Resistance Podcast #249: Mary as Liturgical Person: Virgin–Mother, Sacrifice–Sacrament - Fagerberg

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What makes liturgy “perfect”—and who embodies it? This talk explores Mary as the liturgical person, the archetype of worship where sacrifice and sacrament meet. Drawing from Schmemann, de Lubac, Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), Palamas, Augustine, and others, we follow how “liturgy makes the Church” and how Mary is “the Church as it dawns in a single person.” Key themes include: Perichoresis of the Trinity and how divine life is canonically extended to invite our synergistic ascent into deification (theosis) Why Mary is the perfect liturgist—virgin and mother—revealing the union of ascetical sacrifice and sacramental fruitfulness The Church not as an institution with sacraments, but a Sacrament with institutions Eucharist as a transfusion of Christ’s life, baptismal rebirth in the uterus of Mother Church, and the iconography of Ascension & Dormition The Marian mystery at the heart of the Church’s journey toward eschatological glory If you’re interested in Catholic/Orthodox liturgy, Mariology, sacramental theology, and theosis, this is a deep dive into how Mary’s liturgical personhood illuminates our own. 00:00 – Opening & The Big Question: Who embodies “perfect liturgy”? 01:05 – Mary as the liturgical person: archetype without articles 02:00 – Talk provenance (Society for Catholic Liturgy; Logos Journal; 2023 essays) 03:12 – Why become Catholic? Music, grace, and providential birthday (Aug 15) 04:00 – “Liturgy makes the Church” (Schmemann, de Lubac); Corbon’s line on Mary 05:40 – What “Church” means: world in transfiguration (Clement, Journet) 06:57 – Ratzinger: Church as living seed; why the Church is a Marian mystery 07:56 – Salvation history in the liturgy: from patriarchs to Parousia 08:45 – Ambrose & the neophytes: “the Church that comes into us” 09:59 – Liturgy as Christ’s life soaking into us; Eucharist as transfusion 10:54 – Totus Christus: Liturgy of the Head and members; Mersch on prolongation 12:08 – Liturgy & Church as divine artifacts, not human constructs 12:57 – Balthasar & Benedict: Mary embodied before organized in Peter 13:56 – JP II: The Church walks the path Mary already trod (eschatological lead) 15:00 – Mary’s liturgical facets (doxological, Eucharistic, pneumatic…) 16:01 – Marialis Cultus: attentive virgin, praying virgin, virgin-mother, offering 17:06 – Reducing to two: virginal (sacrificial) & maternal (sacramental) 18:00 – Liturgy as tryst: heaven and earth’s rendezvous 19:06 – Lossky & Palamas: boundary between created and uncreated 22:09 – Mary as sacramental person: motherhood, Daughter of Zion, new world 26:18 – Cana: Marian intercession and sacramental signs (Benedict XVI) 27:29 – Maternal tenacity: the Church as mother (de Lubac/Ambroise analogues) 29:14 – Mary the vine among Apostles; Joseph as icon of the bishop (Benedict) 31:17 – Baptismal rebirth: Augustine’s uterus of Mother Church 32:25 – Gregory of Nyssa: Christ born spiritually in us 35:15 – “A Sacrament with institutions” (Schmemann insight) 36:57 – Worship as epiphany: response, adoration, mystical marriage 39:28 – Icon of the Church: the human person transparent to the Spirit 41:00 – Ascension icon: Christ present; Mary as the Church’s prayer-icon 41:51 – Mary as pure offering; OT to NT arc of redemption through women 43:34 – Entrance into the Temple: The Temple receives the Temple 45:03 – Assumption logic: Ark, Holy of Holies, Eden reserve 46:05 – Irenaeus: knot of Eve untied by Mary’s obedience 47:58 – Christmas hymnology: creation brings gifts; humanity brings a Virgin Mother 48:58 – Mary as the heart of the procession; true world, true life 49:58 – Augustine: better disciple than mother; becoming mothers of Christ 51:15 – Hesychast before Theotokos: virginity as transparency to God 52:43 – Masterpiece of grace (Balthasar/Bouyer): Mary’s grace and ours 55:00 – Seed and soil (Benedict XVI): Mary as holy soil of the Church 56:41 – Virgin-Mother “swoosh”: unified sacrifice & sacrament in us 57:59 – Definition recap & call to live liturgical personhood https://www.cuapress.org/9780813221175/on-liturgical-asceticism/ https://www.audible.com/author/David-W-Fagerberg/B001HOGDNG https://smile.amazon.com/Liturgical-Asceticism-David-W-Fagerberg/dp/081322117X?sa-no-redirect=1 #Liturgy #Mary #Theotokos #Eucharist #Deification #Theosis #Schmemann #Ratzinger #BenedictXVI #Palamas #Augustine #CatholicTheology #OrthodoxTheology #Mariology #SacramentalTheology #LiturgicalTheology #Dormition #Ascension #Perichoresis #TotusChristus 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻

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