“conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit

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hat is the meaning of the expression “conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit...”?
This expression means that the Virgin Mary conceived the eternal Son in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit without the cooperation of a man. The angel told her at the Annunciation that “the Holy Spirit will come upon you” (Luke 1:35).

CCC #484 - 486
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Catholic Note

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ll human titles are only shadows of God's authority from which they derive, Ephesians 3:15. RE: "call no one on earth Abi father". "Father" is a term sometimes used of the great Rabbis. Note our Lord is not a grammarian regulating the use of terms: he is a doctor of the spirit. He forbids any acknowledgement of fatherhood that obscures the fatherhood of God, nothing more. If we make no allowance for the concreteness and brevity of his phrases we reduce either them to absurdity or him to inconsistency. He would not forbid a human son to use the word father nor would he forbid the term if addressed to one who is God's representative; in this second case, indeed, it serves to remind its user of the fatherhood of God. Nor must the Christian disciple pose as an independent spiritual guide. He himself is subject to one Teacher and one Guide - to the Lord Himself.
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Holy Quotes

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e are working for the Kingdom of God, and we do not do so with the gloomy spirit of those who see only insufficiencies of perils.

We work with the firm trust of those who know that they can count on the victory of Christ. Christ and the Church are two in one flesh.

It is good and beneficial to take Communion every day, and to partake of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ. For He distinctly say, "He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life" (Jn 6:54) And who doubts that to share frequently in life is the same thing as to have abundant life?
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Quotes on Mary

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cripture meditation: Shout and sing for joy, O City of Zion, for great is he in your midst, the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 12:6

Reflection: When we say that Mary is the Mother of God, we speak of a dignity that is above every other dignity that can be named, or thought of, after that of God. Nothing equals Mary, for all is either above her, and this is God, or beneath her, and this is all that is not God.

St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109AD)
Mini-Bio: Italian; archbishop, abbot, theologian, Doctor of the Church

Prayer: O Mary, you are the Virgin Most Venerable, for God alone can know your real greatness. Grant that I may venerate you as you deserve.
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incarnate Word

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ow did the two wills of the incarnate Word cooperate?

Jesus had a divine will and a human will. In his earthly life the Son of God humanly willed all that he had divinely decided with the Father and the Holy Spirit for our salvation. The human will of Christ followed without opposition or reluctance the divine will or, in other words, it was subject to it.

CCC #475 and 482
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