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Fr. Louis Maximilian gives the fourth talk of his retreat “The woman of the Yes” on the words of Benedict XVI on Mary. Part five is Mary’s Yes to the Mediation of Grace.

Other parts of this conference:

• Homily – Introduction, the Woman of the “Yes”
• Part 1 – Mary’s Yes to God’s Initiative
• Part 2 – United to Jesus’ Yes
• Part 3 – Yes of Jesus residing in Mary 
• Part 4 – Mary’s Yes Extending into the Church
• Part 5 – Mary’s Yes to the Mediation of Grace
• Concluding Homily – Second Coming of Christ

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Mariology for Everyone #22 ( 22min) Play – Dr. Miravalle continues on the Doctrines of Mary, focusing now on those that relate Mary to humanity. In this episode he covers Mary as Mediatrix of all Graces in subordination with Christ and how it is clearly taught in scripture and in Christian Tradition where she is referred to as the New Eve.

This series is a complete 43 part introductory course on Mary presented by Dr. Miravalle, a theology professor specializing in Mariology, who has been teaching at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for over 25 years. General topics are as follows:

– Mary as revealed in the Sacred Scriptures, taught and explained by the Church Fathers, the Saints, and the Church’s documents
– the proper ways to show childlike love and devotion to the Blessed Mother of Jesus;
– Church’s official teaching on Marian apparitions over the centuries.

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At the Symposium titled “Sursum Actio” at Notre Dame Univ. from Jun 8-9, 2015, in honor of the life work of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, F.I., Gloria Dodd, S.T.D. , Lecturer & Researcher of the Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute at Dayton University, gives the eighth conference which she titles, “Fehlner on Marian Coredemption and Mediation”.  She gives a synthesis of the content of the doctrine of the Coredemption and Mediation of Mary as presented in ten international symposiums called “Mary at the Foot of the Cross” that were organized by Fr. Peter between 2000 and 2009. She covers the strong theological  foundation for this doctrine and the deep roots in the Church’s Tradition including saints, doctors, and popes.

She starts with the usual objections:
1. Christ alone.
2. A redeemed person cannot redeem.
3. “Coredemptrix” is ambiguous.
4. Coredemption lacks a Patristic, Biblical basis.
5. Vatican II excluded Coredemption.
6. The ecclesio-typical approach (focus on Mary’s membership in the Church in Vat II) entails Mary’s passivity in redemption.
7. Mary’s sacramental cooperation is remote and mediate.
8. Her cooperation is mere intercession.
9. This abstract theology is unreal.
10. Our culture does not value self-sacrifice.

She notes Fr. Peter’s appeals to authority in response to these and how he sets out the proper distinctions:
How salvation is distinct from redemption
How preservative redemption is distinct from liberative.
Then lists how Mary is unique in her cooperation based on her Immaculate Conception.
And her three fold mediation.

Dr. Dodd then goes through the ten objections and how Fr. Peter addresses them.
She follows with a summary of Fr. Peter’s accomplishments.

The talk is followed by a commentary by Fr. Peter and then a round table discussion with the other presenters.

For the books that resulted from the ten international symposiums mentioned in this talk: http://academyoftheimmaculate.com/mariology.html?cat=123

This symposium, Sursum Actio (“Lift up your Actions” or more loosely “Lift up your Hearts”), was organized in honor of the life work of Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner after he won the Cardinal John J. Wright Marialogical Award of 2015 from the Mariological Society of America for his outstanding contributions to Mariology.
For a more complete list of all fourteen talks from this symposium:
https://airmaria.com/category/air-maria-shows/conferences/fr-peter-symposium-nd/

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From the moment we were entrusted to her by Our Lord on the cross: “Behold your son,” and we became her children: “Behold your Mother,” Our Lord entrusted to her the order of grace and mercy, as Dispensatrix and Mediatrix.

To withstand the godless current of our age, on our need for grace to fulfill God’s will and secure our salvation, we turn to the Mediatrix of All Grace, who helps us to turn toward Her Son and “do whatever He tells” us.

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Mass: The BVM, Mediatrix of All Grace – Opt Mem

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Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces, worked a great missionary miracle at Guadalupe and left a miraculous image as a remembrance and sacramental that to this day brings many to Christ.

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Mass: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Readings: 0

1st: Zec 2:14-17
Resp: Jdt 13:18-19
Gsp: Lk 1:39-47

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CONCORDI LAETITIA
1. With harmonious joy, with sadness repelled,
the Church recalls Mary’s praise: O Virgin Mary!
2. Who, with happy joy – the Lord having risen –
flowered like a lily, beholding her Son alive. O Virgin Mary!
3. O how the celestial choruses sing praise with equal concert, and
we, together with the dwellers in heaven, compose a new melody:
O Virgin Mary!
4. O Queen of virgins, be favorable to the prayers of your suppliants,
and after the circuit of death, confer the prize of life: O Virgin Mary!
5. O glorious Trinity, indivisible Unity,
on account of Mary’s merits, save us throughout the ages:
O Virgin Mary!

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As I kneel before you Hymn

As I kneel before you,
As I bow my head in prayer,
Take this day, make it yours
and fill me with your love.

Refrain:
Ave Maria,
Gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu.

All I have I give you,
Every dream and wish are yours,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of mine, present them to my Lord.

(Repeat Refrain)

As I kneel before you,
And I see your smiling face,
Ev’ry thought, ev’ry word
Is lost in your embrace.

(Repeat Refrain)

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Fr Matthias gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Mar 25, 2023, Solemnity of the Annunciation, on how God chose to give us grace through Mary to come to us in the Incarnation, the intimate union of God and mankind. God is close to us and offers much grace, but he chose to do this through mary, and thus our devotion to Him and our seeking of His graces will necessarily need to go through Her. God chose to involve her in coming to us, and so we should involve her in going to Him. He uses many references to the teachings of St. Maximillian Kolbe. The ultimate devotion to Mary is consecration to Mary, where we become most like Jesus by becoming totally dependent on her as the Son of God did in the Annunciation, becoming a  child of Mary.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/032523.cfm
1st: isa 7:10-14; 8:10
Resp: psa 40:7-11
2nd: heb 10:4-10
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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Fr John Lawrence gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Aug 05, 2025, on the Memorial of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, emphasizing Mary’s title as Mother of God and her role as mediatrix of grace, symbolized by snow.

Father celebrates the dedication of St. Mary of the Angels, dedicated by Pope St. Sixtus III around A.D. 435, four years after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary as the Mother of God, a truth that upholds Christ’s divine and human unity, making His death on the cross sufficient for salvation. The church, built on a site established by Pope Liberius, was adorned with mosaics depicting martyrs processing toward the altar, symbolizing their triumph through Mary’s intercession. Father cites St. Augustine’s letter to Sixtus, stating, “What else but His gifts does God crown when He crowns our merits?” emphasizing that grace, mediated by Mary, enabled the martyrs’ victories. The ancient prayer Sub tuum praesidium, found on a 3rd-century Egyptian papyrus, reflects early Christians’ reliance on Mary’s intercession (CCC 2616). Father contrasts Luther’s view of grace as merely covering sins with St. Peter’s teaching that grace makes us “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4) and St. Paul’s renewal of the “inward man” (2 Corinthians 4:16). He connects snow to purity, citing Daniel’s vision of God’s snow-white clothing (Daniel 7:9), Christ’s transfiguration (Matthew 17:2), and Isaiah’s promise of sins becoming “white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18). The legend of snow in August, linked to Mary’s Immaculate Conception (CCC 490), underscores her unmatched purity. Father concludes that Mary’s mediation, as mediatrix of all graces (CCC 969), empowers us to overcome sin and strive for holiness.

For Further Reading:

2 Peter 1:4 – NAB – Partakers of the divine nature – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2peter/1?4
2 Corinthians 4:16 – NAB – The inward man is renewed – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/4?16
Daniel 7:9 – NAB – God’s clothing snow white – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/daniel/7?9
Matthew 17:2 – NAB – Christ’s transfiguration white as snow – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/17?2
Isaiah 1:18 – NAB – Sins become white as snow – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1?18
Catechism of the Catholic Church #2616 – Prayer to Mary – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c1a2.htm#2616
Catechism of the Catholic Church #490 – Mary’s Immaculate Conception – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p122a3p2.htm#490
Catechism of the Catholic Church #969 – Mary as Mediatrix – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p6.htm#967
Catholic Encyclopedia – Basilica of St. Mary Major – History of the basilica – https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11361c.htm

YouTube Chapters (12 Topics)

00:00 – Introduction to St. Mary Major
00:45 – Dedication by St. Sixtus III
01:30 – Council of Ephesus Dogma
02:15 – Mary as Mother of God
03:00 – Christ’s Unity and Salvation
03:45 – Mosaics and Martyrs’ Procession
05:15 – Sixtus’ Poem to Mary
06:00 – Grace Through Mary’s Intercession
06:45 – Sub tuum praesidium Prayer
07:30 – Snow as Symbol of Purity
08:15 – Legend of August Snowfall

Ave Maria!

Mass: Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major – Opt Mem – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Maria_Maggiore
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/080525.cfm
1st: rev 21:1-5
Resp: jth 13:1, 8, 19
Gsp: luk 11:27-28

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