News in Mary

L'Ora della Madre - Preghiera Mariana

L'Ora della Madre - Preghiera Mariana

by: Basilica Sacro Cuore di Maria, Rome in Mary,

In questo «grande Sabato», la fede di tutta la Chiesa, la speranza di ogni creatura sta nel cuore della Madre: è lei «Chiesa» che crede contro ogni evidenza, che spera contro ogni speranza, che ama fino al supremo olocausto. Per poter vivere con Maria la sua e nostra «Ora di fede» chiediamo umilmente a Dio di lavare i nostri peccati nel Sangue di Cristo e di ravvivare la nostra speranza nella redenzione che ci è stata gratuitamente donata.

Commentary to the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Commentary to the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

by: Fernando Armellini in Mary,

Initially, it was not a feast of Mary but the Lord. It was instituted to commemorate the announcement of the coming of the Son of God in the world. It was in the Middle Ages that today’s feast became that of Mary, the Annunciation. After the Second Vatican Council, it regained its original meaning and is back to being the Solemnity of the Annunciation.

To Mary through Jesus: the Virgin in feminist theology

To Mary through Jesus: the Virgin in feminist theology

by: Margaret Hebblethwaite - The Tablet in Mary,

 The old picture of Protestant hostility to Mary of Nazareth is changing. Some of the freshest, most creative contributions to our understanding of the mother of Jesus are now coming from Protestant women theologians and biblical scholars. When it comes to Mary of Nazareth, Christmas is the one time of the year that has brought Catholics and Protestants together – though only up to a point. 

An Austrian takes the helm at Radio Maria England

An Austrian takes the helm at Radio Maria England

by: Eldred Wille - East Anglia Diocese in Mary,

In September Fr Andreas Schätzle was appointed as Priest Director of Radio Maria England, which is based in Cambridge. He gave an interview to the diocese to help us to get to know him.

New Walsingham hymns from fifteenth century discovered

New Walsingham hymns from fifteenth century discovered

by: Abigail Frymann Rouch - The Tablet in Mary,

Worshippers at the Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham have breathed new life into hymns that have not been heard since the destruction of the original priory in the Reformation, thanks to the rediscovery of texts that may offer a window onto the turmoil of the period.

Popular Marian Piety

Popular Marian Piety

by: Diego Fares SJ / Pope Francis - La Civiltà Cattolica in Mary,

Fr. Awi Mello states that “he had felt struck by the gestures and attitudes of the first Latin American Pope” in relation to Mary: “The great tenderness he expressed there seemed to reveal something deeper; it certainly depicted Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s sincere and filial love for Mary, probably rooted in his family history.” “The Virgin Mary was a part of our home,” Bergoglio said to Awi Mello.

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

by: Rev. Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, cmf in Mary,

We are living at a time of epochal changes. Much of what we held as secure and familiar are on a path of collapse and something new seems to be in gestation. Mary stands at the passage from old to the new, rooted in the Lord, her Saviour, and audacious to say fiat to God’s design for humanity. 

Pedro Casaldáliga's poetry transforms Mary into everywoman

Pedro Casaldáliga's poetry transforms Mary into everywoman

by: Margaret Hebblethwaite - The Tablet in Mary,

In the poetry of the liberation theologian and bishop Pedro Casaldáliga, Mary of Nazareth is transformed from a pale-skinned virgin, with her eyes lowered in submission, to everywoman responding to God’s word of liberation.

Message for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – 20 June 2020

Message for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – 20 June 2020

by: Fr. Mathew Vattamattam - claret.org in Mary,

I wish you all a joyful feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which we shall celebrate this year with austerity in the midst of the uncertainty that is still hanging around the globe over the pandemic virus. The twin feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary invite us to take care of our hearts to keep them steeped in God’s love when we navigate through the storms of life.

Pentecost and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Pentecost and the Blessed Virgin Mary

by: Peter M.J. Stravinskas - The Catholic World Report in Mary,

All of Mary’s greatness as a Christian can be traced to the fact that the Holy Spirit came upon her, and that she lived in the presence of God, continuously aware of His presence in her life.

Popular Marian Piety

Popular Marian Piety

by: Diego Fares SJ - La Civiltà Cattolica in Mary,

Fr. Awi Mello states that “he had felt struck by the gestures and attitudes of the first Latin American Pope” in relation to Mary: “The great tenderness he expressed there seemed to reveal something deeper; it certainly depicted Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s sincere and filial love for Mary, probably rooted in his family history.”

What the Early Church Believed: Mary is the Mother of God

What the Early Church Believed: Mary is the Mother of God

by: Catholic Answers in Mary,

We say that she is the Mother of God in the sense that she carried in her womb a divine person—Jesus Christ, God “in the flesh” (2 John 7, cf. John 1:14)—and in the sense that she contributed the genetic matter to the human form God took in Jesus Christ.

Catholics celebrate Mary with new feast day

Catholics celebrate Mary with new feast day

by: Carol Zimmermann, CNS - The Tablet in Mary,

The Catholic Church doesn't often add new celebrations to its pretty full liturgical calendar, but this year's new feast day, Mary, Mother of the Church on May 21, has Catholics gearing up to mark the day or at least think a little more about Mary.The new feast day, which will be celebrated annually the day after Pentecost. The decree said the Pope approved the celebration because he thought it might "encourage the growth of the maternal sense of the church in the pastors, religious and faithful, as well as a growth of genuine Marian piety".

Marian shrine serves as faith beacon for Muslims, Catholics

Marian shrine serves as faith beacon for Muslims, Catholics

by: Katharina R. Lestari,UcaNews in Mary,

 Interreligious peace and harmony reigns in Indonesian village. A Marian shrine in Central Java, Indonesia, has become a beacon of interreligious peace and understanding for visiting groups of Muslims and Catholics. Dozens of non-Catholics have been coming to the shrine in Kerep village every day for their own version of contemplative prayer. 

The Marian Church of Pope Francis

The Marian Church of Pope Francis

by: John Honner in Mary,

The Church lives on this authentic ‘Marian profile’, the ‘Marian dimension’…. The Marian dimension of the Church is antecedent to that of the Petrine…. Mary … precedes all others, including obviously Peter himself and the Apostles….

A Timeless Magnificat

A Timeless Magnificat

by: Fr. James Hanvey SJ in Mary,

The month of the Church’s traditional Marian devotions has to come to an end, but James Hanvey SJ suggests that our particular contemplation of the Mother of God should not be limited just to May. Through Mary we receive and understand the grace of God in a special way - ‘we see the truth of God’s promises fulfilled’.

The Assumption of Mary: An Icon of Faith

The Assumption of Mary: An Icon of Faith

by: Shared by Angela McGhin in Mary,

Mary does not ascend. She is assumed. She does not will or effect her ascension. She is the object of God`s grace and will. It is only through God`s grace that she was given the privilege. She "rises" because it is God`s will and pleasure.

Fatima, May 13th - all Catholic life is here!

Fatima, May 13th - all Catholic life is here!

by: Richard Collins in Mary,

 I do not know how many thousand or hundreds of thousands filled The Sanctuary at the site where the original holm oak grew that formed the platform for Our Lady to alight upon, but it was many. The came by road, sea and air and many walked from their villages in the North of Portugal.

Feast of the Annunciation - Mary across the ages

Feast of the Annunciation - Mary across the ages

by: Simon Scott Plummer - The Tablet in Mary,

Celebrations begin to mark the 950th anniversary of the founding of one of England’s greatest shrines devoted to the Blessed Virgin, which despite destruction during the Reformation has today re-emerged as one of the nation’s primary sites of pilgrimage.