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ZENIT – Is the Time Ripe for a 5th Marian Dogma?.

Ave Maria! Looks like things are starting to move on the 5th Marian Dogma front. On March 25th, Feast of the Annunciation the 5th Marian Dogma, (Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate) will be the discussion at the Vatican Forum in Rome sponsored by Inside the Vatican Magazine and St. Thomas More College. Robert Moynihan of Inside the Vatican wrote the article that is linked above which announces the event along with an excellent write up the status and timeliness of proclaiming the Dogma. Excerpt:

Panelists for the March 25 Day of Dialogue will include Archbishop Ramon Arguelles of Lipa, Philippines, president of the Marian-Mariological Society of the Philippines, Carmelite Father Enrique Llamas, president of the Mariological Society of Spain. Also presenting will be Dr. Judith Gentle, Anglican theologian, author, and member of Our Lady of Walsingham Mariological Society from the United Kingdom.

The morning session will constitute brief presentations by panelists discussing the issue of appropriateness of a fifth Marian dogma at this time, while the afternoon session will consist of a dialogue by panelists, press, and audience concerning the topic.

The Pontifical Marian Academy was invited to participate in the dialogue, but later notified Inside the Vatican magazine that members of the Academy would not be participating. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 10:00 a.m. at the Via Borgo Pio, #141.

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Mary, Co-redemptrix with Christ. The meaning of pain.  

Old Simeon, having blessed the young couple, turned to Mary and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, opened her eyes to the sufferings her Son would have to undergo and to the sword of sorrow that would pierce her soul. Pointing to Jesus, he said: Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Lk. 2:35)

Commenting on this, St Bernard says: The time will come when Jesus will not be offered in the temple nor in the arms of Simeon, but outside the city walls on the arms of a cross. The time will come when he will not be ransomed with money but will himself redeem others with his own blood, for God the Father has sent him as a ransom for his people.  The suffering of his Mother, the sword that will pierce her soul, will have as their only cause the agony of her Son, his persecution and death, the uncertainty about when these things will happen, and the resistance to the grace of the Redemption, which will be the ruin of many. Mary’s destiny is bound up with that of Jesus, in its operation, and without any other possible reason. (more…)

Marycast #117 ( 9min) Play – Dr. Miravalle asks us to make a new years resolution to pray at least one prayer daily for the solemn definition of the Fifth Maria Dogma.  Historians say that after the definition of Our Lady as Mother of God at the Council of Ephesus it is beyond documentation to sufficiently record the widespread growth of Marian Devotion in both the East and West.  With solemn definitions of Marian Dogmas comes a great downpour of graces and such graces are so needed in our time.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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Ave Maria Meditations

He chose his Mother … When we reflect upon the joy which it is to ourselves to think of Mary, to brood upon her supernatural loveliness, and to study the greatness of her gifts and the surpassing purity of her virtues, we shall get such faint idea, as lies within our compass, of the unspeakable gladness which it must have been to the Word to have chosen Mary, and to have created her through that very choice.

He must choose a Mother who shall be worthy of being the Mother of God, a Mother suitable to that tremendous mystery of the Hypostatic Union, a Mother fitted to minister that marvelous Body out of her own heart’s blood, and to be herself for months the tabernacle of that most heavenly Soul. All God’s works are in proportion. When he appoints to an office, his appointment is marked by extreme fitness. He ele­vates nature to the level of his own purposes. He enables it to compass the most supernatural destinies by fulfilling it with the most incredible graces. There was no accident about his choice of Mary. (more…)

Short Series #46 – Fr Peter Damian Fehlner and Mother Angelica 1998 ( 53min) >>> Play

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In this video from March 25, 1998, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner and Mother Angelica promote the catholic teaching of our Lady as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.

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Mary’s humility

Our Lady teaches us the way of humility. This virtue ­should not be thought of as an essentially negative sense, even though it does involve a denial of one’s pride, a tempering of our ambition and the extinction of our ego­tism and vanity. Our Lady did not experience any of these temptations and yet was blessed with the highest degree of humility.

If we examine the word humility we find it to be derived from the Latin humus, which means earth, soil, or dirt. Humility signifies a recognition of our human origin in the dust of which Adam was made. The virtue of humil­ity, therefore, consists in the living out of a realistic appraisal of our comparative insignificance as creatures who are totally dependent on God. Humility,by inclining us towards the earth, recognizes our littleness, our poverty, and in its way glorifies the majesty of God.  The interior soul experiences a holy joy in annihilating itself, as it were, before God to recognize practically that He alone is great and that, in comparison with His, all human greatness is empty of truth like a lie. This self-abnegation in no way impoverishes the soul. It does not limit the legitimate aspirations of the creature. On the contrary, this virtue works to ennoble the soul, giving it wings on which to explore wider horizons. (more…)

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Three months after the Angel’s message-at the end of June,

The Woman who is bright as the sun and fair as the moon

Feels the Heart of her Infant throb beneath hers.

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In the womb of the Virgin Immaculate a new world begins,

The Child who is older than time enters time for our sins,

And with human breathing the First Mover stirs.

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Mary, heavy with child conceived by the Holy Ghost,

Is far fiom the sight of men with her heavenly Host,

Like the dove of the Canticle in the crannied wall.

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She moves not, she speaks not a word, she adores-no more;

Her life is within, her God is within to adore,

Her work and her son, her child, her all.

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The world is at peace, the temple of Janus is shut,

The scepter of David is gone and the prophets are mute,

Lo! darker than Hades, a dawn without light.

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For Satan holds sway and the world gives him incense and gold,

But into his kingdom God comes like a thief, and behold

A daughter of Eve puts the serpent to flight.

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The promised Messiah is come, for whom the world prays,

Men know not the good tidings yet, but, far from their gaze,

The Mother is circled by Cherubim bright.

Paul Claudel

Conferences #41 – Fr. Pablo Straub blesses the conference attendees in more ways than one. ( 37min) >>> Play

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Fr. Pablo Straub gives the third talk at our Marian Conference “Am I not your Mother” at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI held on Pentecost Sunday May 31. Father relates the events of the apparition Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego in Mexico City as an example of how the motherly touch of Our Lady fits into the divine plan of Redemption.

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“It is through our union with the heart of Mary, that she brings us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” —Archbishop Raymond Burke

In a latest Newsflash by Inside the Vatican Magazine an excellent interview titled “The Overseer of Justice” was featured by their correspondent Andrew Rabel of Archbishop Raymond Burke who heads the Apostolic Signatura in Rome. Not only were many interesting subjects covered, ranging from Pope Benedict,  to the Obama-Notre Dame fiasco, to His Excellency’s role as head of the Church’s ‘Supreme Court’ – but also he mentioned many projects and events with which the FIs have had mutual involvement and in the process we were mentioned a few times. These include the recent Ordinations by Abp. Burke of six FI priests in Tarquinia, Italy according to the extraordinary form (old Rite), the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI and the fact that we help staff it, the promotion of Kolbian Marian Spirituality and the Marian Dogmas of Coredemptrix and Mediatrix, and the promotion of Our Lady of America.  Here is an excerpt:

Recently you participated in an ordination to the priesthood of some Franciscans of the Immaculate at Tarquinia, north of Rome, according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite (the old rite). It is not very often that one sees a senior Churchman celebrating so solemn a ceremony according to the extraordinary form. What was your reason for doing this?

Burke: First of all, I have celebrated a number of priesthood ordinations according to the extraordinary form. One very beautiful one took place in Saint Louis in June of 2007, on the feast of the Sacred Heart.  When the Friars of the Immaculate requested that I celebrate the ordinations according to the extraordinary form, I was happy to accept because I have known them for a long time, and they staff the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at La Crosse.
To put it another way, I have never tried to downplay or hide in any way my strong support of what Pope Benedict XVI has asked the Church to do in Summorum Pontificum, and what his predecessor, the servant of God John Paul II asked us to do in Ecclesia Dei adflicta, but rather to accept their liturgical direction fully and wholeheartedly.

In responding to a request like this from the Franciscans of the Immaculate, do you have any sympathy with the Kolbean Marian theology which is their charism, and its current manifestation, in pushing for a final Marian dogma of Our Lady as Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix?

Burke: I certainly am very sympathetic to the Kolbean theology by which I have been enriched for many years. The first papal ceremony that I ever attended, as a first-year seminarian at the Pontifical North American College, was the beatification of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and I have had the blessing over the years to get to know his writings and to visit the sacred places of his heroic life and death in Poland. I am certainly very steeped in the whole spirituality of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as the way to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is through our union of heart with Mary, and our striving to imitate her, that is, our making our hearts like hers, that she brings us to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
With regard to the fifth Marian dogma as it is often called, for my part, I believe it to be part of the ordinary teaching of the Church. Although I have no special competence in the area, I certainly am supportive of such a declaration. The teaching is part of my faith. (… read more here)

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Conferences #40 – Fr Thomas Euteneuer on our need for Mary in our troubled times. ( 48min) >>> Play

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In this second talk from our Marian Conference “Am I not your Mother” at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI Held on Pentecost Sunday May 31 Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, President of HLI gives a talk on “The Spiritual Maternity of Mary and Moral Issues Facing Catholics Today” pointing out the dire situation we are in today and the need for  Mary’s motherly hand to help us fight this culture of death.

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Conferences #39 – Fr. Peter: Introduction to the Marian Conference in Wisconsin (46min) >>> Play

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On May 31, 2009, the Friars held a Marian conference at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The conference, entitled “Am I Not Your Mother? Our Lady of Guadalupe and Spiritual Maternity”, included several noteworthy Catholic speakers and was hosted by Irish singer/musician Dana Scallon.

In this first video, Fr. Peter Fehlner, FI, introduces the conference by discussing Marian Coredemption & the reality of Mary’s Spiritual Maternity.

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Today is the big day!! The broadcast will run continuously (God willing) from 9 to 6:30 Central Time

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One Minute Meditation