Hello and

today we discuss Mary's role in the resurrection with our good friend Father Hugh Barber.

Hello Father.

Hello, hello, happy Easter.

Well thank you very much, happy Easter Father.

Keep saying that for 50 whole days. I know right just keep saying it because I don't

have to with there's something about it just we're we're like a culture of days like like Christmas is a day, Easter is a day, but that's not very Catholic.

No, no, it isn't. And as people used to say about another activity, which now they'd even do online,

it's always Easter somewhere.

So let's celebrate.

Well, let me ask you about...

Our lady, Mary, the mother of Jesus, the mother of God, what happens to her?

Because unless I am missing something, she is very, very present at the foot of the cross, plays a prominent

role there, and then as things continue, we don't see her again until must be Pentecost in the acts of the Apostles.

So why, I don't want to assume Mary has no role in the resurrection but why is it an

invisible role? Well the tradition of the church has always upheld in spite of minimalizing responses to this question that one might come

across that our Lord appeared to his mother and his resurrection.

That's it almost goes without saying because of course she is the place and the

person of his incarnation in the annunciation and she stood and she initiated his ministry with the wedding at Cana and the miracle at Cana, which

she works in view of his hour, which he seems to be hastening in response to a and then she's standing at the foot of the

cross and then she's at Pentecost praying with the first church first

Christian church and so of course our Lord appeared to her in his resurrection.

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