Why Early Church Fathers' views on Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, can transform your life.
"No one can describe His body generation. No one can point to a father who begot Him in the flesh, because His body did not come from a man, but from the Virgin alone." Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word 37; PG 25, 160; ed. Thomson (Oxford Claredon Press, 1971). Jesus Christ's generation and birth are... Continue Reading →
"If the Son of God had wanted merely to appear, He would certainly have assumed any kind of body, even one better than ours. Instead, it was our own kind of body that He took, and not just in any way. He took it from a pure unstained Virgin, who had not known man. This... Continue Reading →
"23 “I am a God who is near,” says the Lord, “and not a God afar off.24 Can a man hide in secret, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.25 “I heard what the prophets said, and what lies they prophesied in My name, saying falsely, ‘I... Continue Reading →
"6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence. This is His name by which the Lord will call him: ‘The Lord Our Righteousness.’ ”7 The Lord says, “Therefore behold, days are coming when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the house of Israel... Continue Reading →
“Simeon calls a sword (cf. Lk 2:3s) the word that has the power to test and discern thoughts, that penetrates unto the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow (cf. Heb 4:12). Indeed every soul, at the moment of the Passion, underwent a kind of doubt, just as the Lord said: "You will... Continue Reading →
The author sees the incarnate God; he sees Emmanuel, born of the holy Virgin
"14 "Rejoice, and be glad, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I am coming to you, and I will dwell in your midst," says the Lord. 15 "And in that day many nations shall flee to the Lord for refuge, and they will be His people, and they will dwell in your midst, and you... Continue Reading →
“It is not holy to worship a mere man, but neither is it pious to state that he is only God, excluding his humanity; for, even if Christ were fully God--as he really is- -but had not assumed humanity, we would be estranged from salvation. Let us worship him as God but believe also that... Continue Reading →
“O students of purity and disciples of chastity, let us celebrate, with lips full of purity, the God born of the Virgin.” Cyril of Jerusalem, Catecheses 12, 1; PG 33, 725 A. We are called to live a virtuous life. Purity and Chastity can be understood from a wider angel, that we abstain from sin.... Continue Reading →
“For if the Incarnation were a mere appearance, such would be our redemption as well. In Christ there were two aspects: man, who was visible in him, and God, who remained invisible. He really ate as we do, as man (for he had the passions of the body in common with us); but as God... Continue Reading →
Virgin Mary 