Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God! & {F56}

Posted January 1, 2016 in Faith, Reading / 6 Comments

Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God!

Hail, Holy Queen

So I’m going to break all of the rules again, just like last week. If you aren’t Catholic, then you probably don’t realize that one week after Christmas (today) is another really important day. Today is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. In the Catholic Church, today is a Holy Day of Obligation (like Christmas) where Catholics are obliged to go to Mass. I love this feast day so much and I wanted to share it with all of you. Last year, I wrote a little post about the Hail Mary, this year I want to share some quotes from one of my favorite books.

From Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn:

I sat on the bed, then dropped to my knees and prayed an apology to Jesus.
I felt I’d let Him down by letting His mother down. I felt as if I’d run
with the ball to the one-yard line, only to fumble short of the goal.
I said, “I’m sorry, Lord, for my weakness and failure.” I prayed a Hail Mary.
~page 156~

If you could have created your mother and preserved
her from original sin, would you? … Of course you would!
But 
could you? No, you couldn’t! But Jesus could and so Jesus did!
~pages 158-159~

As the Mother of God, Mary is the mother par excellence. So, as all mothers are elusive, she will be more so. As all mother give of themselves, she will give more. As all mothers point beyond themselves, Mary will to a much greater degree.
~page 16~

A true mother, she is usually protrayed pointing  to her son but looking
out toward the viewers, her other children. She mothers her infant –
for an infact cannot hold himself up – even as she mothers her
children in the world and draws us together to Him.
~page 28~

Whatever made the ark holy made Mary even holier. If the first ark
contained the Word of God in stone, Mary’s body contained the Word of God enfleshed. If the first ark contained miraculous bread from heaven, Mary’s body contained the very Bread of Life that conquered death forever. If the first ark contained the rod of the long-ago ancestral priest, Mary’s body contained the divine person of the eternal priest, Jesus Christ.
~pages 60-61~

If any of these quotes struck you at all, I would highly recommend Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn. It is an amazing book to read and one that I probably should be re-reading soon.

Synopsis of Hail, Holy Queen via Goodreads

A fresh and enlightening new perspective on Mary, Mother of God, and her central importance in the Christian faith, from the author of the highly successful The Lamb’s Supper.
In
The Lamb’s Supper, Catholic scholar and apologist Scott Hahn explored the relationship between the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholic Mass, deftly clarifying the most subtle of theological points with analogies and anecdotes from everyday life. In Hail, Holy Queen, he employs the same accessible, entertaining style to demonstrate Mary’s essential role in Christianity’s redemptive message.
Most Christians know that the life of Jesus is foreshadowed throughout the Old Testament. Through a close examination of the Bible, as well as the work of both Catholic and Protestant scholars and clergy, Hahn brings to light the small but significant details showing that just as Jesus is the “New Adam,” so Mary is the “New Eve.” He unveils the Marian mystery at the heart of the Book of Revelation and reveals how it is foretold in the very first pages of the Book of Genesis and in the story of King David’s monarchy, which speaks of a privileged place for the mother of the king.
Building on these scriptural and historical foundations, Hahn presents a new look at the Marian doctrines: Her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Assumption, and Coronation. As he guides modern-day readers through passages filled with mysteries and poetry, Hahn helps them rediscover the ancient art and science of reading the Scriptures and gain a more profound understanding of their truthfulness and relevance to faith and the practice of religion in the contemporary world.

I'm linking up with the Friday 56, so I'll invite you to go grab a book and join the fun.

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The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice.

Rules

  • Grab a book, any book.
  • Turn to page 56 (or 56% on ebook).
  • Find any sentence that grabs you.
  • Post it.
  • Link it at Freda's Voice.

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6 responses to “Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God! & {F56}

  1. I don’t remember this being done at my church ever which is weird. Maybe I’ve just forgotten? I love Mary and wish she was celebrated more though so this was a nice treat today. I’ll have to look up the book to see if it’s in my library. Thanks for the recommendation! Happy New Year by the way (:

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