Mary Mother of God

In the tenderness between mother and child we see the warmth of Love incarnate. The images personify the intimate bond of love and trust between the soul and it's Creator that Christ came to make possible for all humanity.

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The Feast of Mary Mother of God was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1931 in view of fifteenth centenary of the Council of Ephesus. Oct.11, 431 AD was the date historians believed to have been the date of the close of the the Third Ecumenical Council. In the Council of Ephesus Mary was proclaimed Theotokos the Mother of God.
Mary is devoutly honored as Theotokos in the Eastern Church, and the pope, in instituting the feast, asked prayers for Christian unity.

The feast day was moved by Pope Paul VI to January 1, Solemnity of the Mother of God.



Myrrh-streaming Iveron icon of the Mother of God

Myrrh-streaming Iveron icon of the Mother of God
Eastern Orthodox icon Hodegetria or, She Who Shows the Way, from the prototype attributed to St. Luke, the Evangelist

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The first Image of the Mother of God venerated by the Carmelite Order. The Virgin of Tenderness, or Eleousa in Greek, is the prototype said to have come from the hand of the Evangelist, St. Luke, who, according to tradition, was also an iconographer.

Holy Mother of God
Mon. Bouasse Lebel

Virgin Mary, as the Temple of Christ's divine humanity, bears Him eternally within her heart. The mystery symbolized by the lily and the rose, the violet and other flowers associated with the Mother of God are beyond comprehension. Some of the thoughts expressed by the saints on the fragrance of holiness can be found on the page Flower which is part of the web site Saints' Quotations. One of my favorites from this collection is 'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra...Fulcite me floribus ( The Flowers appear on the earth... stay me up with flowers.)





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