by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Sep 13, 2019 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
The Church presently celebrates the Presentation of Mary (as distinct from that of Jesus) as a liturgical memorial on November 21. Our main source of knowledge of this event, apart from the liturgy, lies in aprocryphal writings which the Church has rejected as not...
by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Feb 26, 2018 | 2018, Mary and Social Life
By her practice of perfect obedience, piety, prudence and charity even in the face of the unjust exercise of authority, the Virgin Mary, united with her Son in the work of the Redemption, has not only given us an example to imitate, but also reserved for us the grace...
by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Dec 26, 2017 | 2017, Missio Article, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
The doctrine of Mary’s mediation of all graces is firmly rooted both in theological tradition and Sacred Scripture. As the Second Vatican Council states, the maternal mediation of Our Lady, subordinate to the one mediation of Christ, “in no wise obscures or diminishes...
by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Apr 22, 2017 | 2017, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Mystery and Revelation
While Christ is the sole Redeemer of mankind, we are called to be his “co-workers” by uniting our sacrifices to His supreme Sacrifice on Calvary for the life of the world. The Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Savior, was co-worker with Christ in an altogether unique way,...
