THE NEW EVE

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Virgin with Angels, Bouguereau, 1900

Mary's response is the most momentous word in history." - Reinhold Schneider

Read:
Revelation 12:1-17
Luke 1:46-55
Luke 1:26-38

Study:
1) Handouts:
The Five Doctrines on Mary; Mary, the New Eve; Mother of God and Our Mother; Apparitions; Praying to Mary: Idolatry or God’s Will?

2) 3MC:
60 – Who is Mary?

3) CCC 148-149, 273, 411, 484-507, 721-726, 963-972, 2673-2679 (YOUCAT 80-85, 117, 147-148, 479)

Meditate:
How do I imitate the faith and trust in God's Divine Providence that Mary had? How can I remain close to Jesus like Mary? Mary's humble obedience to God made her a channel of His grace, how can my obedience and participation in God's Holy Will make me a channel of His grace to those I encounter in this life?

Pray:
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Imitate:
St. Joseph

Apply:
Do I ask for the prayers of my Holy Mother? As a model disciple of Christ, do I imitate the humble obedience and closeness of Mary to His will?

Extra:
The Rosary Album
Mary: Ever Virgin
Mary: "Full of Grace"
Immaculate Conception and Assumption
Mary the Mother of God
Mary Ark of the New Covenant
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Blessed Virgin Mary
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Assumption of Mary
Catholic Encyclopedia: The Immaculate Conception
Catholic Encyclopedia: Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

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The knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary.
What the virgin Eve had bound in unbelief,
the Virgin Mary loosed through faith.
(St. Irenaeus [A.D. 189])