La Beata Vergine Maria e l’Eucaristia. Rassegna delle iniziative del ventennio passato e proposte pratiche
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Eucharist. Review of the Initiatives of the Past Twenty Years and Practical Proposals

Summary/Abstract: Starting with the Year of the Eucharist, which concluded with the Synod ofBishops on the Eucharist in October 2005, the article cites the texts of the Magisteriumat that time, namely the encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia vivit and the apostolic letterMane nobiscum Domine of John Paul II and the post-synodal apostolic exhortationSacramentum caritatis of Benedict XVI. In them, it points to the Mother of Christ as the “Woman of the Eucharist”, who leads to the Blessed Sacrament and remains themodel for receiving this gift. The article then reviews initiatives and publications fromthe last twenty years (2005-2025) that have proven important for deepening Mariandevotion in its relation to the Eucharist. Finally, in the spirit of the papal magisteriumand theological reflection, the article proposes two practical approaches to how theMarian dimension of the Eucharist can be lived, especially by its ministers, i.e. priests,and also by all the faithful, who can draw inspiration from Marian attitudes in everyEucharistic celebration.

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