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1. The Central Role of
Mary, Mother of God

2.  1. Pope John Paul II said in his enccyclical
Redemptoris Mater:
 Thus there is a mediation: Mary places
herself between her Son and mankind in the
reality of their wants, needs and sufferings.
She puts herself "in the middle", that is to
say she acts as a mediatrix not as an
outsider, but in her position as mother. She
knows that as such she can point out to her
Son the needs of mankind, and in fact, she
"has the right" to do so. Her mediation is
thus in the nature of intercession: Mary
"intercedes" for mankind.[80]

3.  “She knows everything that happens in our
lives and supports us with maternal love in
our trials. Taken up to heavenly glory, Mary
dedicates herself totally to the work of
salvation. She wants every living person to
know the happiness granted to her. She is a
queen who give all that she possess ,
participating above all in the life and love of
Christ.”

4. 2. Leo XIII, the Rosary Pope, explained the
importance of the Rosary as the one road to God,
from the father to the Son, to his Mother, and from
her to the human race. He emphasized that no
human creature can change this and therefore there
exists only one road for the faithful, to the Mother
and from her to Christ and through Christ to the
Father. The Rosary is a vital means to participate in
the life of Mary and to find the way to Christ. This
emphasis on the path through Mary to Christ (which
was also a basis for some of Louis de Montfort's
writings) has since been a key direction in Roman
Catholic Mariology, with Mariology being viewed as
inherent in Christology, and the Rosary paving that
path.

5.  3. Bernhard of Clairvaux, a Doctor of the
Church, was a fervent supporter of the
Mediatrix interpretation of Mary. God and
the World meet in her. Divine life flows
through her to the whole creation. She is
one with Jesus, who wants to save all and
who passes all graces through her. She is
the Mediatrix to God, the ladder on which
sinners may climb up to him, the royal road
to him, because she is full of grace.
 "It is the will of God that we should have nothing,
which has not passed through the hands of Mary.
It is the will of God, Who would have us obtain
everything through the hands of Mary."

6. 4. Our Lady of Fatima told Lucia:
“Lucia, tell everybody that God gives
graces through the Immaculate Heart
of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from
her.”

7. 5. Treasurer and Dispenser: Before speaking any of the
seven last words, Jesus prayed to the Father and said: “ First
shall be mentioned my most pure Mother, who gave Me
human existence; Her I constitute my sole and universal
Heiress of all the gifts of nature, of grace and of glory that are
mine. She shall be Mistress and Possessor of them all . The
gifts of grace, of which as a mere creature She is capable,
She shall actually receive now, while those of glory I promise
to confer upon Her in their time. I desire that She shall be
Mistress of angels and men, claim over them full possession
and dominion and command the service and obedience of all .
The demons shall fear Her and be subject to Her. All the
irrational creatures, the heavens, the stars, the planets, the
elements with all the living beings, the birds, the fishes and
the animals contained in them, shall likewise be subject to
Her and acknowledge Her as Mistress, exalting and glorifying
Her with Me. I wish also that She be the Treasurer and
Dispenser of all the goods in heaven and on earth . Whatever
She ordains and disposes in my Church for my children, the
sons of men, shall be confirmed by the three divine Persons;
and whatever She shall ask for mortals now, afterwards and
forever, We shall concede according to her will and wishes.”
(Mary of Agreda. The Mystical city of God. )

8.  As She was the Coadjutrix of salvation She was
also to be the testamentary Executrix. For the Son
placed all things in her hands, just as the Father
had assigned the whole creation to Him. She was
to execute his will and she was to distribute all the
treasures acquired and due to her Son as God on
account of his infinite merits. This understanding
has been given me as part of this history for the
exaltation of our Queen and in order that sinners
might approach Her as Custodian of all the
treasures gained by her Son our Redeemer in the
sight of his eternal Father. All help and assistance
is in the hands of most holy Mary and She is to
distribute it according to her most sweet kindness
and liberality. (Mystical City of God. Mary of Agreda.)

9. Intercede for us Not She has changed, nor is her
love less ardent, nor would we
experience less of her intercession
and protection, if in troubled
times we would hasten to her
with the same sentiments of
humility and fervor, asking for her
prayers and trustfully relying
upon Her for help, as was the
case with those devoted
Christians in the first beginning.
Without a doubt the whole
Catholic Church would then
immediately experience the same
assistance of the Queen
throughout the whole world.
(Mary of Agreda)
Diego Rodriguez de Silva, The Coronation of the Virgin. 1641. Museo del Prado. Madrid.

10. 6. JESUS: “I leave with you in my
stead my own Mother as your
Protectress, Consoler and Advocate,
and as your Mother, whom you are
to hear and obey in all things. Just
as I have told you, that he who sees
Me sees my Father, and he who
knows Me, knows also Him; so I
now tell you, that He who knows my
Mother, knows Me; he who hears
Her, hears Me; and who honors Her,
honors Me. All of you shall have Her
as your Mother, as your Superior
and Head, so shall also your
successors. She shall answer doubts,
solve your difficulties; in Her, those
who seek Me shall always find Me;
for I shall remain in Her until the
end of the world.” (Mary of Agreda)

11. The PROTECTRESS
“This is the
Protectress of the
Church and the
Intercessor of the
faithful. Whoever
shall call upon her
from his heart and
obtain her
intercession, shall
secure for himself
eternal life. What
she asks of Us shall
be granted.”
(Mary of Agreda)

12.  7. WORDS OF THE QUEEN. (The Virgin Mary speaks
to Sister Mary of Agreda, Spain.)
 My daughter, if anything could lessen the enjoyment of
the highest felicity and glory which I possess, and if, in it,
I could be capable of any sorrow, without a doubt I would
be grieved to see the holy Church and the rest of the world
in its present state of labor, notwithstanding that men
know me to be their Mother, Advocate and Protectress in
heaven, ready to guide and assist them to eternal life. In
this state of affairs, when the Almighty has granted me so
many privileges as his Mother and when there are so
many sources of help placed in my hands solely for the
benefit of mortals and belonging to me as the Mother of
clemency, it is a great cause of sorrow to me to see mortals
force me to remain idle, and that, for want of calling upon
me, so many souls should be lost. But if I cannot
experience grief now, I may justly complain of men, that
they load themselves with eternal damnation and refuse
me the glory of saving their souls.”

13.  “How much my intercession and the power I have in
heaven are worth has never been hidden in the Church,
for I have demonstrated my ability to save all by so many
thousands of miracles, prodigies and favors operated in
behalf of those devoted to me. With those who have called
upon me in their needs I have always shown myself
liberal, and the Lord has shown himself liberal to them on
my account. The Most High still wishes to give liberally of
his infinite treasures and resolves to favor those who know
how to gain my intercession before God.
 This is the secure way and the powerful
means of advancing the Church, of
improving the Catholic reigns, of spreading
the faith, of furthering the welfare of families
and of states, of bringing the souls to grace
and to the friendship of God.”