115. On New Year's Day, the octave day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Holy Mother of God. The divine and virginal motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a singular salvific event: for Our Lady it was the foretaste and cause of her extraordinary glory;
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The Solemnity of Mary Mother of God commemorates the divine motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the God-Bearer, Mother of our Lord and God Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on January 1st, one week after Christmas.
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SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD ... The solemnity of the Mother of God, which now coincides with the octave-day of Christmas and the beginning of the new year, was probably assigned this day because of the influence of the Byzantine Church, which celebrates the synapsis of the most holy Theotokos on December 26.
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www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/SOLMARY.HTM
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Mary in Christian Tradition ... The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. (January 1 ... This feast, closely connected to the feast of Christmas, is the most important and oldest of the major feasts of Mary. It is based on the source of her privileges: her motherhood. Jesus Christ, God's Son " born of a woman," (Galatians 4...
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On December 31st we usher in the New Year with late night champagne, half-baked resolutions and epic movies. ... But in the midst of this activity the Church asks us to celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God; a feast day of epic proportions and fulfilled covenants, a dogma that sheds as much light on the nature...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Solemnity of Mary. Solemnity of Mary. Information about Solemnity of Mary in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Solemnity of Mary; Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; Solemnity of Saint Joseph; Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ; Solemnizate; solemnization;
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/Solemnity+of+Mary
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Lord Jesus, you are the Son of Mary, Virgin and Mother: Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy. ... Today’s solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, is a very fitting occasion to begin the New Year. She went ahead of us and showed us the way of what we should be and do as Christians. Indeed, Mary is the first Christian.
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SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD AND ; 39th WORLD DAY OF PEACE ... I also offer a cordial greeting to the many choirboys who with their singing add to the solemnity of this Holy Mass, during which we ask God for the gift of peace for the whole world.
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Holidays and Traditions question: Why do you celebrate the Solemnity of Mary? We celebrate the solemnity of mary because its is a sacred day of obligation and completes part of Christmas and new years ... Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God...
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