[metmom]

966 "Finally the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death."506 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son's Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians:

In giving birth you kept your virginity; in your Dormition you did not leave the world, O Mother of God, but were joined to the source of Life. You conceived the living God and, by your prayers, will deliver our souls from death.507

So you agree then, that the prayers of Mary will deliver people's souls from death?

[RobbyS]

Her prayers to Jesus, yes. Our concept of the relationship between Mary and Jesus is like that between the queen mother and the kings of Judah. A king had many wives but only one mother.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

—, O Mother of God, but were joined to the source of Life. You conceived the living God and, by your prayers, will deliver our souls from death.507—

On earth, Mary’s will was in conformity with God’s, since she is “full of grace.”

As Queen of Heaven, Mary’s will is certainly in complete conformity to God’s, so she cannot ask for that which God does not will.

[Salvation]

We ask Mary to pray for us.

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