also take her as their Queen. In 1927, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Louis Barlassina, was becoming ever more worried about the political situation in the region. He built a monastery, church, and orphanage in the village of Deir Rafat, and dedicated them...
She is the cause of what came before her, the champion of what came after her and the agent of things eternal. She is the substance of the prophets, the principle of the apostles, the firm foundation of the martyrs and the premise of the teachers of the Church . She is the glory of...
While Mary is honored by the Greco-Romans more than other early saints, the reality is that early writings had more positive titles for the original apostles, like the Apostle John (e.g. Polycrates' Letter; Harris Fragments; Irenaeus Fragments 2,3; Irenaeus Against Heresies, V, 18:2), ...
St. Benedict had a rose garden ("rosary") at his monastery in the 4th c., but the first garden we know of that was specifically dedicated to Mary was one created by the Irish St. Fiacre in the 7th c. The earliest record of a garden explicitly called a "Mary Garden" involves a "...
The first mention of Mary is the story of theAnnunciation, which reports that she was living inNazarethand was betrothed toJoseph(Luke 1:26 ff.), and the last mention of her (Acts of the Apostles 1:14) includes her in the company of those who devoted themselves toprayerafter the ascensi...
Engelbert of Admont, abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Admont in Styria (c. 1250–1331), refers in Hymnus IX. Psalterium beatae Mariae Virginis. Prima Quinquagena to Mary’s virginal divine motherhood in these verses: 28. Hail, rose intact thus,Converted into the temple of truth,The...