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Mary
 


May Mary help us open our hearts to the Emmanuel who took on our poor, weak flesh in order to share with us the arduous journey of earthly life. In the company of Jesus, however, this tiring journey becomes a joyful journey. Let us proceed together with Jesus, let us walk with him and thus the new year will be a happy and good year.

 
General Audience
3 January 2007

 
 
 
Mary
 


The life and faith of believers make it clear that the grace of the Immaculate Conception given to Mary is not merely a personal grace, but a grace for all, a grace given to the entire people of God. In Mary, the Church can already contemplate what she is called to become. Every believer can contemplate, here and now, the perfect fulfillment of his or her own vocation. May each of you always remain full of thanksgiving for what the Lord has chosen to reveal of his plan of salvation through the mystery of Mary: a mystery in which we are involved most intimately since, from the height of the Cross which we celebrate and exalt today, it is revealed to us through the words of Jesus himself that his Mother is our Mother. Inasmuch as we are sons and daughters of Mary, we can profit from all the graces given to her; the incomparable dignity that came to her through her Immaculate Conception shines brightly over us, her children.

 
Angelus
Prairie, Lourdes
14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


May her motherly protection accompany us today and for ever, so that Christ will one day welcome us into his glory, into the assembly of the Saints.

 
Homily
31 December 2005

 
 
 
Mary
 


Let us pray to Mary to help us find the right path every day.

 
Parish Church
Castel Gandolfo
Feast of the Assumption
15 August 2005

 
 
 
Mary
 


Let us love Jesus as Mary loved him! And let us bring him to others, just as Mary brought him to Elizabeth as the source of joyful exultation!

 
Angelus Address
Stephansplatz, Vienna
9 September 2007

 
 
 
Mary
 


“Full of grace”, in the Greek original “kecharitomene” is one of Mary’s most beautiful names, the name God himself gave her to indicate that from all eternity and forever she is the beloved, the chosen one, chosen to receive the most precious gift, Jesus, the ‘incarnate love of God’.

 
Encyclical Letter
Deus Caritas Est

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mary was...conscious of her frailty in the face of God's omnipotence. Nevertheless, she said 'yes', without hesitating. And thanks to her yes, salvation came into the world, thereby changing the history of mankind.

 
Homily
Exaltation of the Cross
Lourdes, France
14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mary is taken up body and soul into the glory of Heaven, and with God and in God she is Queen of Heaven and earth. And is she really so remote from us? The contrary is true. Precisely because she is with God and in God, she is very close to each one of us.

 
Parish Church of Castel Gandolfo
Feast of the Assumption
15 August 2005

 

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