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Our Lady of Hrushiv, the Ukrainian apparitions of 1987
Apparitions of Our Lady of Hrushiv in 1987, in Ukraine, with messages of conversion. Learn about the visionary Marina Kizyń and the spiritual…
Mary, the Mother Who Listens to the Word at the Cross
Mary listens to the Word at the cross with silent faith and maternal presence. Reflect on forgiveness and divine motherhood in this…
And the disciple welcomed her into his own intimacy (Jn 19:27)
By entrusting Mary to the beloved disciple, Jesus founds ecclesial motherhood. Explore in depth the theological meaning of Jn 19:27 and its…
Sin and health, pain and salvation
Sin, pain, and salvation are linked to health through the intercession of Mary. Explore the role of Our Lady as healing mother in the Christian…
Mother of the Redeemer and of Redeemed Humanity
A Mariological reflection on Mary, Mother of the Redeemer and of the humanity redeemed by Christ. Let us deepen this central mystery of the…
Holy Week: Mary by the Cross of the Lord
Mary by the cross reveals her unique role in the redemptive mystery. Let us delve deeper into this theological reflection on Mary’s presence…
Holy Week: Mary, Disciple of the Lord
A Mariological analysis of Mary’s presence in Holy Week as a faithful disciple of Christ. The paschal mystery contemplated through Our Lady.…
Incarnation and Resurrection in Relation to Mary
Mary unites Incarnation and Resurrection like no other figure in the Christian faith. Explore her unique role in these two central mysteries of…
Mary and the Eucharist, the renewed understanding in the Third Millennium
Mary and the Eucharist share indissoluble theological bonds. Explore the incarnation, Mary's Eucharistic attitude, and her presence in the…
Mary, Woman of the Eucharist
Mary, Woman of the Eucharist, leads us to a deeper understanding of this sacrament. Explore more deeply the relationship between the Virgin and…
The Virgin-Mother, prophet and Church in Advent
Discover the Marian titles of Virgin-Mother, Prophet and Image of the Church in Advent and deepen the spirituality of this liturgical season…
The Listening Virgin in Advent
Mary, the Listening Virgin, reveals in Advent the perfect model of contemplative openness. Delve deeper into the Marian spirituality of this…
The Mariological Prayers of Advent
Discover the Mariological prayers of Advent, their theological meaning, and how the Church addresses her supplication to Mary in this season of…
The Earliest Testimonies of Advent
Explore the earliest Christian testimonies of Advent and Mary's singular role in this liturgical season. History, spirituality, and patristic…
From John the Baptist to Mary: The Poor of YHWH
From John the Baptist to Mary: explore the place of the poor of YHWH in the Scriptures and Mary’s profound rootedness in this biblical…
The Mariological Psalms of Advent
Discover how the Mariological Psalms of Advent announce Mary and her unique mission in the history of salvation, in the light of Scripture and…
Advent: Do You Know What We Pray?
Discover how the Church prays in Advent and the place of Mary in the spirituality of waiting. A Mariological reflection on prayer and the…
Advent: How It All Began
Discover how Advent began with Mary’s yes and understand the singular presence of Our Lady in this liturgical season of hope and preparation.
Thanks to the grace of Our Lady
Explore Marian mediation and devotion to Our Lady as a path to particular graces of the full grace. Deepen this essential mariological reflection.
Who Distributes Grace, Mary or the Holy Spirit?
Who distributes grace: Mary or the Holy Spirit? Explore Marian mediation and divine action in a rigorous and contemplative theological analysis.
The Miraculous Medal: Origin and Spread
Learn about the origin and spread of the Miraculous Medal, revealed to Catherine Labouré, its theological meaning, and the central role of…
The Story of Catherine Labouré
The life and mission of Catherine Labouré, seer of the Marian apparitions that gave rise to the Miraculous Medal. Discover the Vincentian…
The Mariological Meaning of the “Presentation of Mary,” November 21
Discover the Mariological meaning of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, the feast of November 21, across liturgy, patristic tradition, and…
The Relationship between the Holy Spirit, Mary, and the Priest
Holy Spirit, Mary, and the priest: foundations of Marian and priestly spirituality in the light of the Magisterium. Deepen this essential…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.