The Feast Day of St. Joachim and St. Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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From a Homily by St. John Paul II - Celebration of the Eucharist in the Basilica of St. Mary Major Friday, 8 December 1978 The figure of St Anne reminds us, in fact, of the paternal home of Mary, the Mother of Christ. Mary was born there, bearing in her that extraordinary mystery of the immaculate conception. There she was surrounded by the love and solicitude of her parents: Joachim and Anne. There she "learned" from her mother, from St Anne, how to be a mother. And although, from the human point of view, she had renounced motherhood, the Heavenly Father, accepting her total donation, gratified her with the most perfect and holy motherhood. Christ, from the Cross, transferred in a certain sense his mother's maternity to his favorite disciple, and likewise he extended it to the whole Church, to all men. When, therefore, as "children of (divine) promise" (cf. Gal
The Feast Day of St. Joachim and St. Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Feast Day of St. Joachim and St. Anne…
The Feast Day of St. Joachim and St. Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
From a Homily by St. John Paul II - Celebration of the Eucharist in the Basilica of St. Mary Major Friday, 8 December 1978 The figure of St Anne reminds us, in fact, of the paternal home of Mary, the Mother of Christ. Mary was born there, bearing in her that extraordinary mystery of the immaculate conception. There she was surrounded by the love and solicitude of her parents: Joachim and Anne. There she "learned" from her mother, from St Anne, how to be a mother. And although, from the human point of view, she had renounced motherhood, the Heavenly Father, accepting her total donation, gratified her with the most perfect and holy motherhood. Christ, from the Cross, transferred in a certain sense his mother's maternity to his favorite disciple, and likewise he extended it to the whole Church, to all men. When, therefore, as "children of (divine) promise" (cf. Gal