Showing posts with label Mary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary. Show all posts

Monday, 5 August 2013

Why did Mary remain a virgin after the birth of Jesus?



Why did the Virgin Mary remain a virgin even after the birth of Jesus?

It is an interesting question, and it can be answered on both a divine and a human level.

In this video, Jimmy Akin explores both aspects of the question, showing why, on a human level, Mary would have chosen to remain a virgin and why, on a divine level, God would find it fitting to have his Son born of a woman who remained a virgin for her whole life.

In the process, Jimmy quotes from from a little-known document from the A.D. 100s that sheds some light on the question.

Monday, 31 December 2012

Tuesday, 1st January 2013, The Mother of God



Solemnity Of Mary

Muqaddasa Mariyam Khudá Kí Mán Kí ‘Íd
Yakum January

Dákhilah (Entrance Antiphon):
Ai Muqaddasa Mán tuhje salám ho aur du‘á. Tujh hí se ham ne wuh bádsháh páyá jo hamesha ke liye dono jahánon ká hukmrán hai. 
or
cf. Yasa‘iya 9:2,6; Lúqá 1:33 (cf. Isaiah 9:1; Luke 1:33)
Áj ham par núr chamkegá kyúnki ham ko ek beṭá ‘atá kiyá gayá aur us ká nám ye hai ya‘ní Khudá i Qádir, abdí Báp, salámtí ká raís aur us ki bádsháhí ká ákhir na hogá.

Jamá‘atí Du‘á (Collect):
Ai mihrbán Khudá Báp
Tú ne Muqaddasa Mariyam ke phal dár kunwárpan ke zari‘e
Baní nau‘ insán ko abdí naját kí besh-qímat ni‘mat bakhshí
‘ináyat farmá ki hamáre liye
Wuhí pák kunwárí sifárishen kartí rahe
Jis se ham ne zindagí ká bání páyá hai
Ya‘ní terá piyárá Beṭá Masíh hamáre Khudáwand jo tere sáth
Rúhu’l Quds  kí wahdáníyat men Khudá hai
Aur hamesha se hamesha zinda rahtá aur sultanat kartá hai. Ámín.

Reading
Pahlí Tiláwat:
‘Ádad kí kitab: 6:22-27 (Numbers6:22-7)
Wuh merá nám baní Isráíl par pukháren aur main unhen barakat dúngá.

Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barakat ho.
Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Zabúr: 66:2,3,5,6,8 Jamá‘ati jawáb áyat: 2
(Jamá‘ati jawáb) Khudá ham par rahm kare aur hamen barakat bakhshe

Dusrí Tiláwat:
Muqaddas Paulus Rasúl Ká Khatt Galatíon Ke Nám 4:4-7 (Galatians 4:4-7)
Khudá ne apne Beṭe ko bhejá, jo ‘aurat se paidá húá

Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barakat ho.
Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Hallelujah- ‘Ibráníon 1:1-2 (Hebrews 1:1-2)
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Guzashta zaḿane men Khudá ne ába-o-ajdád se waqt ba waqt
aur tarah ba tarah ambiyá kí mar‘ifat kalám karke,
in ákhirí aiyyám men ham se Beṭe kí mar‘ifat kalám kiyá.
Hallelujah

Injíl I Muqaddas:
Muqaddas Lúqá ke mutábiq 2:16-21 (Luke 2:16-21)
Unhon ne Mariyam aur Yúsuf aur nannhe bachche ko páyá…aur jab áṭh din púre ho gaye to us ká nám Yisú‘ rakhá gayá.

Tab us waqt charwáhe jaldí se Baitlahm ko gaye, aur Mariyam aur Yúsuf aur nannhe bachche ko charní men paṛá páyá, aur dekh kar wuh bát batáí jo us bachche ke haqq men un se kahí gayí thí. Aur sab sunnewálon ne un báton par ta‘ajjub kiyá jo charwáhon ne un se kahín. Par Mariyam in sab báton ko hifz[1] kar ke un par apne dil men ghaur kartí rahí. Aur charwáhe un sab báton ke liye Khudá kí tamjíd aur hamd karte húe lauṭ gaye jo unhon ne waise hí sunín aur dekhín jaisá un se kahá gayá thá.
Aur jab us ke khatna karáne ke liye áṭh din púre ho gaye to us ká nám Yisú‘ rakhá gayá, jo firishte ne us ke rihm[2] men paṛne se pahle rakkhá thá

Injíl I Muqaddas ke wasíle se hamárí khatáen mu‘áf kí jáen.
Jamá‘at: Ai Masíh, terí sitáish ho.

Nazránon par Du‘á (Prayer over the Offerings)
Ai kháliq Khudá
Tú sab achchhí chízon ko wajúd men látá hai
Aur un ko takmíl tak pahunchátá hai
Áj ham Khudá kí piyárí mán kí ‘íd maná rahe hain
Pas ‘ináyat kar ki ham
Jis tarah tere ibtidá’í fazl par fakhr karte hain
Usí tarah us ke púre hone tak ká surúr bhí hásil karen,
Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wásile se. Ámín.

Pák Sharákat kí áyat (Communion Antiphon):  ‘Ibráníon 13:8 (Hebrews 13:8)
Yisú‘ Masíh kal, aur áj, balki abad tak yaksán hai.

Pák Sharákat ke ba‘d kí Du‘á (Prayer after Communion)
Ai Khudáwand Khudá
Ham iqrár karte hain ki Muqaddasa Mariyam hamesha kunwárí
Tere Beṭe kí aur hamárí bhí mán hai
Bakhsh de ki jo ásmání ni‘maten ham ne abhí páí hain
Un ke zari‘e hamesha kí zindagí hamen hásil ho
Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wásile se. Ámín.

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For more on why Catholics call Mary Mother of God click here
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[1] Memory
[2] The womb

Friday, 7 December 2012

Scott Hahn - Mary: Christ's Greatest Masterpiece


St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology presents: Join Scott Hahn in celebrating the joy of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with this short video about God's greatest masterpiece, Mary. For more visit: http://www.salvationhistory.com

For readings for the Immaculate Conception (Muqaddasa Mariyam Kunwárí Be-dágh Haml Men Liyá Jáná) click here

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

8 Dec 2012, Immaculate Conception


Muqaddasa Mariyam Kunwárí Be-dágh Haml Men Liyá Jáná

Auwal darja kí ‘Íd

 (Muqaddasa Mariyam ká apní mán ke batn men be-dágh liye jáne kí ‘Íd)

Dákhilah (Entrance Antiphon): (Isha‘yá) Is 61:10
Main Khudáwand men niháyat shádmán húngá
aur merí ján mere Khudáwand men khush ho
kyúnki us ne mujhe us dulhan kí tarah jo apne zewarát se árásta ho,
naját kí poshák se mulabbas kiyá aur sadáqat ká jubbah mujhe pahináyá.

Jamá‘atí Du‘á (Collect):
Ai niháyat mihrbán Khudá
Terí azlí taqdír se terá Kalma
Insán ban kar maut sahne ko thá
Usí taqdír ke mutábiq aur usí maut ke zarí‘e
Muqaddasa Mariyam kí fitrat
Gunáh ke har dágh se barí ho kar hastí men áí
Táki tere Beṭe ke liye ek láiq maskan ho
Ham tujh se minnat karte hain
Bakhsh de ki ham us kí mádar-ána sifárishon kí ba-daulat
Pák ho kar tere pás á saken.
Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wasíle se jo tere sáth
Rúhu’l Quds kí wahdáníyat men Khudá hai
Aur hamesha se hamesha tak zinda rahtá aur sultanat kartá hai. Ámín.

Readings
Pahlí Tiláwat: (Takwín) Genesis 3:9-15, 20
Main tumhen ek dúsre ká dushman banáúngá; terí nasl aur ‘aurat kí nasl.

Zabúr: Psalm 97:1-4 Jamá‘ati jawáb áyat: 1
(Jamá‘ati jawáb) Khudáwand ke liye nayá gít gáo kyúnki us ne ta‘ajjúb-angez kám kiye hain.

Dusrí Tiláwat: (Muqaddas Paulus Rasúl Ká Khatt Ifisíon Ke Nám) Ephesians 1: 3-6, 11-12
Biná e ‘álam se peshtar us ne hamen chuná

Hallelujah: Lk 1:28
Hallelujah Hallelujah 
Salám ai Mariyam puṛ fazl, Khudáwand tere sáth hai
Tú ‘auraton men mubárak hai
Hallelujah 

Injíl I Muqaddas:
(Muqaddas ke Lúqá mutábiq) Luke 1:26-38
Khush ho, ai puṛ fazl, Khudáwand tere sáth hai

Aur chhaṭe mahíne Jibráíl firishta Khudá kí taraf se Jalíl ke ek shahr men bhejá gayá jis ká nám Násarat thá, Dáúd ke gharáne kí ek kunwárí ke pás jo Yúsuf námí ek mard se biyáhí húí thí; aur us kunwárí ká nám Mariyam thá. Aur firishte ne us ke pás á kar kahá; Salám ai puṛ fazl, Khudáwand tere sáth hai, tú ‘auraton men mubárak hai. Aur wuh is kalám se ghabrá gayí aur sochne lagí ki yih kaisá salám hai? Aur firishte ne us se kahá; Ai Mariyam na ḍar kyúnki tú ne Khudá ke nazdík fazl páyá hai, aur dekh tú hámila hogí, aur tere beṭá hogá; aur tú us ká nám YISÚ‘ rakhegí. Wuh buzurg hogá aur Haq Ta‘álá ká Beṭá kahláegá, aur Khudáwand Khudá us ke báp Dáúd ká takht use degá, aur wuh Ya‘qúb ke gharáne men hamesha tak bádsháhí karegá us kí bádsháhí ká ákhir na hogá, tab Mariyam ne firishte se kahá, yih kis tarah hogá, jab ki main mard se náwáqif hún. Aur firishte ne jawáb men us se kahá, Rúhu’l Quds tujh par názil hogá, aur Haq Ta‘álá kí qudrat tujh par sáya ḍálegí, aur is sabab se wuh Quddús maulúd Khudá ká Beṭá kahláegá. Aur dekh terí rishtadár Ilísábát ke bhí buṛhápe men beṭá honewálá hai; aur yih us ká jo bánjh kahlátí thí, chhaṭá mahína hai. Kyúnki Khudá kí koí bát hargiz be-qudrat na hogí. Aur Mariyam ne kahá, dekh main Khudáwand kí bandí hún; mere liye tere qaul ke muwáfiq ho. Tab firishta us ke pás se chalá gayá.

Nazránon par Du‘á (Prayer over the Offerings)
Ai Khudáwand hamáre Khudá
Ham Muqaddasa Mariyam Kunwárí kí ma‘súmíyat kí ‘Íd ke mauqa‘ par
naját kí qurbání terí nazar karte hain
ise apne karam se qabúl farmá kar bakhsh de
ki jis tarah wuh tere fazl se
gunáh ke har dágh se barí rahí
ham apne ímán se apne ‘aqídah ke is mas’alah ko taslím kar ke
mubárak mán Mariyam kí shafá‘at par
usí tarah har gunáh aur har qusúr se barí kiye jáen
Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wasíle se. Ámín.

Pák Sharákat kí áyat (Communion Antiphon):
Ai Mariyam tere haq men fakhr kí báten sunáí detí hain
Kyúnki sadáqat ká súraj Masíh hamárá Khudáwand tujh hí se tulú‘ húá.

Pák Sharákat ke ba‘d kí Du‘á (Prayer after Communion)
Ai Khudáwand hamáre Khudá
Kásh ham pák sharákat le kar us gunáh ke zakhm ká ‘iláj páen
Jis se tú ne hairán kan taríqe se Muqaddasa Mariyam ko
Us ke hastí men áne se pahle hí barí rakhá thá
Masíh hamáre Khudáwand ke wasíle se. Ámín.

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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Immaculate Conception
490 To become the mother of the Saviour, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role." The angel Gabriel at the moment of the annunciation salutes her as "full of grace". In fact, in order for Mary to be able to give the free assent of her faith to the announcement of her vocation, it was necessary that she be wholly borne by God's grace.

491 Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:

The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin.

492 The "splendour of an entirely unique holiness" by which Mary is "enriched from the first instant of her conception" comes wholly from Christ: she is "redeemed, in a more exalted fashion, by reason of the merits of her Son". The Father blessed Mary more than any other created person "in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places" and chose her "in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him in love".

493 The Fathers of the Eastern tradition call the Mother of God "the All-Holy" (Panagia), and celebrate her as "free from any stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as a new creature". By the grace of God Mary remained free of every personal sin her whole life long.

For more info:
Check out Aquinas on the Immaculate Conception by Jimmy Akin here
Why Is the Immaculate Conception Important? By Jimmy Akin here
See what the Early Church Fathers have to say here

Learn more here
For The Immaculate Conception. Ineffabilis Deus. Apostolic Constitution issued by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854 click here


The Immaculate Conception: The Common Thread by Mark Shea click here

Books: 
Books by Mark Shea


Audio:
CD Sets by Tim Staples

Monday, 13 August 2012

The Feast of the Assumption, 15th August


Muqaddasa Mariyam Kunwárí ká ásmán par uṭháyá jáná
15th August


Dákhilah (Entrance Antiphon): (Mukáshafa) Rev 12:1
Ek baṛá nishán ásmán par nazar áyá ya‘ní ek khátún jo súraj ko oṛhe húe, pánwon tale chánd rakkhe aur bárah sitáron ká táj pahinne húe thí

Readings
Pahlí Tiláwat:
(Mukáshafa kí kitáb) Apocalypse 11:19, 12:1-6,10
Ek ‘aurat súraj ko oṛhe húe chand par khaṛí thí
Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barkat ho.
Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Zabúr: Psalm 44:10-12, 16 Jamá‘ati jawáb áyat:10
Malika tere dahine háth Ofír ke sone se muzaiyan khaṛí hai.

Dusrí Tiláwat:
(Muqaddas Paulus Rasúl Ká Pahlá Khatt Qurintíon Ke Nám) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26
Pahlá phal Masíh aur phir wuh jo us ke hain.
Pák kalám ke paṛhe aur sune jáne par Khudá kí barkat ho.
Jamá‘at: Khudá ká shukr ho.

Hallelujah:
Hallelujah Hallelujah 
Mariyam ásmán par uṭhá lí gayí hai
Firishton kí tamám Jamá‘aten khushí manáti hain
Hallelujah 

Injíl I Muqaddas:
(Muqaddas Lúqá ke mutábiq) Luke 1:39-56
Al Qádir ne mere liye baṛe baṛe kám kiye hain, us ne past hál ko buland kiyá hai.
Injíl I Muqaddas ke wasíle se hamárí khatáen mu‘áf kí jáen.
Jamá‘at: Ai Masíh, terí sitáish ho.
Pák Sharákat kí áyat (Communion Antiphon):
(Lúqá) Luke 1:48-49
Har zamáne ke log mujhe mubárak kahenge, kyúnki Al-Qádir ne mere liye baṛe baṛe kám kiye hain
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Tracts on Catholic Answers:

Catholic Encyclopedia

Church Documents:
Church Fathers on The Assumption click here
Homilies of Pope Benedict XVI 2005 and 2011

Books: 

Books by Mark Shea


Audio:
CD Sets by Tim Staples