“κεχαριτωμένη” Saint Luke the Evangelist Ora Pro Nobis

Let me explain to you what a Christian is Paul. The Catechism of Pope Pius X Q. Who is a true Christian? A. A true Christian is he who is baptised, who believes and professes the Christian Doctrine, and obeys the lawful pastors of the Church. Q. What is the Catholic Church? A. The Catholic Church is the Union or Congregation of all the baptised who, still living on earth, profess the same Faith and the same Law of Jesus Christ, participate in the same Sacraments, and obey their lawful Pastors, particularly the Roman Pontiff. Q. What does the Ninth article: The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, teach us? A: The Ninth Article of the Creed teaches us that Jesus Christ founded a visible society on earth called the Catholic Church, and that all those who belong to this Church are in communion with one another. Q. State distinctly what is necessary to be a member of the Church? A. To be a member of the Church it is necessary to be baptised, to believe and profess the teaching of Jesus Christ, to participate in the same Sacraments, and to acknowledge the Pope and the other lawful pastors of the Church. Q. Who are the lawful pastors of the Church? A. The lawful pastors of the Church are the Roman Pontiff, that is, the Pope, who is Supreme Pastor, and the Bishops. Other priests, also, and especially Parish Priests, have a share in the pastoral office, subject to the Bishop and the Pope. Q. Why do you say that the Roman Pontiff is supreme Pastor of the Church? A. Because Jesus Christ said to St. Peter, the first Pope: "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and I will give to thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound also in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed also in Heaven." And again: "Feed My lambs, feed My sheep." Q. The many societies of persons who are baptised but who do not acknowledge the Roman Pontiff as their Head do not, then, belong to the Church of Jesus Christ? A. No, those who do not acknowledge the Roman Pontiff as their Head do not belong to the Church of Jesus Christ. Q: Who are they who do not belong to the Communion of Saints? A: Those who are damned do not belong to the Communion of Saints in the other life; and in this life those who belong neither to the body nor to the soul of the Church, that is, those who are in mortal sin, and who are outside the true Church. Q. Who are they who are outside the true Church? A: Outside the true Church are: Infidels, Jews, heretics, apostates, schismatics, and the excommunicated. Q. Who are infidels? A: Infidels are those who have not been baptized and do not believe in Jesus Christ, because they either believe in and worship false gods as idolaters do, or though admitting one true God, they do not believe in the Messiah, neither as already come in the Person of Jesus Christ, nor as to come; for instance, Mohammedans and the like. Q. Who are the Jews? A: The Jews are those who profess the Law of Moses; have not received baptism; and do not believe in Jesus Christ. Q. Who are heretics? A: Heretics are those of the baptized who obstinately refuse to believe some truth revealed by God and taught as an article of faith by the Catholic Church; for example, the Arians, the Nestorians, and the various sects of Protestants. Q. Who are apostates? A: Apostates are those who abjure, or by some external act, deny the Catholic faith which they previously professed. Q. Who are schismatics? A: Schismatics are those Christians who, while not explicitly denying any dogma, yet voluntarily separate themselves from the Church of Jesus Christ, that is, from their lawful pastors.

I unite myself with every Mass which at this time is being offered throughout the world. I place them in the hands of Mary, the Mediatrix of all grace, that she may obtain by this presentation of the Blood of Christ to the most Holy Trinity, the deliverance of souls from purgatory, relief tor the sick and dying, the conversion of infidels and sinners, and the perseverance of all the faithful. Amen

No, the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Ark of the New and Eternal Covenant. I’ll prove it with Scriptural Typology and Patristics. (1) Scriptural Typology (A) Basic Citation Luke 1 (compares Mary with the Ark of the Covenant - verse 35 with Numbers 9:15, verse 44 with 2 Samuel 6:14, verse 43 with 2 Samuel 6:9, verse 56 with 2 Samuel 6:11) (B) Substantive Typology (1) First Numbers 9:15 “On the day when the tabernacle was erected, the cloud[b] covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; but from evening until morning it took on the appearance of fire over the tabernacle.” Luke 1:35 “And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (2) Second 2 Samuel 6:14-15 “Then David came dancing before the Lord with abandon, girt with a linen ephod.[b] 15 David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts of joy and sound of horn.” Luke 1:44 “For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.” (3) Third 2 Samuel 6:9 “David became frightened of the Lordthat day, and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” Luke 1:43 “And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me.” (4) Fourth 2 Samuel 6:11 “The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.” Luke 1:56 “And Mary abode with her about three months; and she returned to her own house.” (2) Patristics St. Cyril “The Ark would be the type and image of Christ : for if we look back to the way of the Incarnation of the Only-begotten, we shall see that it is in the temple of the Virgin, as in an ark that the Word of God took up His abode. For in Him dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, as the Scripture saith. But the testimonies in the ark were the word of God, and the wood of it was imperishable, and with pure and choicest gold was it beautified within and without” (St. Cyril, De ador. In Spir. Et Verit, p. 293, St. Maximus of Turin and other Fathers apply the Ark of the Covenant to the Blessed Virgin Mary) (Blessed Virgin, p. 76). St. Athanasius “Be mindful of us, most holy virgin, who after childbirth didst remain virgin; and grant to us for these small words great gifts from the riches of they graces, O thou full of grace. Accept them as though they were true and adequate praises in they honor; and if there is in them any virtue and any praise, we offer them as a hymn from ourselves and from all creatures to thee, full of grace, Lady, Queen, Mistress, Mother of God, and Ark of sanctification” (Orat. In Deip. Annuntiat, nn. 13, 14. Int. Opp. S. Athanasii) (Blessed Virgin, p. 80).           “O noble Virgin, truly you are greater than any other greatness. For who is your equal in greatness, O dwelling place of God the Word? To whom among all creatures shall I compare you, O Virgin? You are greater than them all O (Ark of the) Covenant, clothed with purity instead of gold! You are the Ark in which is found the golden vessel containing the true manna, that is, the flesh in which Divinity resides.” Homily of the Papyrus of Turin.