Monday, 4 February 2008

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY



Blessed Virgin Mary,is the mother of Jesus Christ and also the mother of the whole world,though some people accuse catholics of worshipping her,but i saying it loud and clear now that we are not worshipping her rather we are honouring her and giving her,her deserved respect,because there is no way you will love a child and hate her mother,to me it does not work.I am challenging you now to ask whatever you want from God through her and you must surely get that provided you have faith.

FIVE MARRIAN DOGMAS

1. Mother of God:Declares mary as the mother of GOD(This dogma was declared by the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431).

2. Perpetual Virginity:This defines Mary as a virgin even after given birth to christ.

3. Immaculate conception: This declares that mary was born without the original sin(Immaculate Conception of Mary was promulgated by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854).

4. Assumption of Mary: This declares that mary body never decayed but was taken into heaven.(it was in the year1950 that it was officially pronounced a dogma by Pope Pius xii).

5. Mother of the Church:This declears Mary as the mother of the church.(The title, Mother of the Church, was proclaimed by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council in an address ending the third session of the Council on November 21, 1964).


MARRIAN TITLES:

Byzantine icon adopted into Roman Catholicism as Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Among the most prominent Marian titles in the Roman Catholic Calendar are:
Mary, Mother of God
Mary, Most Favoured Daughter of the Father
Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Mary, the Immaculate Conception (Patroness of the United States and Principal Patroness of the Philippines)
Mary Help of Christians (Patroness of Australia)
Mary, Queen of Heaven
Mary, Queen of Saints
Mary, Queen of the World
Mary, Seat of Wisdom
Mary Untier of Knots
Mary Undoer of Knots
The Immaculate Heart
Our Lady, Help of Christians
Our Lady of Aparecida (Patroness of Brazil)
Our Lady of Combermere
Our Lady of Doctrine (celebrated in Tarxien, Malta)
Our Lady of Expectation (Our Lady in Expectation)
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Health (Vailankanni, India)
Our Lady of Good Success
Our Lady of Grace
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of Lebanon
Our Lady of Loreto
Our Lady of Lujan (Patron of Argentina, in Lujan city where the impressive basilica is built)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Perpetual Help or Succour (Patroness of the Philippine Islands and Haiti)
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Our Lady of Salambao, (Patron of Obando, Bulacan)
Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, (Patron of Cavite City)
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
Our Lady of the Pillar
Our Lady of Walsingham
Our Lady of the Wayside (Patron Saint of California)
Our Lady, Queen of Croats
Our Lady, Queen of Ireland
Our Lady, Queen of Poland
Queen of the Angels--Patron and namesake of Los Angeles, California, whose original Spanish name was El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula
Queen of Genoa
Queen of Peace
The Madonna of Consolation
The Madonna del Ghisallo
The Virgin of the Charity of Cobre (Patron Saint of Cuba)
Star of the Sea (Stella Maris)
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Patron and Queen of Poland
White Lily of The Trinity and Vermilon Rose of Heaven
The Rose
Ark of the Covenant
Nuestra Señora Del Buen Suceso ( Patroness of Parañaque )
Mother of All Sorrows
Among the most prominent Marian titles in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic liturgical calendars are:
Panagia Myrtidiotissa
Panagia Evangelistria (Our Lady of the good Tidings)
Aeiparthenos Maria (forever virgin Mary)
Hyperagia Theotokos (most Holy Mother of God)
Axion Esti (it is worthy to bless Thee, the Virgin)
Panagia Despoina (Our Lady and Queen)
Rodon to Amaranton (the Unfading Rose)

MARRIAN FEAST DAYS
Among the most prominent Marian feast days in the ordinary Roman Catholic Calendar are
January 1 Mary, Mother of God
January 8 Our Lady of Prompt Succor
February 2 Purification of the Virgin
February 11 Our Lady of Lourdes
March 25 Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel (it may be either moved to the day before Palm Sunday should this date be on Holy Week; or to the Monday after the second Sunday of Easter if this date falls on either Friday or Saturday of Holy Week or during Easter Week
April 26 Our Lady of Good Counsel
May 1 Queen of Heaven
May 13 Our Lady of Fatima
May 24 Mary Help of Christians
May 31 Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
May 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
June 27 Our Lady of Perpetual Help
August 15 Assumption into Heaven
August 21 Our Lady of Knock
August 22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8 Nativity (birth) of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
October 7 Feast of the Most Holy Rosary
November 21 Presentation of Mary
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
In the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Visitation is observed on July 2. Its modern date, May 31 is instead the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is commemorated on August 22 (which in the modern calendar is the Queenship). Friday in Passion Week (the week prior to Holy Week) is observed as the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 15, and the Motherhood of the BVM is October 11. The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, does not exist in the extraordinary calendar.
the most prominent Marian feast days
March 25 Annunciation
August 15 Assumption
September 8 Nativity

MARIAN SHRINES:



ANGELUS IN LATIN AND ENGLISH:


V/. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ,R/. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
V/. "Ecce Ancilla Domini."R/. "Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuum."
Ave Maria, gratia plena...
V/. Et Verbum caro factum est.R/. Et habitavit in nobis.
Ave Maria, gratia plena...
V/. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix.R/. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
Oremus: Gratiam tuam quæsumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui Incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen



V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. And the Word was made Flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, etc.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
LET US PRAY
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ Thy Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen


HAIL MARY:


Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen


HAIL HOLY QUEEN:


Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;to thee do we send up our sighs,mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,thine eyes of mercy toward us;and after this our exile,show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
V./ Pray for us O holy Mother of God,R./ that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. Almighty, everlasting God, who by the co-operation of the Holy Ghost didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin-Mother Mary to become a dwelling-place meet for thy Son: grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration; so by her fervent intercession we may be delivered from present evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen


THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY.
A.THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES:(Mondays and Saturdays & Sundays during Christmass season)
1.The Annunciation
2.The Visitation
3.The Nativity(Birth of Jesus)
4.The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
5.The Finding Of the Child Jesus in the Temple
B.THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES:(Thursdays)
1.Baptism of Jesus Christ at River Jordan
2.Changing of water into wine at the wedding of Cana
3.Proclamation of the Kingdom by Jesus
4.Transfiguration of Jesus Christ on Mt Tabor
5.Establishment of the Holy Eucharist
C.THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES:(Tuesdays and Fridays & Sundays during Lent)
1.The Agony in the garden
2The scourging at the pillar
3.The crowning with thorns
4The carrying of the cross
5.The crucifixion and death of our Lord Christ.
D.THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES:(Wednesdays and Sundays & Sundays during Easter)
1.The Resurrection
2.The Ascension of Christ into Heaven
3.The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
4.The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven
5The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
THE HOLY ROSARY:(and how to pray it)
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