Mary, Mother of God

Mary, Mother of God

Mary holds many titles (our church is named for one of them!), but perhaps none is more significant than the title celebrated on January 1st, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Through the fruitful virginity of Mary, God bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation.  Mary’s care and its needs is not limited to her earthly life; Lumen Gentium tells us that “it lasts without interruption until the eternal fulfilment of all the elect.”

"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom." — Catechism of the Catholic Church 721

Photo source:  Madonna and Child with Cherubs, c.1650, Giovanni Battista Salvi