Mary and the communion
of saints
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 147
Ave Maria series
147 Why does Mary have such a preeminent place in
the communion of saints?
Mary is the Mother of God.
She was united with Jesus on earth as no other human being was or could
be—in an intimacy that does not cease in heaven. Mary is the Queen of Heaven, and in her
motherhood she is quite close to us. [972]
Our Lady Help of Christians Shrine, Miguel Hidalgo, Federal District, Mexico. …..147
Because she committed herself, body and soul, to a divine
yet dangerous undertaking, Mary was taken up body and soul into heaven. Anyone who lives and believes as Mary did
will get to heaven. 80-85
The Assumption of Mary:
“This mystery is given to us so that…a divine light might be shed on our
death.” Romano Guardini (1885-1968)
[972]
MARY - ESCHATOLOGICAL ICON OF THE CHURCH
972 After speaking of the 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 glory of the Most Holy and Undivided
Trinity," "in the communion of all the saints,"(Lumen gentium 69)518 the Church is awaited by the one she
venerates as Mother of her Lord and as her own mother. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition
In the meantime the Mother of Jesus, in the glory which she
possesses in body and soul in heaven, is the image and beginning of the Church
as it is to be perfected in the world to come. Likewise she shines forth on
earth until the day of the Lord shall come, a sign of certain hope and comfort
to the pilgrim People of God.( Lumen
gentium 68;
compare 2 Peter 3:
10)519 –CCC
Mary Shrine of
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