" Indeed, Mary's mediation is intimately linked with her motherhood, has specifically maternal character, which distinguishes it from the mediation of the other creatures who in various ways, but always subordinate to participate in the one mediation of Christ. Mediation of Mary is also via by participating [Cf word of Mediatrix 'ad mediator "Sw. Bernard, In Dominica infra oct. Assumptionis Sermo, 2: S. Bernardi Opera, V, 1968, 263 Mary as a pure mirror sends the Son all the glory and honor which she receives: I D., In Nativitate B. Mariae Sermo - De aquaeductu, 12: Ed. lc, 283rd] . If in fact no "creation can never be equated with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer," at the same time "the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude, but gives rise to a variety of interactions, from the participation in one source." And so "a goodness of God in different ways really pours out the creatures' [ Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. II, Const. Constitution. on the Church Lumen Gentium, 62] . "
Encyclical Redemptoris Mater
Encyclical Redemptoris Mater
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