Interacting with Mary Flashcards
1
Q
What are Mary festivals? (Hint 5)
A
- 2nd Feb - Candlemas (Purification after childbirth)
- 25th March - Annunciation (Angel Visit)
- 31st May - Visitation (Celebrating Mary’s visit to Elizabeth)
- 15th Aug - Assumption (Mary’s body + soul into heaven)
- 8th Sep - Nativity of Mary ( Her birth)
2
Q
What’s an intercessor?
A
Mediator between God and Humans
3
Q
Types of ways people connect with Mary?
A
- Hail Mary = Pray + beads
- Mysteries of Rosary = Recalling a joyful/sorrowful experience in her/Jesus’ life in the bible
- Lady of Lourdes = Pilgrimage site, ‘appeared’ there in 1858, has the Vatican’s approval, cures linked to it are officially regarded ‘miraculous’
4
Q
What are Ex Votos?
A
- Pictures dedicated to Mary to show how she has help people in their lives.
- some scenarios are; sickness, new mothers, near drowning/neat death experiences.
- She is seen as motherly, caring/supportive, royal (blue), queenly + embracing.
5
Q
Extra reading; website key points
A
- Gift shops sell water form Lourdes which a blessed by a priest.
- Website dedicated to her and apparitions to 6 chosen villages who she tells her ‘secrets’ too + leads them on the righteous path of God, she also tells them of future events to solidify her legitimacy in these apparitions.
5
Q
Extra reading; website key points
A
- Gift shops sell water form Lourdes which a blessed by a priest.
- Website dedicated to her and apparitions to 6 chosen villages who she tells her ‘secrets’ too + leads them on the righteous path of God, she also tells them of future events to solidify her legitimacy in these apparitions.
