The following document concerning Mary,Mother of Jesus contains little that is fundamentally new. It is rather for the most part

a synthesis of Mary s exalted roles as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and

Advocate as they are already contained in the sources of divine

revelation, Sacred Scripture and Apostolic Tradition, as interpreted

by the Magisterium (cf. Dei Verbum, n. 9,10), and as it is presently

understood and experienced in the dynamic ecclesial life of the

Living, Pondering, and Praying Church, the People of God.

It is true that in the divine drama of how God makes himself and

his will known to humanity, certain doctrinal truths are only more

fully penetrated after the Church has ages of human history in which

to ponder and reflect upon the divine seeds of these truths which are

contained in the Word of God, both written and handed down. If God

has reserved a greater and more complete understanding of certain

revealed seeds of faith regarding Mary, the Mother of Jesus, until our

own recent centuries, then such a greater understanding granted by

the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, should not be met with a

potentially stagnant incredulity on this fact alone. Rather, it should

evoke a fresh appreciation for the ever-dynamic designs of God in

leading the pilgrim People of God towards their eternal home, and for

the Holy Spirit, who blows where he wills (cf. Jn. 3:8 ).

I believe such to be the case about the roles of Mary, Mother of

Jesus, as the Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate for the People

of God. This in no way infers a new public revelation about the

Mother of Jesus; but rather a new and more developed penetration

into the already revealed truths about Mary and the intimate "union

of the mother with the Son in the work of salvation"