Mary
A comparison:
The communion of saints!
The camp of the infidels & heretics!
The name of Mary in the communion of saints is sweet indeed!
Song of Solomon 1:2
Thy name is as oil poured out!
Oil heals and fuels the flame of love of God!
Oil is the fruit of the olive (peace) so the name of Mary is our peace, and healing, and the fire of divine love to those in the communion of saints, mother of salvation, but to those in the camp of heretics it burns them up, it is bitterness, the sweet name of Mary is automatically idolatry, worship, and blasphemy!
In the communion of saints Mary is our sweet mother Jn 19:26 & rev 12:1 and mother of our salvation! Lk 2:30 but in the camp of the enemies of God she is the hammer of heretics!
In the communion of saints the name of Mary is life!
The air we breathe!
Just as breathing is a sign of life so the frequent pronunciation of the sweet name of Mary is a sign of the supernatural life of grace that mary found, Lk 1:30 when she with the power of the Holy Ghost brought forth our eternal salvation, but in the camp of heretics it is a….. well you get the idea!
I will leave to each one to determine what group they belong too!
If we greet Mary with the “Hail Mary” she will greet us with grace!
Saint Bonaventure
Mary was seen as the Ark of Noah, built by divine command who escaped the effects of sin (cf. Gen 6:9). Jacob’s Ladder, which reached from earth to heaven and witnessed the ascent and descent of angels, was seen as a type of the future intercession of the Blessed Virgin (cf. Gen 28:12). The Fathers saw the Burning Bush of Moses as a type of Mary, because it held the presence of God within itself, but did not experience material corruption (cf. Ex 3:1). In the Canticle of Canticles, Mary is depicted as the impenetrable Tower of David and as the enclosed and inviolable garden (cf. Cant 4:4,12), which reflects her purity and perpetual virginity. The Temple of God in 1 Kings 8 represented a sanctified house of God which foreshadowed Mary as the future tabernacle of Jesus. And references to created wisdom in the feminine gender from the book of Wisdom are also seen to foreshadow Our Lady, who is the “Seat of Wisdom.”
Arguably the greatest of the Old Testament types of Mary is the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was the sacred chest which held the presence of God for the people of Israel. The Ark contained the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written (cf. Deut 10:5), a gold vessel holding manna which fed the Israelites during the Exodus (cf. Ex 16:34), and the rod of Aaron which blossomed (cf. Heb 9:4).
God himself gave the description of the ark to be built (cf. Ex 25:10-22), and the Ark was the visible sign of God’s presence and protection. The presence of God in the form of a cloud would also overshadow the Ark, which came to be known as the shekinah, meaning the Divine Presence or Divine Glory.
The humble Virgin of Nazareth becomes the “New Ark” of the Covenant, an eternal covenant between God and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. As the Holy Spirit overshadows Mary (symbolized by the shekinah overshadowing the Ark), Mary becomes the sacred container directly and immaculately fashioned by God himself to bear Jesus Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law of the Ten Commandments, the Eternal High Priest, and the Eucharistic manna which feeds unto life eternal. Mary as the New Ark of the Eternal Covenant, should also be seen as a true sign of God’s presence and protection for the Church in every age.
A comparison:
The communion of saints!
The camp of the infidels & heretics!
The name of Mary in the communion of saints is sweet indeed!
Song of Solomon 1:2
Thy name is as oil poured out!
Oil heals and fuels the flame of love of God!
Oil is the fruit of the olive (peace) so the name of Mary is our peace, and healing, and the fire of divine love to those in the communion of saints, mother of salvation, but to those in the camp of heretics it burns them up, it is bitterness, the sweet name of Mary is automatically idolatry, worship, and blasphemy!
In the communion of saints Mary is our sweet mother Jn 19:26 & rev 12:1 and mother of our salvation! Lk 2:30 but in the camp of the enemies of God she is the hammer of heretics!
In the communion of saints the name of Mary is life!
The air we breathe!
Just as breathing is a sign of life so the frequent pronunciation of the sweet name of Mary is a sign of the supernatural life of grace that mary found, Lk 1:30 when she with the power of the Holy Ghost brought forth our eternal salvation, but in the camp of heretics it is a….. well you get the idea!
I will leave to each one to determine what group they belong too!
If we greet Mary with the “Hail Mary” she will greet us with grace!
Saint Bonaventure
Mary was seen as the Ark of Noah, built by divine command who escaped the effects of sin (cf. Gen 6:9). Jacob’s Ladder, which reached from earth to heaven and witnessed the ascent and descent of angels, was seen as a type of the future intercession of the Blessed Virgin (cf. Gen 28:12). The Fathers saw the Burning Bush of Moses as a type of Mary, because it held the presence of God within itself, but did not experience material corruption (cf. Ex 3:1). In the Canticle of Canticles, Mary is depicted as the impenetrable Tower of David and as the enclosed and inviolable garden (cf. Cant 4:4,12), which reflects her purity and perpetual virginity. The Temple of God in 1 Kings 8 represented a sanctified house of God which foreshadowed Mary as the future tabernacle of Jesus. And references to created wisdom in the feminine gender from the book of Wisdom are also seen to foreshadow Our Lady, who is the “Seat of Wisdom.”
Arguably the greatest of the Old Testament types of Mary is the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant was the sacred chest which held the presence of God for the people of Israel. The Ark contained the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written (cf. Deut 10:5), a gold vessel holding manna which fed the Israelites during the Exodus (cf. Ex 16:34), and the rod of Aaron which blossomed (cf. Heb 9:4).
God himself gave the description of the ark to be built (cf. Ex 25:10-22), and the Ark was the visible sign of God’s presence and protection. The presence of God in the form of a cloud would also overshadow the Ark, which came to be known as the shekinah, meaning the Divine Presence or Divine Glory.
The humble Virgin of Nazareth becomes the “New Ark” of the Covenant, an eternal covenant between God and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. As the Holy Spirit overshadows Mary (symbolized by the shekinah overshadowing the Ark), Mary becomes the sacred container directly and immaculately fashioned by God himself to bear Jesus Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment of the Law of the Ten Commandments, the Eternal High Priest, and the Eucharistic manna which feeds unto life eternal. Mary as the New Ark of the Eternal Covenant, should also be seen as a true sign of God’s presence and protection for the Church in every age.