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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfilment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay..."
Paragraph 970
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
""Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary.[515]"
Paragraph 972
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
"...her origin, mission, and destiny, we can find no better way to conclude than by looking to Mary. In her we contemplate what the Church already is in her mystery on her own "pilgrimage of faith," and what she will be in the homeland at the end of her journey. There, "in the..."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
"By pronouncing her "fiat" at the Annunciation and giving her consent to the Incarnation, Mary was al ready collaborating with the whole work her Son was to accomplish. She is mother wherever he is Savior and head of the Mystical Body."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
"The Most Blessed Virgin Mary, when the course of her earthly life was completed, was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven, where she already shares in the glory of her Son's Resurrection, anticipating the resurrection of all members of his Body."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY"
"...to ask the Mother of God to intercede for us "at the hour of our death" in the Hail Mary; and to entrust ourselves to St. Joseph, the patron of a happy death.
Every action of yours, every thought, should be those of one who expects to die before the day is out. Death..."
Paragraph 1024
THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT › "I BELIEVE IN LIFE EVERLASTING"
"...the Most Holy Trinity - this communion of life and love with the Trinity, with the Virgin Mary, the angels and all the blessed - is called "heaven." Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness."
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THE PROFESSION OF FAITH › THE CREEDS › I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
""We believe that the multitude of those gathered around Jesus and Mary in Paradise forms the Church of heaven, where in eternal blessedness they see God as he is and where they are also, to various degrees, associated with the holy angels in the divine governance exercised by..."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SACRAMENTAL ECONOMY › THE SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION OF THE PASCHAL MYSTERY › CELEBRATING THE CHURCH'S LITURGY
""In celebrating this annual cycle of the mysteries of Christ, Holy Church honors the Blessed Mary, Mother of God, with a special love. She is inseparably linked with the saving work of her Son. In her the Church admires and exalts the most excellent fruit of redemption and..."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION › THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
"...the Good News that the first fruits of life have been given, as when the angel said to Mary Magdalene, "Christ is risen!" Now too are life and resurrection conferred on whoever receives Christ.[225]"
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION
"...long for eternal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING › THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
""This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are truly immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before God. In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who have followed in the..."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION › THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
"Christ chose to be born and grow up in the bosom of the holy family of Joseph and Mary. the Church is nothing other than "the family of God." From the beginning, the core of the Church was often constituted by those who had become believers "together with all [their]..."
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY › THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH › OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS › SACRAMENTALS
"...a vital synthesis.... It creatively combines the divine and the human, Christ and Mary, spirit and body, communion and institution, person and community, faith and homeland, intelligence and emotion. This wisdom is a Christian humanism that radically affirms the..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON › OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
"...secured, however dimly, for Christ's disciples; they have begun in the lives of the Virgin Mary and all the saints."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
"...learns the example of holiness and recognizes its model and source in the all-holy Virgin Mary; he discerns it in the authentic witness of those who live it; he discovers it in the spiritual tradition and long history of the saints who have gone before him and whom the..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE SPIRIT › GOD'S SALVATION: LAW AND GRACE › THE CHURCH, MOTHER AND TEACHER
"...in the principal liturgical feasts which honor the mysteries of the Lord, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.[85]
The fifth precept ("You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting and abstinence.") ensures the times of ascesis and penance which prepare us for the..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
"...not exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and exalt him and to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name.[14] The worship of the one God sets man free from turning in on himself, from..."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
"...name, i.e., every improper use of the names of God, Jesus Christ, but also of the Virgin Mary and all the saints."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART...
"...use of God's name. Blasphemy is the use of the name of God, of Jesus Christ, of the Virgin Mary, and of the saints in an offensive way."
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LIFE IN CHRIST › THE TEN COMMANDMENTS › YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART... › THE THIRD COMMANDMENT
"...Epiphany, the Ascension of Christ, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, the feast of Saint Joseph, the feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints."[111]"
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER › IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
"Mary's prayer is revealed to us at the dawning of the fullness of time. Before the incarnation of the Son of God, and before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, her prayer cooperates in a unique way with the Father's plan of loving kindness: at the Annunciation, for Christ's..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER › IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
"That is why the Canticle of Mary,[91] The Magnificat (Latin) or Megalynei (byzantine) is the song both of the Mother of God and of the Church; the song of the Daughter of Zion and of the new People of God; the song of thanksgiving for the fullness of graces poured out in the..."
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER › PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE › THE REVELATION OF PRAYER - THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO PRAYER
"The prayers of the Virgin Mary, in her Fiat and Magnificat, are characterized by the generous offering of her whole being in faith."