MARIAN QUIZ BEE REVIEWER

Mama Mary
Parents: Joaquim and Anne
Mary descended from the House of David (Joaquims line) and the Family of Aaron
(Annes line)
4 Marian Dogmas (set of beliefs that is accepted without being questioned or doubted)
Divine Motherhood
Mary is the Mother of God.
We know that God has no mother in eternity, but when God the Son became human, he
was born of the Virgin Mary. So she is his mother in his incarnation.
Perpetual Virginity
Mary is a virgin before she conceived Jesus, during her pregnancy and even after giving
birth to Jesus. This is de fide we believe that it is essential to our faith.
Christs birth did not diminish his mothers virginal integrity but sanctified it.Lumen
Gentium
Immaculate Conception
From the very beginning of her origin, Mother mary was privileged to be kept out of
original sin or its stain (immaculate means without stain) because of the special grace
she received from God. Pope Pius IX
Assumption
The Immaculate Mother of God,the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of
earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. Pope Pius XII
*Read Luke Chapter 2, where the Joyful Mysteries are discussed. Mary is an important
figure in this chapter.
*Watch also The Word Exposed videos on Mary
Magnificat Marys song to the Lord after Angel Gabriel greeted her during the
Annunciation as the highly favored one (Greek Charitoo)
In the Visitation, important people
Elizabeth Marys cousin
Zechariah- Elizabeths husband
Simeon
Anna

Fiat Marys obedience

Bethlehem Josephs hometown
Stabat Mater image of Mary along with other women at the Crucifixion
Pieta Mary cradling the dead body of her son
Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli)
1954 1st Marian year
Titles Given to Mary, among others:
Theotokos (Mother of God)
Aieparthenos (Ever Virgin)
Important Feast Days:
Aug 15 Assumption of Mary
Aug 22Queenship of Mary
Sept 8 Bday of Mary
Oct 7 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Dec 8 Immaculate Conception ( Holy Day of Obligation)
Jan 1 Mary as Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation)
The Rosary
Prayer without contemplation is like a body without a soul.Pope Pius VI
Prayers ultimate subject is Jesus.
The litany-like succession of Hail Marys becomes in itself an unceasing praise of Christ.
The rosary is one of the traditional paths of Christian prayet directed to the
contemplation of Christs face.Pope John Paul II in Rosarium Virginis Mariae, #18
Can we bypass Jesus by asking Mary?
No, we ask Mary to ask Jesus for what we need, even as Protestants may ask their
pastor or friend to pray for them. Marys intercession for us is like that of Christians on
earth. She is essentially a prayer warrior--- the greatest prayer warrior, for she
intercedes for everyone in the world.
Jesus is the mediator of our salvation; he is the One way to the Father, by whose death
we may approach God and gain salvation. Mary is a Mediatrix of intercession, that is,
she mediates by praying for us, not by saving us and giving access to the Father. He is
the savior, she is a mere intercessor.
Because of her intimate and unparalleled sharing in the mysterious work with the divine
redeemer, Mary, human Mother of the redeemer, has merited the Church titke, Co-

redemptrix which literally means with the redeemer.

Do catholics worhip mary?
A distinction must be made between adoration (latria) and veneration (dulia). The
church has never taught that acts of adoration, the reverence and glory due to God
alone, are to be given to Mary, but only an exceptional veneration (hyperdulia) because
of her unique association with Jesus Christ in his work of redeeming humanity.
The meaning of preventive redemption
We believe that Mary needed redemption, although she was never subject to original
sin. Nor did she have an obligation to contract it; there can be no obligation to commit
sin. We can merely say that she would have been born without gracem were it not for
the preventive redemption. The word preventive means anticipatory: the grace she
received at her conception was given in anticipation (Latin praevenire) of Christs merits,
which earned that grace.