Veneration Of The Mother Of God
Definition
The woman’s acclamation (‘Blessed is the womb that bore You’) is read as the beginning of the fulfillment of the Virgin’s own prophecy, and is balanced by the Lord’s insistence that doing the Father’s will is the highest kinship.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- The Theotokos And All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed
Biblical References
- Matthew 8:5-13 — When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help: “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.” Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I
- Luke 7:1-10 — After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he
- Matthew 8:11-12 — I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be
- Matthew 8:13 — *Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour. *
- Luke 7:11-17 — Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow),
- Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23 — Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question: “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go tell John what you hear a