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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 055: Mary, The New Eve

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

On the first day of the calendar year, the Church celebrates The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. This day honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus. With her great "yes" to the Divine Will, Mary effectively reverses the negative trajectory caused by the great "no" of the world's first woman, Eve. Today's episode of the Word on Fire Show discusses how Mary, the Mother of God, represents the New Eve who ushers forth the New Adam, the Savior of the World, Jesus Christ. The listener question asks about the perpetual virginity of Mary.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:17  Introduction: Bishop celebrates the Virgin of Guadalupe in Los Angeles
  • 5:08 - Why is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God so important
  • 7:02 - What is the controversy behind calling Mary "The Mother of God"?
  • 9:40 - Why were people parading through the streets when Mary was named "Theotokos"?
  • 11:05 - How does Mary compare to Eve?
  • 14:13 - What is the theological foundation for reverencing Mary?
  • 16:10 - Was Mary aware of her role in salvation history?
  • 18:16 - How should we understand the Angel's words to Mary, "Hail, full of grace"?
  • 19:40 - How is Mary the first disciple?
  • 21:03 - How should we respond to Protestants or those who say that we ought not reverence Mary?
  • 22:40 - Question from listener: What is the necessity of the Marian doctrine regarding Mary's perpetual virginity?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show during this Christmas season.

0:08.9

I'm Brandon Vat, the content director and host of the show.

0:12.2

And joining us is Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop Barron, Mary Christmas, and welcome.

0:17.0

Hey Brandon, Mary Christmas to you and your whole family.

0:20.5

Thank you.

0:21.5

Now, you just returned.

0:23.2

We're recording this shortly before Christmas.

0:25.6

And so at the time of recording this, you just finished up the big Guadalupe celebration.

0:31.4

Now out in Los Angeles there, it's an even bigger event than it is at Paris's elsewhere

0:36.6

around the country.

0:37.6

Tell us about that.

0:38.6

What was it like?

0:39.6

That's marvelous.

0:40.6

I knew about it of course in Chicago, which has a very large Hispanic population.

0:43.9

And Guadalupe has certainly done right in Chicago.

0:46.4

But out here, A4-0, you know, you're one of the most Hispanic regions in the country,

0:51.6

70% of our Catholic people are Hispanic, you know, origin.

0:56.5

So it's a major, major feast.

0:58.6

And I had two big events.

1:00.2

I did a visual mass at our Lady of Saros Parish, which is right in downtown Santa Barbara,

1:06.6

and it was preceded by a procession through the streets, which is wonderful.

1:11.0

They shut down the main drag in Santa Barbara and the very large crowd processes.

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