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Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!)
The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.
Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
Mary's Divine Motherhood
Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary
is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before
the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25;
cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the
Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other
than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence
the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos).Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251.