![]() ![]() Read these articles on Mediatrix of Graces by Fr.Now, at the summit of the Marian era, what remains is the final proclamation by the Church of this final Marian doctrine as Christian dogma revealed by God. The universal mediation of the Mother of Jesus as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces, and Advocate for the people of God is already contained in the official and authoritative teachings of the Church's Magisterium. Now Mary is the new Queen Mother and Advocate in the new Kingdom of her Son, who brings the petitioned needs of the people of God to the throne of her glorious Son, Christ the King, particularly in our present difficult times. In the Old Testament, the Queen Mother brought the petitioned needs of the people of Israel to the throne of her son the king (cf. Thirdly, Mary is our Advocate for people of God, in that she takes the petitions of her earthly children, especially in times of difficulties, and brings them through her maternal intercession before her Son and our Lord Jesus. 62) and several twentieth century popes have officially taught the doctrine of Mary as Mediatrix of all graces, quoting the words of St Bernard: "It is the will of God that we obtain all favours through Mary." The Mediatrix performs this task in intimate union with the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, with whom she began the drama of our Lord's Redemption at the Annunciation (cf. For this reason, Vatican II refers to Mary as a "mother to us in the order of grace " ( Lumen Gentium, n. And from the cross at Calvary (Jn 19:26) and as the final gift to humanity, Jesus gives Mary as a spiritual mother to us all: "Son, behold your mother" (cf. Mary mediated Jesus Christ, the Author of all graces, to the world when she agreed to be the human mother of God made man (cf. ![]() ![]() All the graces which flow from the redemption of Jesus Christ are granted to the human family through the motherly intercession of Mary. Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces Traditionally today is the feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces. In religious art, an eagle shelters Médard from the rain. Ever since, Médard was known as "master of rain" or his patronage against bad weather and who to invoke for good weather. Médard who remained perfectly dry, because an eagle had spread its wings over him. ![]() Legend says that once when he was a child a sudden shower fell, soaking everyone except St. Médard (456-545), Bishop of Noyon, France. Pope Leo XIII declared in his Encyclical Octobri Mense (On The Rosary) of September 22, 1891: "With equal truth may it be also affirmed that, by the will of God, Mary is the intermediary through whom is distributed unto us this immense treasure of mercies gathered by God, for mercy and truth were created by Jesus Christ." The 1962 Missal commemorates Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces. » Enjoy our Liturgical Seasons series of e-books! Sing of Mary, 5: The Assumption is the Crown.We affirm, with all of our hearts, the doctrine of the Real Presence. We resist all attempts to soften them or explain them away or make them easier to swallow. So what do we do? If we stand in the great Catholic tradition, we honor these mysterious and wonderful words of Jesus. So what does Jesus do? Does he soften his rhetoric? Does he offer a metaphorical or symbolic interpretation? Does he back off? On the contrary, he intensifies what he just said: “Amen, amen I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.” As all the scholars point out to us, the verb used here in Greek is trogein, which indicates the way an animal eats. For a Jewish man to be insinuating that you should eat his own flesh and drink his blood was about as nauseating and religiously objectionable as you could get. Those who heard it were not only repulsed intellectually they were disgusted, viscerally. Friends, today’s Gospel passage is one of the most shocking in the New Testament. ![]()
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