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Mary, Our Mother
 


May the Virgin Mary who accompanied with motherly solicitude the development of the newborn Church, also guide our footsteps in our time and obtain for us a new Pentecost of love. May she especially make us all aware of being missionaries, that is, those who have been sent out by the Lord to be his witnesses at every moment of our life.

 
Message for the
81st World Mission Day
21 October 2007

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Let us pray to Mary, our holy Mother, so that she may help us to open our entire being, always more, to Christ's presence; so that she may help us to follow him faithfully, day after day, on the streets of our life.

 
Homily
Mass and Eucharistic Procession
Solemnity of Corpus Domini
Basilica of St John Lateran
26 May 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Mary stands before us as a sign of comfort encouragement and hope. She turns to us saying, ‘Commit yourself to God; then you will see that it is precisely by doing so that your life will become broad and light, not boring, but filled with infinite surprises, for God’s infinite goodness is never depleted!’

 
Homily
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
8 December 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Mary comes to us as a mother, always open to the needs of her children. Through the light which streams from her face, God's mercy is made manifest. Let us allow ourselves to be touched by her gaze, which tells us that we are all loved by God and never abandoned by him!

 
Homily
Lourdes, France
14 September 2008

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


The closer a person is to God the closer he is to people. We see this in Mary. The fact that she is totally with God is the reason why she is so close to human beings. For this reason, she can be the mother of every consolation and every help; a mother whom anyone can dare to address in any kind of need in weakness and in sin, for she has understanding for everything and is for everyone the open power of creative goodness.

 
Address for the
83rd World Mission Day
2009

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Mary is the Mother of the Savior. She is also our mother because, in her unique maternal relationship with the Son, she shared His mission, for us and for the salvation of all mankind

 
Vespers
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God.
Vatican Basilica
31 December 2007

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Holy Mary, you who under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe are invoked as Mother by the men and women of Mexico and Latin America,…we once again place our life in your motherly hands. May you hold sway in the hearts of all the mothers of the world and in our own heart. With great hope we turn to you and trust in you.

 
Prayer before the image of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Vatican Gardens
11 May 2005

 
 
 
Mary, Our Mother
 


Holy Mary, you who under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe are invoked as Mother by the men and women of Mexico and Latin America,…we once again place our life in your motherly hands. May you hold sway in the hearts of all the mothers of the world and in our own heart. With great hope we turn to you and trust in you.

 
Prayer before the image of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Vatican Gardens
11 May 2005

 

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