  64: . Ibid., 65.
  65: . Ibid., 65.
  66: . Cf. ibid., 13.
  67: . Cf. ibid., 13.
  68: . Cf. ibid., 13.
  69: . Cf. Roman Missal, formula of the Consecration of the Chalice in the Eucharistic Prayers.
  70: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 1.
  71: . Ibid., 13.


  • PART II  - THE MOTHER OF GOD AT THE CENTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH
    • 2. The Church's journey and the unity of all Christians
  72: . Ibid., 15.
  73: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 1.
  74: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 68, 69. On Mary Most Holy, promoter of Christ[...]
  75: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 20.
  76: . Cf. ibid., 19.
  77: . Ibid., 14.
  78: . Ibid., 15.
  79: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 66.
  80: . Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, Definitio fidei: Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Decreta, Bologna 1973[...]
  81: . Cf. the Weddase Maryam (Praises of Mary), which follows the Ethiopian Psalter and contains hymns[...]
  82: . Cf. Saint Ephrem, Hymn. de Nativitate: Scriptores Syri, 82, CSCO, 186.
  83: . Cf. Saint Gregory of Narek, Le livre de prieres: S. Ch. 78, 160-163; 428-432.
  84: . Second Ecumenical Council of Nicaea: Conciliorurn Oecumenicorum Decreta, Bologna 19733, 135-138 ([...]
  85: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 59. [...]
  86: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio, 19.


  • PART II  - THE MOTHER OF GOD AT THE CENTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH
    • 3. The "Magnificat" of the pilgrim Church
  87: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 8.
  88: . Ibid., 9.
  89: . As is well-known, the words of the Magnificat contain or echo numerous passages of the Old Testa[...]
  90: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 2.
  91: . Cf. for example Saint Justin, Dialogus cum Tryphone ludaeo, 100: Otto II, 358; Saint Irenaeus, A[...]
  92: . Cf. Saint Epiphanius, Panarion, III, 2; Haer. 78, 18: PG 42, 727-730.
  93: . Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation (22 [...]


  • PART III - MATERNAL MEDIATION
    • 1. Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord
  94: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 60.
  95: . Ibid., 60.
  96: . Cf. the formula of mediatrix "ad Mediatorem" of Saint Bernard, In Dominica infra oct. Assumption[...]
  97: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 62.
  98: . Ibid., 62.
  99: . Ibid., 61.
  100: . Ibid., 62.
  101: . Ibid., 61.
  102: . Ibid., 61.
  103: . Ibid., 62.
  104: . Ibid., 62.
  105: . Ibid., 62; in her prayer too the Church recognizes and celebrates Mary's "maternal role": it is [...]
  106: . Ibid., 62.
  107: . Ibid., 62; cf. Saint John Damascene, Hom. in Dormitionem, I, 11; II, 2, 14; III, 2: S. Ch. 80, 1[...]
  108: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 59; cf. Pope Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution[...]
  109: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 53.
  110: . On this particular aspect of Mary's mediation as implorer of clemency from the "Son as Judge," c[...]
  111: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 55.
  112: . Ibid., 59.
  113: . Ibid., 36.
  114: . Ibid., 36.
  115: . With regard to Mary as Queen, cf. Saint John Damascene, Hom. in Nativitatem, 6; 12; Hom. in Dorm[...]
  116: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 62.


  • PART III - MATERNAL MEDIATION
    • 2. Mary in the life of the Church and of every Christian
  117: . Ibid., 63.
  118: . Ibid., 63.
  119: . Ibid., 66.
  120: . Cf. Saint Ambrose, De Institutione Virginis, XIV, 88-89: PL 16, 341, Saint Augustine, Sermo 215,[...]
  121: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Centium, 63. [...]
  122: . Ibid., 64.
  123: . Ibid., 64.
  124: . Ibid., 64.
  125: . Ibid., 64.
  126: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 8;[...]
  127: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 64.
  128: . Ibid., 63.
  129: . Cf. ibid., 63.
  130: . Clearly, in the Greek text the expression "eis ta idia" goes beyond the mere acceptance of Mary [...]
  131: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 62.
  132: . Ibid., 63.
  133: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudi[...]
  134: . Cf. Pope Paul VI, Discourse of 21 November 1964: AAS 56 (1964) 1015.
  135: . Pope Paul VI, Solemn Profession of Faith (30 June 1968), 15: AAS 60 (1968) 438f.
  136: . Pope Paul VI, Discourse of 21 November 1964: AAS 56 (1964) 1015.
  137: . Ibid., 1016.
  138: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World G[...]
  139: . Cf. Saint Bernard, In Dominica infra oct. Assumptionis Sermo: S. Bernardi Opera V, 1968, 262-27[...]
  140: . Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 65.


  • PART III - MATERNAL MEDIATION
    • 3. The meaning of the Marian Year
  141: . Cf. Encyclical Letter Fulgens Corona (8 September 1953): AAS 45 (1953) 577-592. Pius X with his [...]
  142: . Cf. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 66-67.
  143: . Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Traite de la varie devotion a la sainte Vierge. This sai[...]
  144: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 69.
  145: . Homily on 1 January 1987.
  146: . Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 69.


  • CONCLUSION
  147: . Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum, 2:[...]


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