Mariam

The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life

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The Holy Virgin was the crown of the holiness of all the righteous of the Old Testament, the distillation of the godliness of the Prophets of Israel. She was the fruit of centuries of painful prayer by the people of God who cried out to Him for redemption. In her earthly life, she never sinned. As a result, an unbroken stream of incorrupt and eternal life flowed continuously within her. Not only did she never grieve the Holy Spirit, but she also gave all the space of her heart to the Heavenly King. Thus, her hypostasis shone forth already perfected from a tender age. Even before Christ took flesh from her, the Mother of God bore within herself the universality of her Son. In order to bear the supranatural grace of divine motherhood, she lived in this world ‘as alive from the dead’ (Cf. Rom. 6:13) completely hidden, in the depths of humility, wholly surrendered to the will of God. Yet the death she underwent was transformed into a precursor of indestructible life, since voluntary death for the sake of the commandments brings forth the earnest of eternal life and the inheritance of the incorruptible glory of God.

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The Mystery of the Most Holy Mother of God

The Garment of Humility of the Mother of God, the Pattern for Monasticism

The Mother of God as the Eschatological Event of the Human Race

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But how can we honour and express our gratitude to our Most Holy Lady, we the last of Christians, the poor, the offscouring of all time? How can we fulfil her prophecy? How can we give value to the hymns and prayers that we send up to her either when we are alone or in our common church services?

The only way to honour the Mother of God is by following her path unwaveringly, humbling ourselves and continually giving thanks for all things, ‘more especially’ for the ‘great things which He that is mighty hath done to her’ (Luke 1:49).

Though poor, our thanksgiving will be our entrance ticket into the wondrous choir of ‘the rich among the people’, into the host of virgin souls from all ages who shine with inner purity and who ‘are brought with gladness to follow behind her’ to the King of kings, into the heavenly Holy of Holies.

— Excerpt from: Mariam: The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life • The Mystery of the Most Holy Mother of God (p. 21-22)

With the incarnation of the Son of God, a new time of God’s good pleasure dawned in the history of mankind. At the Annunciation, the Body of Christ, the Church, manifested itself in history for the first time. This Holy Body of the Son of God, wherein ‘dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead’ became the inheritance of ‘a chosen generation’? This inheritance and all the gifts that ensued, were made possible through the marvellous instrument of God, the Most Holy Virgin Mary. She is therefore rightly called ‘the fulness of time’ that brought the Kingdom of God down to earth.

— Excerpt from: Mariam: The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life • The Garment of Humility of the Mother of God, The Pattern for Monasticism (p. 25)

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    After reading the printed book, the ebook is so welcome, and it is so easy to search and bookmark places where you want to revisit, read again and reflect on it.
    Every page is so full of wisdom, thank you so much to Fr Zacharias for providing these spiritual gems to feed our hungry souls.
    “No man can find salvation on his own, nor can he be self-sufficient and trust himself in the great things that he may have experienced in the Church of Christ. … Although she surpassed all in grace, we see that even the Mother of God dared not trust herself but sought a point of reference in righteous Elisabeth.”

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    Glory to God for stumbling across this treasure! It has greatly increased my love of the Mother of God. Archimandrite Zacharias shows how the teaching of Our Lady’s perpetual virginity is not simply deduced from abstract principles, but is rather rooted in the deep experience of monastic spirituality. In this book, I found myself learning about the Blessed Virgin, but also learning more how to pray. This book is simple to understand, profound in almost every sentence, and powerful in its fruit.

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    I bought this book as a gift. I know it will bring great joy!

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    I loved this book so much I bought more copies as gifts.

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