THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARYMOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST,

GOD THE SON

Our Lady of Lourdes High SchoolReligion 9 Spring 2014

Mrs. Safford

The New Eve

Questions to Think About…

What was the Blessed Virgin Mary with Christ and his Church during his earthly life?

Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary, the New Eve?

What was the Blessed Virgin Mary with Christ and his Church during her earthly life?

The Blessed Virgin Mary: Made possible the Incarnation Inaugurated Christ’s public life at the

Wedding of Cana Shared in the Passion at the foot of the

Cross Prayed with the Church at the Birth of

Pentecost. Video: Mary, Did You Know?

Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary the New Eve?

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the New Eve whose fiat brought God into the world in the fullness of time.

With complete humility and submission, the Blessed Virgin Mary said “Yes” to God’s will and brought salvation into the world. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the thus the New Eve accomplishing what Eve could not.

Project

You will create a Facebook page for the Blessed Virgin Mary or any Saint who has seen an apparition of Mary using a ½ sheet of a poster board or by using Fakebook.You may include pictures, a conversation she may have had, friends of Mary, feast days etc.This will count as a TEST grade. Be Creative!!!!

The Immaculately Conceived Mother of God

Questions to Think About

Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God?

What is the Immaculate Conception?

Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God?

In the generation of a new human person, parents give their child a body, and God directly infuses the child’s soul. Nevertheless, the parents are the parents of the entire child.

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the origin of the human body of Christ, thus she is the Mother of the whole person of Christ, who is the divine Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, possessing two natures: human and divine.

What is the Immaculate Conception?

The Most Blessed Virgin Mary, at the very instant of her conception, by a unique grace and privilege of the omnipotent God, and in consideration of the merits of Christ Jesus, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. This is the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

Video: What is the Immaculate Conception?

HomeworkWrite the definitions on a piece of paper to hand in. Annunciation Assumption Betrothed Co-Redemptrix Divine Motherhood Dogma Epiphany Gabriel Glorious Mysteries Immaculate Conception

Homework 2

Intercessor Joyful Mysteries Lourdes Luminous Mysteries Mediatrix Nazareth Perpetual Virginity Simeon Sorrowful Mysteries Virgin Birth

Ever Virgin and Assumed into Heaven

Questions to Think About

What is the Doctrine of Perpetual Divinity?

What is the Dogma of the Assumption?

What is the Doctrine of the Perpetual Divinity

The Blessed Virgin Mary was a true Virgin when she conceived Christ, and she remained a Virgin for the rest of her life, underscoring the importance of virginity and her supernatural maternity.

What is the dogma of the Assumption?

Having completed the course of her earthly life, the Blessed Virgin Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven.

Video: The Assumption of Mary

Mother and Co-Redemptrix

How is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mediatrix and Co-redemptrix?

Because of her singular way in which she cooperated in Christ’s Mediation and Redemption, the Blessed Virgin Mary is able to intercede for people as Mediatrix and Co-redemptrix?

Video: Why We Pray to Mary?

Questions to Think About

What does it mean to say the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of Church and every Christian?

How is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mediatrix and Co-redemptrix?

What does it mean to say the Blessed Virgin Mary is the

Mother of Church and every Christian?

Because Mary is the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of the Mystical Body of Christ (the Church), and of every Christian.

Citations

Mary, Did You Know? Sung by Clay Aiken. Posted by Trent DeWhite on 4/14/06 at https://youtu.be/A1oHJR2g7Tw

The Assumption of Mary. Joe Aboumoussa. Posted on 8/9/12 at https://youtu.be/I3cM45ki1M0

What is the Immaculate Conception? Joe Aboumoussa. Posted on 5/6/12 at https://youtu.be/0VmFOmeOws

Why We Pray to Mary. Posted by 1Hope4All on 2/2/08 at https://youtu.be/OgK7Qa9BfNE4

Book: Armenio, Rev. Peter. Faith and Revelation: The Blessed Trinity. 1st ed. Woodridge: Midwest Theological Forum, 2009.

Pictures were taken from various sources via Google images