The Litany of Loreto, Latin “Litaniae Lauretanae”, also called the “Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, is a prayer to Our Lady with invocations of “pray for us”. The word litany…
The Servants of Mary belong to the organisation with the Latin name “Ordo Servorum Mariae, OSM” (“Order of the Servants of Mary”), a Catholic mendicant order. This order is also called…
The visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth is called the Visitation of Mary. When Mary is visited by the Archangel Gabriel, she learns that her elderly cousin Elizabeth is also expecting a son...
Maria has many titles, and one of them is the Virgin of Virgins. This designation is also included in the Litanies of Loreto. A virgin is pure, clean, and completely chaste.
In the Catholic Church, 1 January is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This day also marks the close of the Octave of Christmas. This eight-day period…
The evangelist Luke mentions the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Augustus (“exalted one”), Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14, born…
The Catholic faith holds that every human being is born with original sin. There is one exception to this, and that concerns Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Mary is seen as the new...
The title for Mary of “Admirable Mother” dates from the 16th century. This title appears in the Litany of Loreto. On 18 November 1574, the first Marian congregation…
A Pietà is an artistic depiction of Mary holding her dead son on her lap. The word Pietà is of Italian origin (pietà) and is also called a Vesperbild and in German...
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