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The Blessed Virgin Mary

Foretold in the Old Testament

• Isaias 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel."
• Micheas 5:2-3 "And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda, out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity. Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein SHE[Mary] that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel." (The "travaileth" that is mentioned is the great pain and sorrow Mary underwent giving birth to all mankind at the foot of the cross, Jesus giving Mary to us as our supernatural Mother in grace, Saint John representing all mankind.(Saint John 19:27))

Eve and the Earth are TYPES of Mary, are prefigurements of Mary, Conceived without original sin

• Corinthians 15:45 "The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit"
• Romans 5:14 "...after the similitude of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come." (Adam is a TYPE of Christ, a prefigurement of Christ, Therefore, likewise, Eve is a TYPE of Mary, a prefigurement of Mary.)
• Genesis 1:27 "And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them." (The First Woman, Eve, was created without sin, likewise the Second Woman, Mary, was also created without original sin.)
• Genesis 3:15 "I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she[Ipsa in Latin, the woman] shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel."(Eve is a TYPE, a prefigurement of Mary.)
• Saint Luke 1:28 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." (One born in original sin can NOT be full of grace.)
• "because 'For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emmanation of the glory of the Almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her.' as is written (Wisdom 7:25), 'nor the rising of the dawning of the day,' (Job 3:9) that is of the Blessed Virgin, who in her birth was immune from original sin." (Summa, Third Part, Question 27, Article 2) "We must therefore confess simply that the Blessed Virgin committed no actual sin, neither mortal nor venial; so that what is written (Canticles 4:7) is fulfilled: 'Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee,' etc." (Summa, Third Part, Question 27, Article 4)
• Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created heaven, and earth." (Notice how God made the heavens, the sky beautifully blue with beautiful white clouds, and beautiful blue oceans and seas, the colors of the Blessed Virgin, in honor of her.)
• Genesis 1:10 "And God called the dry land, EARTH; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was GOOD.(God created the Earth WITHOUT any blemish, defect, or flaw, absolutely PURE, IMMACULATE and perfect.) Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the EARTH: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul."(The Earth(spoken of in feminine terms, the ground in Hebrew being 'Adama', Adam being the son of the 'Adama'), creation itself is a TYPE of Mary, a pregurement of Mary and of The Immaculate Conception. The earth gave life to Adam, just as Mary gave birth to the second Adam, Christ. If the Earth was absolutely PURE and IMMACULATE, then Mary too is absolutely PURE and IMMACULATE. Mary being the new, the second creation, the greatest creation of God the Almighty.) Job 1:21 "And said: Naked came I OUT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB, and Naked shall I RETURN THITHER: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord."(Job is referring to his returning to his Mother, Earth.)

  

• The Creation of the Earth is a TYPE of the Immaculate Conception.

A Virgin

• Isaias 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a VIRGIN shall conceive, and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel."
• Saint Matthew 1:18, 22-23 "Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. ... Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Behold a VIRGIN shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."
• Saint Luke 1:27 "To a VIRGIN espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the VIRGIN'S name was Mary."
• Saint Luke 1:34 "And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?"

Maintained her virginity

• Saint John 19:27 "After that, he[Jesus] saith to the disciple[Saint John]: behold thy Mother. And from that hour, THE DISCIPLE TOOK HER TO HIS OWN."
• Acts 1:14 "All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his BRETHREN." (Jesus could NOT break the Law and entrust His Most Holy Mother to Saint John if He had any living blood brothers or sisters. The fact that His supposed BRETHREN were still present at the Pentecost, AFTER His death, proves that these BRETHREN are merely cousins or other relatives, because again, Christ did not entrust His Most Holy Mother to one of His supposed blood brothers or sisters because he had NO blood brothers or sisters. Therefore this proves that without a doubt Mary was and is a PERPETUAL Virgin!)

Typified in Ezechiel

• Genesis 3:16 "To the woman also he said: I[God] will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children..." (Mary, the Second Eve, conceived with out original sin, "FULL OF GRACE", and who never sinned, enjoyed the benefits of Eve before the fall, namely not giving birth in pain.)
• Ezechiel 44:2 "And the Lord said to me: This GATE[Mary's womb] shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass through it: because the Lord the God of Israel hath entered in by it, and it shall be SHUT" (Jesus caused absolutely no pain to Mary at His birth, passing through Mary's womb as light through glass. Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori proclaims "Mary is called the 'Gate of Heaven' because no one can enter Heaven but through her means.")
• Saint Luke 1:34 "And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?"

Mother of God

• Isaias 9:6 "For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace." (Mary is the Most Holy Mother of the CHILD who is God the Almighty.)
• Saint Matthew 1:23 "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."
• Saint Luke 1:32,35 "He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. ... And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
• Saint Luke 1:43 "And whence is this to me[Saint Elizabeth] that the MOTHER OF MY LORD should come to me?" (Saint Elizabeth was referring to her DIVINE Lord in the person and child of Jesus Christ.)
• Saint Luke 2:11 "For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David."
• Galatians 4:4 "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law"

Highly blessed

• Saint Luke 1:28 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."
• Saint Luke 1:42 "And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
• Saint Luke 1:45 "And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord."
• Saint Luke 1:48 "Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."

Was to suffer many sorrows, personified in Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:2,7,12,15,17 "...Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her ... Jerusalem hath remembered the days of her affliction ... see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow ... the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter ... there is none to comfort her"(Mary is personified in Lamentations, in fact Saint Bernard proclaims "Holy Scripture was written for Mary, about Mary, and on account of Mary." Think about it. The Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is ABSOLUTELY UNSELFISH, and instead of inspiring the Scripture writers to egotistically write on account of Himself, He inspires them to write on account of His Greatest Creation, The Blessed Virgin Mary.)
• Saint Luke 2:34-35 "And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a SWORD SHALL PIERCE[spiritually at the foot of the cross], that, out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed."
• Saint Luke 2:48 "And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee SORROWING."
• Saint John 19:25 "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen."

Mary's Glory

• Judith 15:10-11 "And when she was come out to him, they all blessed her with one voice, saying: Thou art the GLORY of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honour of our people ... and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever." (Judith is a TYPE of Mary, a prefigurement of Mary)

Mary's Glorious Assumption into Heaven

• Baruch 3:28-29 "And because they had not wisdom[personifying Mary], they perished through their folly. Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her[wisdom personified as Mary], and brought her down from the clouds?"
• Ecclesiasticus 51:13 "I[wisdom personifying Mary] dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud."
• Ecclesiasticus 24:16 "...and my[wisdom personifying Mary] abode is in the full assembly of saints."
• Canticle of Canticles 3:6 "What is this coming up from the desert, like a column of smoke laden with myrrh, with frankincense, and with the perfume of every exotic dust?" (The Glories of Mary by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori(Doctor of the Church): The myrrh typified her[Mary's] complete mortification, the incense her fervent prayers. ... Saint Jerome expresses this idea ... She was as a spiral of smoke and gave out a most sweet odor because she burned interiorly like a holocaust with the flame of divine love.) which all typifies Mary's Glorious Assumption into heaven.
• Apocalypse 11:19 "And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple." (The Ark and the Holy Tabernacle of the Covenant, of the New Testament, of Jesus Christ, is Mary)

Personified in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, Personified as Wisdom

• Ecclesiasticus 1:6,9,10,15, 4:13,14,15, 6:24, 7:21, 24:24-26,39 "To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels? ... He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her. ... And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him. ... And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. ... They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing. ... They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her. ... Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice. ... for the grace of her modesty is above gold. ... I am the MOTHER of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is ALL GRACE of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. ...For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean."

Mary, the Mediatrix of all Graces

• Ecclesiasticus 24:40-44 "I, wisdom[personifying Mary], have poured out rivers. I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a CHANNEL of a river, and like an AQUEDUCT, came out of paradise. I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow. And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea: For I make DOCTRINE to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off."
• Ecclesiasticus 24:24-25 "I am the MOTHER of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is ALL GRACE of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.
• Saint Luke 1:28 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, FULL OF GRACE, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."

Mary, Co-redemptrix, Queen, Protectress, Consoler and Advocate with Jesus, and Our Mother

• 1 Corinthians 3:9 "For we are God's coadjutors(co-workers)..."(Who more closer to Christ could be more our advocate with Jesus?)
• "The Mystical City of God"(Revelations on the Life of Mary dictated by The Blessed Virgin Mary herself, and approved by countless Theologians) by Venerable Mary of Agreda, Following the Institution of the Most Blessed Sacrament(The Last Supper) Jesus said to Mary "My Mother, I will be with thee in thy affliction. Let US accomplish the will of the Eternal Father and the Salvation of the world ... The incarnate Word said: 'To my true and natural Mother belong all the creatures which were created and redeemed by Me; and of all things over which I am King, She too shall be the legitimate and supreme Queen.' The Holy Ghost said: 'Since She is called my beloved and chosen Spouse, She deserves to be crowned as Queen for all eternity.' ...'My sweetest children, I[Jesus] am about to ascend to my Father, from whose bosom I descended in order to rescue and save men. I leave with you in my stead my own Mother as your Protectress, Consoler and Advocate, and as your Mother, whom you are to hear and obey in all things. Just as I have told you, that HE WHO SEES ME SEES MY FATHER, and HE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS ALSO HIM; so I now tell you, that HE WHO KNOWS MY MOTHER, KNOWS ME; HE WHO HEARS HER, HEARS ME; and WHO HONORS HER, HONORS ME. All of you shall have Her as your Mother, as your Superior and Head, so shall also your successors. She shall answer doubts, solve your difficulties; in Her, those who seek Me shall always find Me; for I shall remain in Her until the end of the world, and I am in Her now, although you do not understand how.'"

The Moon, a Symbol of Mary

• Ecclesiasticus 43:6 "And the moon[a symbol of Mary] in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world."
• Canticle of Canticles 6:9 "Who is she[Mary] that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the MOON, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?"

Personified in Proverbs

• Proverbs 8:34 "Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my GATES, and waiteth at the posts of my doors."
• Proverbs 8:35 "He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord."

Meditated on Jesus’ word

• Saint Luke 2:51 "And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart."

Pondered events in Jesus' life

• Saint Luke 2:19 "But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart."

Mary, our Advocate and Requested Jesus' first miracle

• Saint John 2:1,3-5 "And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. ... And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me AND to thee? My hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (Jesus, in a sense places His interests on the same level as Mary's when he says "what is that to me AND to thee?")

Given to us as our mother

• Saint John 19:25-27 "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen. When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: BEHOLD THY MOTHER. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own." (Mary is our supernatural Mother in grace and Saint John represents us all. Mary bore us all in her spiritual womb at the foot of the cross. Mary first gave birth to Christ, the Head of His Mystical Body and Mary is giving birth with the Holy Ghost, her Spouse, to the rest of His Mystical Body at every Baptism.)

Devoted herself to prayer

• Acts 1:14 "All these were persevering with one mind in prayer with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren."

Mary is full of grace

• Saint Luke 1:28 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, FULL OF GRACE, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women."

COMMUNION OF SAINTS

Note: Saint Thomas Aquinas proclaims that we are to believe in the Holy Doctrine of the Scriptures and of the Holy Fathers[the Saints] of the Church. "This truth[implying all truth] is attested by the manifest authority of the canonical Scriptures and the doctrine of the Holy Fathers[of the Saints]"(Summa, Supplement, Question 69, Article 2)

Unity of all Christians

• Saint John 15:5 "I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing."
• Romans 12:4 "For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office"
• 1 Corinthians 6:15 "Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ?..."
• 1 Corinthians 10:17 "For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread."
• 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 "Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit. And there are diversities of ministries. but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who worketh all in all."
• Ephesians 2:19 "Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners: but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the domestics of God"
• Ephesians 5:30 "Because we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones."
• 1 Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God."

Praying for each other

• Acts 12:5 "Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him."
• Romans 15:30 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your prayers for me to God"
• 2 Corinthians 13:7 "Now we pray God that you may do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is good and that we may be as reprobates."
• Ephesians 6:18 "By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints"
• Colossians 4:3 "Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound)"
• 1 Thessalonians 5:25 "Brethren, pray for us."
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1 For the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of God may run and may be glorified, even as among you"
• Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things."
• James 5:16 "Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much."

Intercession of saints

• Tobias 12:12 "When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord."
• 2 Machabees 15:14 "Then Onias answering, said: This is a lover of his brethren, and of the people of Israel: this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the holy city, Jeremias, the prophet of God."
• Apocalypse 5:8 "And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."
• Apocalypse 8:4 "And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel."

We are surrounded by saints

• Hebrews 12:1 "And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us"

Saints now in heaven

• 1 Thessalonians 3:13 "To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen."
• Apocalypse 6:9 "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held."

Miracles through relics

• Acts 5:15 "Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that, when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them and they might be delivered from their infirmities."
• Acts 19:11-12 "And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles. So that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons: and the diseases departed from them: and the wicked spirits went out of them."

All called to be saints

• Ephesians 1:4 "As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity."
• Ephesians 1:11 "In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will."
• Ephesians 1:14 "Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory."