028: Part 2 – The (Very) Ancient Origins of Marian Devotion

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

I told you it was good. Part one of my interview with Mike Aquilina about his book Keeping Mary Close: Devotion to Our Lady Through the Ages was awesome. The conclusion is even better. You've got to hear Mike because he really gets fired up showing how even heretics and atheists understood early Christian devotion to the Mother of God, and mocked them for it. He also discusses how love of Mary is channeled to God using a very sweet example from his own life. Our discussion also gets into how the motif of the family life of God is a key to understanding Mary. At one point, he even invokes the Odd Couple! (You're not going to hear that on any other podcast!) Some of the other questions we discuss: They may not have had rosaries, but did early Christians have physical ornaments that expressed their devotion to Our Lady? Given it's intensity, was there ever a danger of Mary eclipsing Christ in devotion in the early days? (Ever heard of the Collyridians? Me, neither!) Do Muslims really venerate Mary? Who were some of the hardcore "Marian" Church Fathers? (Cue Cyril of Alexandria and the heresy of Nestorianism.) All that and more in this episode of The Art of Catholic. God bless and enjoy! Matt P.S. Make Lent count this year! Grab a FREE chapter called "Beer, Chocolate & Value-Added Suffering" from my book "Louder Than Words: The Art of Living as a Catholic". It will totally explain redemptive suffering and transform how you live every moment of every day!

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0:00.0	This is the art of Catholic.
0:06.0	Oksinner be not discouraged but have recourse to Mary and all your necessities.
0:19.7	Call her to your assistance or such as the divine will that she should help in every kind of
0:25.8	necessity.
0:27.3	That same basil to great my friends, this is the art of Catholic.
0:31.6	I am Matthew Leonard coming to you from studio number two at the St. Paul Center for Biblical
0:36.4	Theology.
0:37.6	It is great to be with you today.
0:39.7	I have had a phenomenal week since the last time we worked together.
0:44.4	Over the weekend I
0:45.1	was in the diocese of Venice speaking to the men's conference there. Great
0:49.5	guys, great time. So wonderful to see men come together and row in our knowledge
0:55.2	and love of our Savior. Many thanks to Bishop DeWane and to Eric Sammins for
0:59.3	having me. My co-speakers were Terry Barber and Air Wasnik, great guys. Man, it was fun.
1:06.2	But the fun is over.
1:09.5	Lent is here.
1:11.3	Ooh, yes.
1:15.0	Actually, it's not like that.
1:16.6	Lent is one of the greatest times of the year
1:18.3	because it forces us to clean our spiritual rooms,
1:23.0	so to speak.
1:24.2	We gotta work out our spiritual muscles so we can grow,
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