Jan 01 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Meaning of the Feast of the Mother of God

Homily #150101b ( 14min) Play - Fr. Joachim on the need to be grateful of the fact that Mary is the Mother of God even though we pray this with every Hail Mary. Father explains the basis of this feast in the early Church when this title was emphasized with a dogmatic declaration in order to refute the Nestorian heresy. By declaring Mary to be Mother of God, it made clear that her Child was a divine person and therefore that Jesus was truly God who became man.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Solemnity - Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: num 6:22-27
Resp: psa 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
2nd: gal 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 2:16-21

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