Our Lady’s Presence in the Mass in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II

This article builds on research I have already done and published in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review, in Mary at the Foot of the Cross, Vol. 6, and in Antiphon (2006). These studies were progressive so that each one developed the topic with more documentation. This article summarizes and synthesizes these studies in terms of the principles abstracted from the Pope John Paul II’s teaching and strive to find points of comparison in the works of theologians and mystics

The Theology of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart Of Mary

The Theology of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a topic barely considered in modern theology, but strongly brought to the fore in the apparitions at Fatima and the subsequent apparitions to Sister Lúcia, the last surviving seer of Fatima and other mystics. The analogy or “likeness in difference” between the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the consecration to their Hearts, the Heart of the God-man and the Heart of the most perfect creature, is primary. In “Miserentissimus Redemptor,” Pius XI taught that just as in his agony Jesus not only saw every sin ever committed, he also saw every act of reparation offered to console him, and this on the basis of his beatific vision or infused knowledge (even though the pope did not use this explicit terminology in his encyclical). The teaching of subsequent popes continued in this line. In the past, theologians did explore the topic of Mary’s own infused and even possibly transitory beatific knowledge. Most recently the late Bertrand de Margerie, SJ, who authored notable studies on the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, wrote a very probing investigative essay on Mary’s knowledge, providing many useful references in this regard. The devotion of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is certainly practiced in the Church, especially on First Saturdays of the month, encouraged by mystics and sanctioned by the Holy See. The fruit of my research, I hope, indicates the solid theological basis for the practice

Marian Coredemption as an Impetus to Marian Devotion

While the conciliar teaching had benefited from developments that had taken place in biblical, patristic, liturgical and ecclesiological studies since the First Vatican Council, it had still to convey the Church’s magisterial teaching on Our Lady, which had been handed on and enriched under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. On the one hand, the papal magisterium from the time of Blessed Pius IX onwards had continued developing the teaching about Mary’s active collaboration in the work of the redemption and Pius XI had publicly used the term “Coredemptrix” to describe this role. On the other hand, there was a distinctive concern on the part of many to promote in the council documents language that could be more easily understood by our separated brethren

A determination of the extent to which individual elements of the scientific method are to be found in high school physics laboratory workbooks and manuals.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

How Women Vote: Exploring the Relationship Gender and Party Affiliation

The overwhelming majority of women identify with the Democratic party and vote for Democrats. There are a few exceptions to this generalization, which shows that gender is only a single factor in determining political identification, thus allowing the Republican party to still hold a significant portion of the female electorate

There\u27s A Harbor Of Dream Boats

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There\u27s A Harbor Of Dream Boats

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