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(LifeSiteNews) –– Mary’s role as mother of the Church is one which has been the topic of many beautiful writings throughout the centuries. Her spiritual maternity is intimately linked to every aspect of her vocation and mission: that of Mother of God, Co-Operator in the redemption, Mother and type of the Church, and Mediatrix of graces.
It is at the wedding feast of Cana, where Mary is responsible for calling to her Son’s attention the need for wine at the celebration, that Christ first addresses her under the title “woman.” When Mary is styled as “woman” it is in the most beautiful and crucial passages relating to salvation, particularly in the protoevangelium and at the foot of the cross. “Woman” denotes the passages of Marian Co-Redemption in Scripture, and it thus also denotes the passages pertaining to her spiritual maternity.
St. Alphonsus Ligouri, writing on the wedding at Cana, further notes how Mary is “called the salvation of all who invoke her aid.” Her turning towards her Son
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