Titles of Mary

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1.

Mother of Perpetual Help — This painting shows the


Madonna and Child attended by the archangels Michael and
Gabriel. The angels hold instruments central to the Passion.
The painting is heart breaking. The Christ Child, having
glimpsed the instruments of torture, runs to His mother's
protection. His right foot is bare, indicating He was so
frightened He ran out of his sandal.

2. Immaculate Conception — The 1854 dogma


issued by Pope Pius IX refers to Mary's sinless nature at the
moment of being conceived by her parents. The Immaculate
Conception was the first time a pope claimed a dogma to be
infallible, even though the idea of papal infallibility would not
be officially proclaimed for another 16 years. This is the
definitive title of the Blessed Mother.

3. Queen of Peace — Mary officially received this title


during World War I in a proclamation by Pope Benedict XV.
The Pope added "Queen of Peace" into the Litany of Loreto in
his call for peace among the warring nations.
4. August 1: Our Lady asks for Establishment
of an Order for Redeeming Captives (1218)

Our Lady of Ransom appeared to Saint Raimund, of the


order of Saint Dominic, on this day in the year 1218,
and also to King James I of Aragon, and likewise to
Saint Peter Nolasco in three separate apparitions,
making known to all three that she desired each of
them to contribute to establishing an order for
redeeming captives.

That Order they established is known as the Royal,


Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and
the Redemption of the Captives, is also known as The
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, the Order of
Merced, the Order of Captives, or the Order of Our Lady
of Ransom.

At that time in history, during the 13th Century, the


powerful Islamic Taifa kingdoms in Spain, as well as the
Ottoman Empire at the opposite end of the
Mediterranean Sea, operated a slave trade the scope of
which has not been seen anytime else in history. The Spanish, particularly, were subject to
raids in which they would be captured and imprisoned, sold into slavery and often forced to
renounce their Catholic faith or face discrimination, torture and death.

5. Mary, Mother of God

January 1st

The human mind can never fully comprehend all that is


contained in the title “Mother of God”. It is the title by
which the faithful love to address Mary. The Church has
sanctioned it by her infallible authority. All the beauties
of nature, all the riches of grace, all the splendors of
glory pale before the majestic grandeur of such a title as
this. For, by the very fact of having conceived the “Word
made Flesh”, Mary has been united to God by the same
ties which unite a mother to her true son.

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