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How Does Mary Help us as our Spiritual

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Mary is our Spiritual Mother

Mary is my mother. She is your mother, too. Before Jesus died on the cross, He saw Mary and one of His
disciples before Him. He said to Mary, “Woman, behold your son.” To His his disciple He said, “Behold,
your mother.” (from John 19: 26 and 27) He assigned this disciple (John) to watch over and protect Mary.
The Catholic Church also looks at this event as Jesus giving Mary to all believers as our Mother. She is also
the Mother of the Church.

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The Blessed Virgin Mary is our mother because of Jesus. She accepted God’s invitation to be the Mother
of the Messiah. She gave birth to Jesus and raised Him with St. Joseph. Mary is the Mother of Jesus, and
because of this, she is also the Mother of the Catholic Church and Mother of all the faithful. She sets a
great example for us of unwavering faith and trust in God. Mary comes to our aid to help us; she is a
mother who wants to see all of us love God and listen to her Son. She helps us to do this in any way she
can. Mary is a Mediatrix of graces, meaning that she dispenses graces to us that God gives to her for this
purpose. Mary is the person closest to God. No other human was as close to Jesus as she was, as she is.

Mary is the Mother of Jesus.

At the Annunciation, the Archangel Gabriel told Mary that she was chosen by God to be the Mother of
the Messiah. Mary said yes this role. “May it be done to me according to your word.” (from Luke 1:38) She
accepted God’s invitation to be the mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Her faith and trust in God are a
great example to us.

To prepare her for this role, by the grace of God, Mary was born without sin. We call this her Immaculate
Conception. No other person has been born without original sin.

Mary is an example of faith for us-of steady, unwavering faith and of faithful service. Out of all the
women in the history of the entire world, she was chosen to be the mother of our Savior. That says a lot
about her right there! She should have our respect from this alone.

The love and care Jesus shows to Mary is an example of how we can show her love and respect as well. For
example, she has appeared many times on earth (sometimes with Jesus and Joseph, like at Fatima) to
give a message to us. If Jesus did not hold her in high esteem, He would not allow her to come to earth to
talk with us. Whenever she does talk with those on earth, it is to send a message to repent, to turn away
from sin, and to love God more.

Mary comes to our aid to help us.

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Think of the times she has appeared on earth. She has told people to turn away from sin, to pray the
Rosary, to pray for sinners, and to pray for peace. She has told us that her Son is very much offended by
the sins of people. She asks us to pray and repent. God allowed her to come to deliver these messages to
us. He did not have to do that. But, God loves us and He loves His Mother, so He allows her to help us.

Mary is a Mediatrix of graces.

Mediatrix means mediator. Mary is the Queen of Heaven and earth, crowned by Her son as the Queen
mother. (This was a common practice of the Jews in Old Testament times. The queen mother would help
her son rule, not the king’s wife.)

Mary has nothing without God. He allows her to pass out His graces to us. This shows how important she
is to God. We call her the Mediatrix of graces because she has the authority from God to give out God’s
grace to us. We only need to ask her for them.

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God by Scott Hahn is a great resource to use to learn
more about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Mary is the person closest to God.

As His loving, faithful Mother, Jesus loves Mary immensely and He trusts her to carry out only what He
asks. You may have heard the saying that no one can love Mary more than Jesus already does. Jesus sets
the example for us. He loves Mary as His Mother. We can love Mary as our Mother, too.

No other person has been as close to Jesus as Mary has. She carried Him for nine months, gave birth to
Him in a stable, nursed Him, fled to safety with Him, raised Him, and was with Him in His final hours.
He lived with Mary His Mother for 30 years until He began His public ministry. As God, Jesus could have
picked any woman to be His mother. He chose Mary of Nazareth.

Jesus’ love for Mary and His trust in her is not a love and trust He keeps to Himself. When He was on the
cross, He introduced her to us as our mother. We can accept her as our mother, too. We can learn more
about her and ask her to pray for us. We know her Son listens to her! We can ask her to pray for us to love
Jesus even more and follow Him with open and sincere hearts. As our Mother, she will help us.

Why Catholics Call Mary Their Mother

Her is a short video by Fr. Mike Schmitz about why we as Catholics call Mary our Mother. He does a great
job of explaining this!

Why Catholics Call Mary Their Mother

Mary is our spiritual Mother.

As our spiritual Mother, Mary is always ready to help us. She sets the example of love and faithfulness to
God. She intercedes for us in prayer and she bestows graces on us from God that God allows Her to.

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Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God by Scott Hahn is a great resource to use to learn
more about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Elizabeth says
O C TO B E R 3 1 AT 9 : 0 7 P M

What is significant and special about the decisions that Mary made that lead to her becoming the
mother of Jesus?

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Mary says
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That is a good question. When the Angel Gabriel was sent by God to announce to Mary that she
was chosen to be the mother of the Messiah, her response was, yes. She said, “I am the servant of
the Lord. May it be done to me as you say.” (Luke 1:38a)

Mary’s response (called her fiat) was an immediate acceptance of and consent to God’s will for her
life: “May it be done to me.” Her yes was total and complete; she held nothing of herself back from
God even though she did not know all that yer yes would entail, she said yes. She completely and
faithfully trusted in God.

She sets the example for all of us.

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Elizabeth says
NO V E M B E R 2 AT 7 : 4 0 P M

Thankyou so much. God bless you.

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Mary says
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You are very welcome. Thank you. God bless you, too!

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any thoughts or insights how blessed Mary as intercessor of our faith in Jesus our Lord? Thank You

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Mary says
O C TO B E R 2 1 AT 7 : 5 6 A M

Mary is the Mother of our Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus, when He was on the cross, gave her to us (the
Church) as our mother. All that Mary does points us to Him. Just as we ask a friend to pray for us,
we can ask Mary to pray for us, too.
I found two great websites that explain a lot about Mary:
https://www.motherofallpeoples.com/post/mary-s-power-of-intercession
https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/mary

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Jasbir says
S E P T E M B E R 2 3 AT 1 1 : 3 9 P M

Thank you
I would like to know more about how to pray the rosary and why we pray the rosary. Please can you help
me understand where is the rosary prayer comes from.
Thank you
Jasbir
I want to pray for the conception for my daughters to become pregnant. Two of my daughter. Please
teach me how to pray.

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Mary says
S E P T E M B E R 2 6 AT 6 : 5 7 A M

The Rosary is such a beautiful prayer. Here are some resources on the website that may be helpful
to you:
https://blessedcatholicmom.com/the-rosary/
https://blessedcatholicmom.com/why-pray-the-rosary/
https://blessedcatholicmom.com/benefits-of-praying-the-rosary/

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Mary says
J A N UA RY 2 9 AT 1 2 : 2 2 P M

How wonderful that you pray the Rosary. It is such a beautiful prayer. “Blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus” means that Jesus is the blessed fruit of Mary’s womb. It is a partial quote from the
Bible, Luke chapter 1. When Mary was pregnant with Jesus she visited her cousin Elizabeth.
Elizabeth greeted Mary with the words, “Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”

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