St. Cyril of Alexandria & the Defense of Mary as Mother of God | Council of Ephesus (9 February)

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Today we celebrate the Third Class Feast of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and fearless defender of Our Lady’s Divine Maternity. Saint Cyril famously stood against the heresy of Nestorius, who denied that the Blessed Virgin Mary is truly the Mother of God (Theotokos). Acting in the name of Pope Saint Celestine I, Saint Cyril presided over the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, where this grave heresy was condemned and the Church solemnly declared: “If anyone does not confess that Emmanuel is truly God, and that therefore the Holy Virgin is the Mother of God… let him be anathema.” In our own times, attacks against the Blessed Virgin Mary have multiplied — blasphemies, hatred, and even the denial of her Perpetual Virginity, a dogma of the Catholic Faith. To deny this truth is to place oneself outside the Church. We are living in an age of anxiety, suffering, and chastisement. One of the most powerful ways Heaven has given us to hasten an era of peace is through reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, especially through the First Five Saturdays Devotion, revealed at Fatima. This devotion makes reparation for: Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception Blasphemies against Mary’s Perpetual Virginity Blasphemies against her Divine Maternity and refusal to accept her as Mother Indifference, scorn, or hatred taught toward Mary, especially to children Direct insults against her sacred images Saint Maximilian Kolbe once wept upon hearing blasphemies against Our Lady, crying out: “How can you blaspheme your own Mother?” May Saint Cyril of Alexandria intercede for us, that we may remove the thorns of ingratitude from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and that the world may once again acknowledge Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Praise be Jesus and Mary, now and forever. 00:00 – Sign of the Cross 00:25 – Praise Be Jesus and Mary 00:34 – Feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria 00:41 – Nestorius and the Heresy Against Mary 01:02 – Council of Ephesus (431 AD) 01:23 – Dogma: Mary Is the Mother of God 01:50 – Modern Attacks Against Our Lady 02:16 – Denial of the Perpetual Virginity Is Heresy 02:32 – Suffering, Anxiety, and God’s Justice 02:48 – Thorns in the Immaculate Heart of Mary 03:11 – St. Maximilian Kolbe on Blasphemy 03:45 – The Need for Reparation 03:51 – The First Five Saturdays Devotion 04:05 – The Five Blasphemies Against Mary 04:52 – Denial of Mary’s Divine Maternity Today 05:10 – Prayer to St. Cyril of Alexandria 05:35 – Mary Leads the World to Jesus 05:51 – Final Blessing For more please visit https://www.themarianfranciscans.org/ Please sign up at this link https://lifecrusade.org/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StCyrilOfAlexandria #MotherOfGod #Theotokos #CatholicDoctrine #ImmaculateHeartOfMary #FirstFiveSaturdays #MarianDevotion #TraditionalCatholic #Cat

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