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Mary
 


May you be able to pronounce your "yes" to God's designs every day, with the same humility with which the Holy Virgin said her "yes."

 
Dominican Monastery of
"Santa Maria del Rosario"
Rome, Italy
24 June 2010

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mary was the first person to take the "way" to enter the Kingdom of God that Christ opened, a way that is accessible to the humble, to all who trust in the word of God and endeavor to put it into practice.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
22 August 2010

 
 
 
Mary
 


Let us invoke the intercession of Mary, whom we contemplate on the Memorial of her Presentation in the Temple as Mother and model of the Church, who welcomes in herself both vocations: to virginity and to marriage, to contemplative life and to active life.

 
Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
19 November 2006

 
 
 
Mary
 


Mary is a woman who loves. How could it be otherwise? As a believer who in faith thinks with God's thoughts and wills with God's will, she cannot fail to be a woman who loves.

 
'Deus Caritas Est'
Encyclical Letter on God's Love

 
 
 
Mary
 


We must look on Mary as a beacon of light and as a model of Christian maturity from whom we can draw an enthusiasm and joy to live with ever greater commitment and consistency our vocation as children of God, and brothers and sisters in Christ.

 
Welcome to participants
Mariological Congress
Castelgandolfo
01 September 2012

 
 
 
Mary
 


It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women, the feminine element stands at the heart of the Christian religion.

 
'Faith, Hope and Love'
Interviewed by Peter Seewald

 
 
 
Mary
 


The Virgin Mary’s example of faithful perseverance in doing the will of God and her heavenly reward are a source of courage and hope for all of us.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2010

 
 
 
Mary
 


Let us carry in us Mary’s same sentiments of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, her faith and her hope, her docile abandonment into the hands of divine providence.

 
Address
marking the conclusion of May
St Peter's Square
2 June 2008

 

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