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Mary, Our Mother
 


Heaven is our final dwelling place; from there, Mary encourages us by her example to welcome God's will so as not to allow ourselves to be seduced by the deceptive attraction to what is transitory and fleeting, and not to give in to the temptations of selfishness and evil, which extinguish the joy of life in the heart.

 
Angelus
Solemnity of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
15 August, 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


In Mary shines forth the eternal goodness of the Creator who chose her in his plan of salvation to be the mother of his Only-begotten Son; God, foreseeing his death, preserved her from every stain of sin. In this way, in the Mother of Christ and our Mother, the vocation of every human being is perfectly fulfilled. All men and women, according to St Paul, are called to be holy and blameless in God's sight, full of love (cf. Eph 1: 4, 5).

 
Angelus Address
Solemnity, Immaculate Conception
8 December 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


From the Cross, Jesus entrusted his Mother to all his disciples and at the same time entrusted all his disciples to the love of his Mother.

 
General Audience
Vatican's Paul VI Auditorium
2 August, 2008

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


While Mary lived on this earth she could only be close to a few people. Being in God, who is close to us, actually, "within" all of us, Mary shares in this closeness of God. Being in God and with God, she is close to each one of us, knows our hearts, can hear our prayers, can help us with her motherly kindness and has been given to us, as the Lord said, precisely as a "mother" to whom we can turn at every moment.

 
Parish Church of Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


We have a mother in Heaven. And the Mother of God, the Mother of the Son of God, is our Mother. He himself has said so. He made her our Mother when he said to the disciple and to all of us: "Behold, your Mother!.” We have a Mother in Heaven. Heaven is open, Heaven has a heart.

 
Parish Church
Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


In the days that followed the Lord's Resurrection, the Apostles stayed together, comforted by Mary's presence, and after the Ascension, they persevered with her in prayerful expectation of Pentecost. Our Lady was a mother and teacher to them, a role that she continues to play for Christians of all times.

 
REGINA CĆLI
III Sunday of Easter
30 April 2006

 

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