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The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus Christ, whom she had circumcised on the eighth day after his birth according to Levitical Law.
Quick Facts About the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God . Date: January 1; Type of Feast: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation ; Readings: Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 (full text here)
It is a day laden with meaning and contains many messages: the Octave of Christmas recalls the day Jesus was circumcised and given His name, it is the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, and it is also the day on which the World Day of Peace is celebrated (established by Pope Saint Paul VI in 1968).
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD. Feast: January 1. Historico-Liturgical Note. The solemnity of the Mother of God, which now coincides with the octave-day of Christmas and the beginning of the new year, was probably assigned this day because of the influence of the Byzantine Church, which celebrates the synapsis of the most holy Theotokos on ...
The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, is celebrated every year on January 1 – New Year’s Day, to honor Mary’s role as the mother of Jesus Christ. The day is set aside to reflect on the role of Mary as a model of faith and obedience to God’s will.
In its chapter on Mary’s role in the Church, Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution “ Lumen Gentium ” (“Light of the People”) calls Mary “Mother of God” 12 times. On this day the Catholic Church...
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary . Feast Day: December 8 – CNA “The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.”