Today I have become obsessed with titles for the Mother of God and I will post them here for your to see. I consulted the internet, the Bible and several books I have that encourage devotion to our Lady. Some of these titles are my own inspired [hopefully!] by the Holy Spirit - when cutting the grass I had to stop to write them down and doing the dishes. They just kept coming!!! I have made a substantial list - please check to see if all are appropriate as I want to bring glory to Mary. If you can think of others let me know!!! Garabandal
THE MOTHER OF GOD Aaron’s Flowering Rod Abode of Eternal Wisdom Adam's Deliverance Advocate of Eve Advocate of Sinners All Chaste Mother All Fair and Immaculate All Fair by Grace from Her Conception All Fair in Glory from Her Assumption All Fair Virgin All Good Mother Altar of Incense Aqueduct of Grace Anchoress of God Ark Gilded by the Holy Spirit Ark of the Covenant Ark of God Bearer of the Gift of God Bearer of True Beauty Blessed Among Women Blessed Virgin Bridal Chamber of the Lord Bridal Chamber of Light Bride of Christ Bride of Heaven Bride of the Canticle Bride of the Father Bride of the Word Bride Without Stain Brightest Morning Star Cause of Our Hope Cause of Our Joy Cause of Our Salvation Choice of God Chosen Before the Ages Christ’s Mirror full of Grace and Love Closed Gate Comfort of Christians Comforter of the Afflicted Consecrated Temple Consoler of the Afflicted Co-Redemptrix Court of the Eternal King Created Temple of the Creator Crowned Empress Crown of Virginity Daughter of Men Daughter of the Most High David's Most Lovely Daughter Deliverer From All Wrath Deliverer of Christian Nations Destroyer of Heresies Dispenser of Grace Dove without Blemish Dwelling Place of God Dwelling Place of the Spirit Earth Unsown Earth Untouched and Virginal Eastern Gate Enclosed Garden of the Lord Ever Green and Fruitful Ever Virgin Ever Virgin Mother Ewe-lamb of God Without Spot Exalted Above the Angels Faithful Protectress Fairest Flower of the Jewish Race Fairest Virgin Fiery Chariot of the Word First House of the Child Jesus First Among Believers Fleece of Heavenly Rain Fragrance of His Grace Flower of Carmel Flower of Flowers Flower of Jesse's Root Formed Without Sin Forthbringer of God Forthbringer of the Ancient of Days Forthbringer of the Tree of Life Fount of All Beauty Fount of Gifts Fount of All Virtue Fount of All Wisdom Fountain of Living Water Fountain Sealed Free From Every Stain Fruitful vineyard of the Lord Full of Grace Garden Enclosed Garden of Delights Gate of Heaven Gate of Justice Gate of the Sanctuary Gideon’s Moist Fleece Glory of the Lord Glory of Virgins God's Eden God's Olive Tree God's Vessel Gracious Virgin Mary Greater Holy of Holies Guiding Star of the Sea Guardian of Beauty Guardian of Culture Guardian of Purity Guardian of Faith Habitation of the King and Maker of All Handmaid of the Lord Harp of the Spirit Healing Balm of Integrity Health of the Sick Heaven’s Brightest Sphere Helper of All in Danger Help of Christians Holy in Soul and Body Holy Mother of God Holy Temple Hope of Christians Host of Christ the King House Built by Wisdom House of Divine Wisdom House of Gold Integrity of God Immaculate Conception Immaculate Heart Immaculate Mother Immaculate Queen Immaculate Virgin Incorruptible Wood of the Ark Inviolate Mother Israel Immaculate Joseph's Spouse Kingly Throne King's Mother Lady Most Venerable Lady of Charity Lady of Counsel Lady of Fair Weeping Lady of the Golden Heart Lady of Good Help Lady of the Holy Souls Lady of Heaven and Earth Lady of Mercy Lady of Peace Lady of Perpetual Help Lady of Prompt Succour Lady of Providence Lady of Ransom Lady of the Rosary Lady of Sorrows Lady of Tears Lady of Victory Lamp Unquenchable Life-Giver to Posterity Light Cloud of Heavenly Rain Lily Among Thorns Living Temple of the Deity Lodging of the Son of God Loom of the Incarnation Loyal Remnant of Israel Maiden Beautiful Mediatrix Mediatrix and Conciliatrix Mediatrix of All Graces Mediatrix of all Beauty Mediatrix of the Beauty of Christ Mediatrix of Salvation Mediatrix of the Mediator Milk of Heaven Minister of Life Mirror of Justice Mistress of Prophecy Mistress of Vision More Beautiful Than Beauty More Glorious Than Paradise More Gracious Than Grace More Holy Than the Cherubim, the Seraphim, and the Entire Angelic Hosts Morning Star Most Venerable Mother of Humility Mother of All Delights Mother of all Mothers Mother of All Virtue Mother Most Admirable Mother Most Amiable Mother Most Chaste Mother Most Pure Mother of Believers Mother of Christ Mother of Christians Mother of Civilization Mother of Fairest Love Mother of Holy Hope Mother of Life Mother of Love Mother of the Church Mother of the Eucharist Mother of the Word Incarnate Mother of Christ's Members Mother of the Unborn Mother of the Divine Word Mother of Divine Grace Mother of God Mother of Good Counsel Mother Inviolate Mother of Jesus Christ Mother of the Giver of Life Mother of Perpetual Help Mother of Perpetual Succour Mother of the Redeemer Mother of Men Mother of Mercy Mother of Our Creator Mother of Hope Mother of Our Head Mother of Manna Mother of the Bread of Life Mother of the Good Shepherd Mother of the Lord Mother of the Radiant Sun Mother of Our Saviour Mother of the Church Mother of the Cross Mother of the Mystical Body Mother of the Holy Rosary Mother of Wisdom Mother Most Amiable Mother Most Admirable Mother Undefiled My Body's Healing My Soul's Saving Mystical Rose Nature's Re-Creation Nature's Restoration Neck of the Mystical Body Never Fading Wood New Eve New Mother of Humanity Nourisher of God and Man Olive Tree of the Father's Compassion Only Bridge of God to Men Ornament of All Creation Our Gracious Advocate Our Lady of the Annunciation Our Lady of Consolation Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Our Lady of the Sign Our Lady of Pity Palace of the Great King Palace of the King of Glory Paradise beyond All Sensing Paradise Fenced Against the Serpent Paradise of Innocence and Immortality Paradise of the Second Adam Paradise Planted by God Patroness of the Unborn Patroness and Protectoress Perfect Plenitude of All the Virtues Perfume of Faith Perfume of God Perpetual Virgin Preserved From All Sin Protectoress From All Hurt Princess of Heaven Pure Bride of Israel Purest Seed of Abraham Radiance of the Power of the Most High Receiver of the Godhead Refuge of Sinners Star of the Sea Queen of All the Arts Queen Assumed into Heaven Queen of All Saints Queen of Angels Queen of the Apostles Queen of the Seven Swords Queen conceived without Original Sin Queen of Confessors Queen of the Cosmos Queen of Creation Queen of Heaven Queen of Heaven and Earth Queen of Martyrs Queen of Peace Queen of Patriarchs Queen of the most Holy Rosary Queen of the Family Queen Unconquered Queen of Virgins Refuge in Time of Danger Refuge of Sinners Reparatrix Reparatrix of Her Parents Rich in Mercy Rising of the New Dawn Rose Ever Blooming Sacred Shrine of Sinlessness Sapphire of Grace Sanctuary of God Sanctuary of the Glory Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit Scepter of Orthodoxy Scourge of Demons Scourge of Heretics Seal of Virginity Seat of Wisdom Second Eve Shepherdess of Souls Shrine of God Singular Vessel of Devotion Sinless Madonna Sister and Mother Spirit Gilded Ark Spiritual Vessel Spotless Dove of Beauty Spotless Maid Spouse of the Holy Spirit Star of the Sea Stone Cut without Hands Supplicant for Sinners Surpassing Eden's Gardens Surpassing the Heavens Surpassing the Seraphim Supreme Model of Faith Sweet Flowering and Gracious Mercy Tabernacle of God the Almighy Tabernacle of Heaven Tabernacle of the Son Tabernacle of the Word Temple Divine Temple Indestructible Temple of God Temple of the Lord's Body Temple of Wisdom Tent of the Word Theotokos Throne of the Cherubim Throne of the King Throne of Wisdom Tower of David Tower of Ivory Tower Unassailable Treasure House of Life Treasure of Immortality Treasure of the World Undefiled Treasury of Unexhausted Life Unblemished Beauty Unblemished Bride Undefiled Treasure of Virginity Undug Well of Remission's Waters Unlearned in the Ways of Eve Unplowed Field of Heaven's Bread Unspoilt Daughter of Zion Unwatered Vineyard of Immortality's Wine Valiant Woman of Proverbs Vessel of Divine Grace Vessel of Honor Victor Over the Serpent Virgin of Nazareth Virgin Daughter of Zion Virgin Most Faithful Virgin Most Merciful Virgin Most Powerful Virgin Most Prudent Virgin Most Pure Virgin Most Renowned Virgin Most Venerable Virgin Mother Virgin Princess Virgin of Israel Virgin of Virgins Wedded to God Woman Clothed With the Sun Workshop of the Incarnation Worthy dwelling of the Son Zion’s daughter
Well I think you have me beat there!! Maybe; Verbi Sponsa, Ecclesia, suam uno cum Deo coniunctionem perficit insigniter in iis qui .... Caritas est, a Spiritu Sancto in cordibus diffusa (cfr Rom 5, 5), ... I like to day to Mary, when I pray, 'Queen of Heaven...Empress of my heart!!!', though I doubt this will ever be a hit anywhere else :wink: :wink: :wink: I recall Saint Therese saying a very compliment to Our Lady: '“0 Mary, if I were Queen of heaven and you were Thérèse, I would wish to be Thérèse, to see you Queen of Heaven', which is a very beautiful thought, when you think of it. She also had a great devotion to Our lady of Victories. I think all the saints had different tittles of Mary they were fond of. Its fun to dream up your own title. I dreamt one up this morning, 'Light of Crystal' which means she is like cut crsytal that reflects the light of all the virtues like all the little mirrors of a cut crystal. Well that might not be a hit either but I think I will cultivate a devotion to Our Lady under that title today and see how it goes..... :wink: Light of crystal, Radiance of the sun, Mother of God, Who shines, in crystal splendour, Reflecting in glory the glories of the Eternal sun , Enlight in us, The virtues and the joys of heaven. Amen.
Feasts of Our Lady Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 January - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God 21 January - Our Lady of Consolation, Rome 23 January - Espousal of the Virgin Mary 24 January - Madonna del Pianto (Our Lady of Tears), Our Lady of Damascus 2 February - Purification of Mary 11 February - Our Lady of Lourdes, France 25 March - Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord to Our Lady 26 April - Our Lady of Good Counsel 13 May - Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament 24 May - Our Lady Help of Christians, Europe 31 May - Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces, Our Lady of Visitation, Our Lady of All Nations 9 June - Our Lady Virgin Mother of Grace 27 June - Our Lady of Perpetual Help 2 July - Visitation by Mary to Saint Elizabeth 16 July - Our Lady of Mount Carmel 17 July - Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 August - Our Lady of the Angels 5 August - Our Lady of the Snow Rome, Italy, Our Lady of Copacabana 13 August - Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners 15 August - Assumption into Heaven 21 August - Our Lady of Knoc, Ireland 22 August - Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queenship of Mary Octave of the Assumption 8 September - Nativity of Mary, Our Lady of Charity 12 September - Most Holy Name of Mary 15 September - Feast of Our Lady of the 7 Sorrows 24 September - Our Lady of Mercy 24 September - Our Lady of Walsingham 1 October - Holy Protection of the Mother of God 7 October - Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary 11 October - Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 16 October - Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 21 November - Presentation of Mary at the Temple 8 December - Mary's Immaculate Conception 12 December - Our Lady of Guadalupe 18 December - Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Moveable Feasts Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles - Saturday after Ascension Our Lady, Health of the Sick - Saturday before the last Sunday in August Our Lady of Consolation - Saturday after the Feast of Saint Augustine Mary, Mother of Divine Providence - Saturday before 3rd Sunday of November
Stella Maris O Mary, Help of Christians, in our need we turn to you with eyes of love, with empty hands and longing hearts. We look to you that we may see your Son, our Lord. We lift our hands that we may have the Bread of Life. We open wide our hearts to receive the Prince of Peace. Mother of the Church, your sons and daughters thank you for your trusting word that echoes through the ages, rising from an empty soul made full of grace, prepared by God to welcome the Word to the world that the world itself might be reborn. In you, the reign of God has dawned, a reign of grace and peace, love and justice, born from the depths of the Word made flesh. The Church throughout the world joins you in praising him whose mercy is from age to age. O Stella Maris,light of every ocean and mistress of the deep, guide the peoples of Oceania across all dark and stormy seas, that they may reach the haven of peace and light prepared in him who calmed the sea. Keep all your children safe from harm for the waves are high and we are far from home. As we set forth upon the oceans of the world, and cross the deserts of our time, show us, O Mary, the fruit of your womb, for without your Son we are lost. Pray that we will never fail on life's journey, that in heart and mind, in word and deed, in days of turmoil and in days of calm, we will always look to Christ and say, "Who is this that even wind and sea obey him?" Our Lady of Peace, in whom all storms grow still, pray at the dawn of the new millennium that the Church in Oceania will not cease to show forth the glorious face of your Son, full of grace and truth, so that God will reign in the hearts of the Pacific peoples and they will find peace in the world's true Saviour. Plead for the Church in Oceania that she may have strength to follow faithfully the way of Jesus Christ, to tell courageously the truth of Jesus Christ, to live joyfully the life of Jesus Christ. O Help of Christians, protect us! Bright Star of the Sea, guide us! Our Lady of Peace, pray for us! --Pope John Paul II
