Ecce Mater Tua A Journal of Mariology VOL. 2 May 31, 2019 Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Editorial Board Editor Dr. Mark Miravalle, S.T.D. Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio Associate Editors Kevin Clarke, Ph.D. Robert Fastiggi, S.T.D. St. Patrick’s Seminary and University, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Michigan California Advisory Board Msgr. Arthur Calkins, S.T.D. Br. Daniel Maria Klimek T.O.R. Vatican Ecclesia Dei, Emeritus Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P., S.T.D. Dr. Stephen Miletic Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio (Angelicum), Emeritus Christopher Malloy, Ph.D. Dr. Luis Bejar Fuentes University of Dallas, Texas Independent Editor and Journalist John-Mark Miravalle, S.T.D. Mr. Daniel Garland, Jr., Ph.D. (cand.) 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Table of Contents May 31, 2019 Ecce Mater Tua, vol. 2 Feast of the Visitation ISSN: 2573-5799 Editorial Board ....................................................................................................................... ii Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. v Contributors .......................................................................................................................... vi Essays Mercy and Beyond: Pope Francis’ Marian “Program of Life”, JOSEPHINE LOMBARDI ................................................................................................. 3 Mater Dei Ergo Gratia Plena: On the Predestination of Mary to Divine Maternity as the Reason for Her Radical Plenitude of Grace, TAYLOR PATRICK O'NEILL ....................................................................................... 25 Our Lady’s Presence in the Mass in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II, MSGR. ARTHUR BURTON CALKINS .......................................................................... 45 Conference Proceedings Mary Co-redemptrix in the Spanish Tradition and Its Definability, AGUSTÍN GIMÉNEZ .................................................................................................... 73 Mary in the Redemption: The Eastern European Perspective, FR. JÁN KOŠIAR ........................................................................................................... 87 The Role of Mary in the Work of Redemption: Seven Key Moments, ROBERT FASTIGGI ....................................................................................................... 95 v Ecce Mater Tua vi Contributors Robert Fastiggi (Ph.D. Fordham) is Professor of Systematic Theology at Sa- cred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, where he has taught since 1999. He previously taught at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas (1985–1999). He is a member of the Mariological Society of America, the International Marian Association, and the Pontifical Marian Academy International. He was the co-editor of the English translation of the 43rd edition of Denzinger-Hünermann, Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations on Matters of Faith and Morals (Ignatius Press, 2012) and the executive editor of the 2009–2013 supplements to the New Catholic Encyclopedia. He also revised and updated the English translation of Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma for Baronius Press (2018). Agustín Giménez-González was born in Madrid on August 12, 1975, and became priest of the Catholic Church on October 12, 1999 (Diocese of Getafe, Madrid). He received his doctorate in biblical theology at the Gregorian University of Rome and is College Professor of the Old Testament at San Dámaso Ecclesias- tical University (Madrid), since 2007. He is also co-founder of the Diocesan Marian Forum (www.foromariano.es), created to deepen the role of Our Lady in the Re- demption of Christ. Ján Košiar (b. 1960), a Catholic priest from Slovakia, obtained his Laurea ha- bilitation at the Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum in Rome (2011). He worked with Slovak exile Bishop Pavol Hnilica in the international missions apos- tolate Pro fratribus dedicated to information about the communist crimes and the persecution of the Church behind the iron curtain. After 1989, he was the deputy chief editor of the Slovak Catholic Newspaper in Bratislava, later working at the Slovak Television there. He acted as Secretary of the Institute of the History of Christianity in Bratislava and is a founding member of the society Libri Historiae Slovaciae. He also worked in Vatican Radio, collaborated with the BBC as correspondent from Rome, and was in the diplomatic service of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the Republic of Belarus. He works in pastoral service in the Archdiocese of Trnava (Slovakia). Josephine Lombardi is Associate Professor of Pastoral and Systematic The- ology, Professor of Field Education, and Director of Lay Formation at St. Augus- tine’s Seminary in Scarborough, Ontario. She is an author, retreat leader, and has vii Ecce Mater Tua presented at numerous conferences. She has worked in radio and television and has hosted a weekly radio show on the New Evangelization. She was a frequent guest on CTV National News during the 2013 Papal Conclave. Her book Experts in Hu- manity, published by Novalis has been well received and featured on Salt and Light Television. It was awarded first place in the category of Family Life by the Catholic Press Association of the U.S.A. and Canada. More recently, she has been appointed Series Theologian for the new Religious Education curriculum for grades 1 through 8, “Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ” for Catholic School Boards in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Taylor Patrick O’Neill is an assistant professor of religious studies at Mount Mercy University. His book entitled Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin: A Thomistic Analysis will be published by the Catholic University of America Press in Fall 2019. He is also co-editing a forthcoming volume of theological essays entitled She Orders All Things Sweetly: Sacra Doctrina and the Sapiential Unity of Theology. He has been published in Sapientia Press’ Mother Teresa and the Mystics: Toward a Renewal of Spiritual Theology, as well as The Heythrop Journal and Church Life Journal. O’Neill is also a founding member of The Sacra Doctrina Project. Essays 1 Mercy and Beyond: Pope Francis’ Marian “Program of Life” J O S E P H I N E L OMBARDI , P H .D. Associate Professor of Pastoral and Systematic Theology, S t . A u g u s tine’s Seminary Jesus said, “Follow me.”1 A commentary on the account of the conversion of St. Matthew, the tax collector, inspired the motto of Pope Francis: Miserando atque eligendo. These words are taken from a passage from the Venerable Bede, the histo- rian: Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since he sees by having mercy and by choosing, he says to him, “follow me,” suggesting mercy is rooted in clarity or spiritual sight. Recalling the original Latin of Bede’s commentary, Francis says that