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Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


Mary, you who have given Jesus to the world, help us to welcome his gift of peace and to be sincere and courageous builders of peace.

 
Angelus Address
St Peter's Square
1 January 2007

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


Mary is the woman from this earth who gave herself totally to God, and who received the privilege of giving human life to His eternal Son.

 
Homily
Exaltation of the Cross
Lourdes, France
14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


The Virgin Mary, Mother of Hope ... who incarnated the hope of Israel, who gave the world its Saviour, and who remained at the foot of the Cross with steadfast hope, is our model and our support.

 
Message
24th World Youth Day
4 March 2009

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


Mother of tenderness and wisdom, show us Jesus, your Son and the Son of God. Sustain our journey of conversion, so that Jesus may enlighten us with his Glory in all the settings of our personal, family, and social life.

 
Papal Address
Special Council of the Synod for Africa
Yaoundé

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


Let us turn to Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd. May she who responded promptly to God's call, saying: "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord", help all of us to accept with joy and willingness Christ's invitation to be his disciples, always motivated to be "of one heart and soul"

 
REGINA CÆLI
Fourth Sunday of Easter
29 April 2007

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


Let us thank the Lord for the great sign of his goodness which he has given us in Mary, his Mother and the Mother of the Church. Let us pray to him to put Mary on our path like a light that also helps us to become a light and to carry this light into the nights of history.

 
Homily,
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8 December 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Mother of Jesus
 


The mother is the one who gives life but also who helps and teaches how to live. Mary is a Mother, the Mother of Jesus, to whom she gave her blood and her body. And it is she who presents to us the eternal Word of the Father, who came to dwell among us. Let us ask Mary to intercede for us.

 
Homily,
31 December 2005

 

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