杏MAP导航

By Vatican News staff writer

According to 杏MAP导航 Francis, Mary is the model of mother and woman.  Her her school is one of faith and life, and she teaches well the alphabet of human and Christian life.

The 杏MAP导航 made the comment to some 200 students and professors of the Pontifical Theological Faculty "Marianum" of Rome, run by the Order of Servants of Mary (The Servites).  This prestigious academic institution on Mariology also publishes Marianum, a well-known journal on Marian theology. 

By going to the heart of her mystery, the 杏MAP导航 said, we can discover the wonders of her motherhood and her womanhood. Elizabeth recognized her as 鈥渕other of the Lord鈥�, the 杏MAP导航 said, and Jesus wanted us to walk in life with the best of mothers.   

Mary鈥檚 motherhood builds fraternity

鈥淥ur Lady made God our brother, and as a mother can make the Church and the world more fraternal,鈥� the 杏MAP导航 said. The Church needs to rediscover her maternal heart, which beats for unity; but she also needs our Earth, to become again the home of all her children.

Citing his latest encyclical, Fratelli tutti, he said, Our Lady 鈥渨ants to give birth to a new world, where all of us are brothers and sisters, where there is room for all those whom our societies discard鈥� (no. 278).

According to the 杏MAP导航, a world without mothers, has no future.

鈥淧rofits and profit alone do not give a future, on the contrary, they sometimes increase inequalities and injustices. Mothers, instead, make every child feel at home and give hope.鈥�

As a mother, Mary teaches the art of meeting and walking together. In this regard, the 杏MAP导航 commended Marianum where different theological and spiritual traditions come together as in a large family, thus contributing also to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.

Mary womanhood makes us a people

Speaking about Mary鈥檚 womanhood, the 杏MAP导航 said, 鈥淛ust as the mother makes the Church a family, so the woman makes us a people.鈥� This explains the natural popular piety to Our Lady, the 杏MAP导航 said, encouraging Mariology to follow and promote her, sometimes purify her, but always paying attention to the "signs of the Marian times" that run through our time.

In this regard, the 杏MAP导航 drew attention to the role of women, saying it is essential for the Church and for the world. He regretted that many women do not receive the dignity due them.

鈥淭he woman who brought God into the world, must be able to bring her gifts into history.鈥�

He ended stressing, 鈥淗er genius and style are needed.鈥�