Mary Leads the Priest to Service
Mary leads the priest to service through total self-giving to God. Explore the Marian dimension of the priesthood and Mary’s role in priestly…
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Is There Danger in Marian Devotion?
Is there danger in devotion to Mary? Discover the criteria of authentic Marian cult and the limits of popular piety. Delve deeper into this…
Is the Priestly Crisis a Marian Crisis?
Does the priestly crisis have its roots in the Marian crisis? Explore the theological relationship between Mary and the priesthood in this…
Case approach: woman of waiting and of beauty
Revelations of Fr. Bamonte about Mary as Woman of waiting and of beauty. Marian Theology explored in depth from testimonies of exorcisms.…
Revelations of the demon about Mary: Fr. Bamonte
The revelations of the demon about Mary, gathered by Fr. Bamonte, confirm the intercessory power of Our Lady. Let us explore more deeply this…
The exorcism with the rosary of Saint Dominic de Guzmán
The rosary of Saint Dominic de Guzmán as an instrument of exorcism and spiritual combat. Explore more deeply the maternal dimension of Mary in…
Leonardo da Vinci and the Virgin Pregnant with Hope
In the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, there is a drawing attributed to the master Leonardo, depicting a female head that has evident affinities,
Leonardo da Vinci and the Luminosity of Mary’s Womb
Around 1481, the friars of the convent of San Donato in Scopeto commissioned an Adoration of the Magi, now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Is the “Kekaritomene” Journal Sold Out?
The Kekaritomene Journal has sold out. Discover the academic publication of Locus Mariologicus devoted to the scientific and spiritual study of…
All Saints’ Day and the Assumption
The Assumption of Mary theologically grounds the feast of All Saints. Explore the connection between her bodily glory and the eternal destiny…
Leonardo da Vinci, Painter of Symbolic Mariology
In the work “Madonna of the Pomegranate, or Dreyfus Madonna,” Leonardo seeks a new concept of lighting, the fruit of careful study.
Ars Dei Gallery Sales Livestream
The Ars Dei Gallery presents works of Marian sacred art by painters from around the world. Contemplation and theology brought together in a…
The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (1472-1475)
Leonardo consciously departed from the traditional iconography of the Annunciation, setting the scene in a garden outside the Virgin’s house…
Antonello da Messina: the Mariology of “Homo Novus”
Antonello da Messina reveals a singular Mariology: the Homo Novus contemplates Mary as the center of human renewal in Christ. Let us deepen…
The Geometric Mariology of Piero della Francesca (Part 4)
A Madonna and Child, recently attributed to Petrus de Burgo and for centuries thought to belong to Piero della Francesca,
The Iconographic Mariology of Piero della Francesca (Part 3)
The Madonna del parto of Monterchi is like all the pregnant women of the world; she is like them, anxious and happy, exhausted and proud
Mariology in the Paintings of Piero della Francesca (Part 2)
Piero was born around 1415-1420 in Borgo San Sepolcro. In this town of the upper Val Tiberina, Piero served his first apprenticeship in…
The Mariology of Piero della Francesca (Part 1)
Piero della Francesca (Sansepolcro [Tuscany] 1418-1492) is undoubtedly one of the greatest Italian artists of the fifteenth century.
Holy Mary, gate of heaven: a dogmatic-liturgical analysis
Mary, Gate of Heaven: a dogmatic-liturgical analysis of how God entered the world through the Incarnation and how the faithful find in her the…
The Holy Virgin Mary in the Cenacle: A Dogmatic-Liturgical Analysis
The Holy Virgin Mary in the Cenacle unites apostolic prayer and ecclesial motherhood. A dogmatic-liturgical analysis of her founding presence.…
The Virgin Mary in the Resurrection of the Lord: a dogmatic-liturgical analysis
A dogmatic-liturgical analysis of the Virgin Mary in the Resurrection of the Lord. From the cross to the paschal glory, Mary fully shares in…
Holy Mary, Disciple of the Lord: A Dogmatic-Liturgical Analysis
Mary, disciple of the Lord, listened to the Word and kept it with exemplary fidelity. Delve deeper into this dogmatic-liturgical analysis of…
Holy Mary, Mother of God: A Dogmatic-Liturgical Analysis
Mary, Mother of God: a dogma defined at Ephesus in 431 and the foundation of all Mariology. Delve deeper into the dogmatic-ecclesial analysis…
Mary at the Annunciation: A Dogmatic-Liturgical Analysis
A dogmatic-liturgical analysis of the Annunciation: Mary’s “fiat” inaugurates the Incarnation of the Word. Let us explore this founding…
Mary daughter of Israel: a dogmatic-liturgical analysis
Mary, daughter of Israel, recapitulates the hope of the chosen people and inaugurates the fulfillment of the Covenant with her fiat. Deepen…
The origins of intercession in the iconography of the Virgin Orans
Explore the origins of intercession in the iconography of the Virgin Orans and her role in the theophanic representations of the history of…
Marialis cultus
Marialis Cultus is Paul VI’s apostolic exhortation on the Marian cult in the Church. Explore its theological and spiritual meaning more…
The Virgin and Child in apsidal mosaics
Discover the origin of the apsidal mosaics with the Virgin and Child, whose iconography derives from the Adoration of the Magi. Explore this…
Marian iconography: the apses of churches from the 5th century.
Since the 5th century, church apses have consecrated Marian iconography in images of faith. Explore the theological language of this sacred space.
Symbolic character of Marian iconography in the third and fourth centuries
Explore the Marian iconography of the third and fourth centuries and its profound theological symbolism, revealing how the early Church…
Iconography of Mary: Catacombs of Priscilla, the Annunciation
In the Catacombs of Priscilla rests the oldest iconography of Mary. Contemplate the Annunciation, which bore witness to the early faith of the…
Mariology and Sophiology on the Way of Beauty
Mariology and Sophiology converge on the Way of Beauty: Mary, the icon of divine Wisdom, lights up the path to God. Delve deeper into this…
Sublime beauty in Mariological aesthetics
Mary’s sublime beauty transcends the physical: she is the creature in whom the divine splendor shines forth most fully. Deepen this…
Our Lady of Sorrows: A Biblical Devotion
Discover how devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows is rooted in Sacred Scripture and how it reveals Mary’s role as co-redemptrix in the Passion of…
The Holy Name of Mary
Invoking the Holy Name of Mary opens the heart to divine grace. Discover the theological richness and the devotion that this Name holds in the…
The disciple who believes invites us to listen to the Word
Mary, the disciple who believes, invites the Church to listen to the Word. Her total faith reveals the path of evangelical welcome. Deepen this…
Are the Mariological Verses Well Translated?
Translating the Mariological verses well is essential to understanding Mary’s role in Scripture and in the Christian faith. Explore this…
The Nativity of Mary: What Mystery Is Celebrated?
The Nativity of Mary, celebrated on September 8, inaugurates the mystery of salvation. Discover the theological and spiritual meaning of this…
Mary made fruitful by the word she heard
Mary was made fruitful by the Word she heard with total faith when she welcomed the angel. Deepen this mariological truth at Locus Mariologicus.
The mission of Mary: divine and universal motherhood
The mission of Mary unites divine and universal motherhood: Mother of Christ, she becomes Mother of all the members of His Body. Deepen this…
Mary’s Vocation: A Response of Faith to the Word
Mary’s vocation and her fiat reveal a unique response of faith to the Word of God. Let us delve deeper into this Mariological reflection on…
The welcoming of the Annunciation and the place of faith
Mary’s welcoming at the Annunciation reveals the most perfect act of faith in history. A yes that transforms humanity. Let us deepen this mystery.
Mary and the Word, grace and dabar
Mary receives the divine Word with her whole person, uniting grace and dabar in a singular covenant. Deepen this mariological reflection on the…
Mary and the Word of God, person and event
Mary receives the Word of God with perfect faith and becomes the living event in which the eternal Word enters history. Deepen this…
Pilgrimages and the Scholar of Mariology
Marian pilgrimages as a way of spiritual and academic formation for those who study Mary in the tradition of the Church: explore this…
Marian Shrines and Scholars of Mariology
Marian shrines unite devotion and the academic study of Mariology. Explore how these sacred spaces deepen the knowledge and contemplation of Mary.
The Annunciation to Mary According to Blessed Fra Angelico (Part III)
The painter’s art shows itself here to be angelic, because it represents the highest expression of spiritual values, of humanistic ideals…
The Annunciation to Mary according to Blessed Angelico (Part II)
The impression is once again strong and immediate, a direct echo of the Song of Songs: “You are a garden enclosed, my sister, my bride; a…
The Annunciation to Mary according to Blessed Angelico
In the works of Angelico (14th century), art acquires meanings that transcend its artistic value and has other functions: they cannot be…
Mary as the Contemplation of God
Mary as the contemplation of God reveals how total openness to the divine transforms human existence into an epiphany of the Lord. Delve deeper…