United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

604 • United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

graced friendship with God: 470 Hail Mary: 298-300, 470-71, 532 as in highest place in the Church after Christ, yet close to us: 143 as honored by the Church: 145, 173, 298 images in sacred art: 178, 344, 347 Immaculate Conception of: 143-44, 147, 515 interceding on our behalf: 145-48, 173, 293-94, 470-71 as Mother of God, Theotokos: 82, 144-45, 471, 520 Mother of the Church: 146, 148, 520 as “New Eve”: 145, 148 Our Lady of Guadalupe: 141-43, 476 perpetual virginity of: 144, 523 prayer in communion with: 470-72, 479 prefiguring the Church: 146 the Rosary: 145, 298-99, 471, 539 salvation, Mary’s role in plan of: 145-46, 148, 471 Theotokos: 82, 144, 471, 521 veneration of: 173, 297, 344, 347 virgin birth of Jesus Christ: 148 visions of: 141-43 Mass (Eucharistic celebration): 519 see also under Eucharist: Eucharistic celebration Masturbation: 406, 414 Materialism (consumerism): 16, 453 see also Consumerism Materialism (interpretation of the world and humanity): 59-61, 344 definition of: 54 culture and: 412, 435-37, 499 and evangelization: 118 information at the service of the common good: 434, 437 rights of human dignity: 434, 437 society’s right to information based on truth, freedom, justice, and solidarity: 433-34 Matrimony: see Marriage Media (mass media): 434

as reflecting the love between Christ and the Church: 281, 283 remarriage: 287-88, 290 Rite of Marriage: 281-82, 290 the Sacrament of: 262-63, 281, 283, 285, 291-92, 519 and self-sacrifice: 291-92 separation: 278-88, 290, 410 sin’s impact on: 287 the Sixth Commandment: 403-16 St. Paul’s teaching on: 280-81 unitive aspect and purpose of: 283, 530-31 see also Family; specific topics, e.g., Natural family planning Martyrs; martyrdom: 97, 112, 211, 278, 432-33, 519 acts of: 95, 269, 432-33 canonization of: xix veneration of: 173 Mary, Blessed Virgin: 37, 141-49, 454 Annunciation to: 37, 148, 398, 470 71, 539 Assumption of: 144-45, 148, 299, 505, 539 beliefs about Mary as founded on what the Church believes about Christ: 147 as chosen by God: 143, 179 as Christ’s Mother by the power of the Holy Spirit: 46, 79, 81, 86, 104-5, 109, 144, 203 Church as prefigured by: 146 devotion to: 378 disciples, Mary as first among: 39, 143 and Eucharistic Prayer: 221 as Ever Virgin: 144, 148 as first among all disciples: 39, 173 freedom as undiminished (as freely cooperating with God): 145, 148, 470, 479 as free from all sin: 143 and fulfillment of the Lord’s words: 148 “Full of Grace”: 104, 109, 143, 145, 147, 470-71

Mediator Dei : 165-66, 301