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Missio ImmaculataeOur Lady of Kibeho: A Message for the World
The history of the Church is replete with examples of Our Lady’s watchful and solicitous care for the welfare of her children. A striking recent example, confirmed by the local Bishop, is given us by the events surrounding the Blessed Virgin’s appearance to three...
Mary, Perfect Model of the Religious Life
Perhaps the first and most difficult step toward entering the religious life is leaving one’s family, especially one’s own mother. This enormous sacrifice can only be sweetened by the awaiting embrace of Mary, the sweetest of mothers, who will never be outdone in...
The Importance of Saint Anselm of Canterbury for Scotus’ Defense of the Immaculate Conception
Blessed John Duns Scotus, the “Doctor of the Immaculate Conception,” made the decisive theological contribution that prepared the way for the eventual definition of this dogma of the Faith. But as we discover in this magistral study, he drew many of his insights from...
Mother and Mediatrix
Far from obscuring or diminishing the one mediation of Christ (cf. 1 Tim 2:5), the maternal mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary rather “shows its efficacy,” as the Second Vatican Council teaches. Indeed, it is the seal, the hallmark of a redemption more perfect than...
She Said Yes!
Can it be rightly said of you, O Mary, that you have neither beginning nor end? For you were in the heart of the Trinity for as long as God is eternal! You are a creature extraordinaire, from the beginning of which there is no beginning. If you are not praised enough,...
Mary Was Her Life: Venerable Teresita Quevedo
What can compare to the limpid innocence of a child? It is no wonder that Jesus insists that no one prevent them from coming to Him, especially those who, already at an early age, approach Him in faith! Teresa Quevedo was such a child, so precious to the Heart of...
The First-Ever Biography of Mary: How St. Augustine Inspired St. Maximus Confessor on the Theme of Mary Immaculate
Missio Immaculatae International is pleased to present a first-of-its-kind study by Fr. Christiaan Kappes on the Mariology of St. Maximus Confessor. As this study demonstrates, this 7th-century Church Father played a decisive role in winning universal recognition of...
Mary, Undoer of Knots
Our Lady can halt world conflict just as easily as she can command the universe to spin in reverse, if she so desires! God has given her all power, and as the Woman prefigured in Genesis who undid the sin of Adam, she continues her mission to restore the human heart...
The Marian Spirituality of St. Birgitta of Vadstena
The Marian spirituality of the beloved St. Birgitta (Bridget), one of the Patron Saints of Europe, is at once enchanting and instructive. Beckoned by the very Mother of God, she did not hesitate to place herself at the feet of this same Virgin Mother and her Divine...
The Five Marian Stones
St. Bonaventure tells us that Mary is spoken of “everywhere in Scripture” (Collationes in Hexaemeron, c. 13, n. 20). A wonderful example is found in the well-known scriptural account of David and Goliath. The five smooth stones chosen by David signify what we might...