Day 133: Devotion to Mary
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
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The Role of the Blessed Virgin in Christian Worship
Pope Paul VI stated, We believe that the Holy Mother of God, the new Eve, continues in heaven to exercise her maternal role on behalf of the members of Christ. The church declares the church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship from the most ancient of times. Now there's another term, hyperduolia,. And you can imagine what hyperduolia, if duolia means honor, then it's not a word. So we have duolia honor for all the saints. What God has done in their lives is remarkable. And hyperduolia to our lady, because whatGod has done in her life, the life of an ordinary, completely human human, is hyper
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