In Continued Dialogue with the Czestochowa Commission
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Dec
Rosary Scripture Citations
On October 16, 2002, Pope John Paul II released his inspirational Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae. In doing so Pope John Paul II declared a “Year of the Rosary” from October 2002 to October 2003 and appealed to the Christian faithful worldwide to “confidently take up the Rosary once again” and to “rediscover the Rosary [...]
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Dec
A Response to 7 Common Objections – Part I
PART 1 On December 23, 2000, The New York Times ran a major story on the international Catholic movement Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici, which is seeking to encourage the papal definition of the Blessed Virgin Mary as “Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces, and Advocate.” Existing Catholic teaching of Mary as a Coredemptrix refers to the [...]
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Dec
A Response to 7 Common Objections – Part 2
PART 2 Objection 4: To call Mary a co-redemptrix or to call Christians in general “co-redeemers” is to have a human being actively participate in redemption, which is a divine or, more specifically, a “theandric” activity, accomplished by Jesus Christ in his divine and human natures alone, and thus forbidden by Christianity. Such would only [...]
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Dec
A Response to 7 Common Objections – Part 3
PART 3 Objection 6: On a more speculative theological level, it appears that Mary cannot participate in the acquisition of the graces of redemption (or “objective redemption”) as the Co-redemptrix when she herself needed to be redeemed. If she did cooperate in objective redemption, it is because without her objective redemption has not been accomplished. [...]
14
Dec
Letter from Mother Teresa
To obtain copies of this letter of Mother Teresa for distribution in your region or parish, click here to contact Vox Populi.
