by Fr. Giacinto Marie Dagesse | Mar 14, 2019 | 2019, The Immaculate in Scripture
At the Annunciation, Mary, the “full of grace,” the creature beloved by God in a singular way, responded to God’s saving plan for her in a likewise unheralded manner, when she joined her “yes” to the “yes” of the Word who took flesh in her womb in obedience to the...
by fra Gabriel M. Mesina, FI | May 24, 2017 | 2017, Missio Article, The Immaculate in Scripture
“In the light of the New Testament and the Church’s tradition,” Pope St. John Paul II affirmed, “we know that the woman announced by [Genesis 3:15] is Mary, and in ‘her seed’ we recognize her Son, Jesus, who triumphed over Satan’s power in the Paschal mystery”...