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Mary, Theotokos
 


The Holy Mother of God, shows us her Son, Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. He is the Blessing for each person and for the entire human family. He, Jesus, is the wellspring of grace, mercy and peace.

 
Angelus Address
1 January 2019

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


To celebrate Mary as Mother of God and our mother at the beginning of the new year means recalling a certainty that will accompany our days: we are a people with a Mother; we are not orphans.

 
Homily
1 January 2017

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


Let us raise our gaze to Heaven to contemplate the splendor of the Holy Mother of God. Cultivate sincere devotion to her, so that she will be by your side in your daily existence.

 
General Audience
23 August 2017

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


Mary is the Mother of God, she is the Mother of God who forgives, who bestows forgiveness, and so we can rightly call her Mother of forgiveness. 

 
Opening of the Holy Door
Basilica, St. Mary Major
1st January 2016

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


Mary is the Mother of God, she is the Mother of God who forgives, who bestows forgiveness, and so we can rightly call her Mother of forgiveness.

 
Regina Caeli
17 April 2016

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


May the Holy Virgin, the Holy Mother of God, who gave the Savior to the world, help us to receive Him with an open heart, in order that we may truly be and live freely, as children of God.

 
Homily at Vespers
31 December 2014

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


May the Mother of God, in whose name we begin a new phase of our earthly pilgrimage, teach us to welcome God made man, so that every year, every month, every day may be filled with his eternal Love.

 
First Vespers
Mary, Mother of God
31 December 2013

 
 
 
Mary, Theotokos
 


The Mother of God. This is the first and most important title of Our Lady. It refers to a quality, a role which the faith of the Christian people, in its tender and genuine devotion to our heavenly Mother, has understood from the beginning.

 
Homily

Solemnity, Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Basilica 

1st January 2014


 

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