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Article: Seeking the fullness of Mary.(EDITORIALS)(Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 26, 2007
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Nowhere does the doctrinal and devotional life of the Catholic church combine to provoke more passion and piety than when the discussion turns to Mary. That's Mary, as in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, the fruit of Immaculate Conception, the young woman startled by the news delivered by an angel at the Annunciation. Mary, the expectant mother who journeyed to visit her elderly, expectant cousin, Elizabeth, at the Visitation. Mary, the woman taken into heaven at the Assumption, and Mary Queen of Heaven. She is patroness of the Americas and the subject of devotional celebrations around the world. So it is fitting in October, the second month traditionally devoted to ...
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