"During this time, by the same faith that made her blessed, especially since the time of the Annunciation, Mary is still present in the work of the Church, which introduces the world of the Kingdom of her Son [Cf Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. II, Const. Constitution. on the Church Lumen Gentium, 13] . This presence is Mary, both in our times, as in the entire history of the Church, the many means of expression. It also has a wide field of action through personal faith and piety of the faithful, through the traditions of Christian families or "domestic churches, parish and missionary communities, religious institutes, dioceses, through the radiance and attraction of the great shrines where not only individuals or local, but sometimes whole nations and continents, seeking to meet the Mother of the Lord, the one who is blessed because she believed is the first among believers - and therefore became the Mother of Emmanuel. "
Encyclical Redemptoris Mater
Encyclical Redemptoris Mater
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