Mary: Sanctuary of the Most Blessed Trinity

09/24/2022
|By Fr. Joshua Alexander Sequeira, EP

Course Summary

 

Do you really know who Mary is? Unfortunately, most Catholics do not…. This is because of a superficial understanding of the Mother of God since we are used to seeing her from “beneath” or, at best, from a “horizontal plane”.

Just as a city is better known when looked upon from the heights of a tower or some other natural vantage point, Our Lady herself is best observed from the highest possible “observatory”: her relations with each of the 3 Persons of the Holy Trinity! And this is what Fr. Joshua Sequeira E.P. strives for in this course.

The course, Mary: Sanctuary of the Most Blessed Trinity, is especially recommended to those who have already made their Consecration to Our Lady since it gives them more profound insights into the understanding of Our Blessed Mother.

Fr. Joshua Alexander Sequeira, EP Fr. Joshua Alexander Sequeira, EP

The great passion of Fr. Joshua Sequeira E.P. – during his missionary work in Brazil, Mozambique and Colombia, as in his theology classes to the candidates to priesthood – has always been the desire to communicate the joy of God’s love that he witnessed when in contact with his founder, Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias E.P. A native of Mumbai (India), Fr. Joshua is a doctor in Theology by the Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum-Rome), and currently lectures at the Instituto Teológico São Tomás de Aquino, besides coordinating different publications of the Heralds in English, and exercising an intense pastoral activity in the Parish of Our Lady of Graces (Caieiras, Brazil).

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1 – Divine Goodness communicates itself to creatures 

In this introductory class, we see the different ways in which God is present in Creation, be they natural or supernatural. We discover the special role of Mary…
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Lesson 2 – The Divine Relations within the Trinity 

To learn about Mary’s relationship with each Divine Person, we need to understand the fundaments of trinitarian theology. Here we learn that the Divine…
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Lesson 3 – God the Father and the Virgin Mary

Mary alone received from God the Father a participation in his fruitfulness – as far as a mere creature could receive it – to enable her to bring forth his Son…
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Lesson 4 – God the Son and the Virgin Mary 

The New Adam, Christ, gave more glory to his Father by submitting to his Mother. In her alone, his tabernacle, He wished to be adored. To her alone,…
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Lesson 5 – God the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary 

Mary is the paradise of God and His unspeakable world. In her Jesus came into the world, and it is also through her that He must reign. God wishes…
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Lesson 6 – Mary, the Sanctuary of Blessed Trinity, and our times 

God the Holy Spirit, who does not produce any divine person, became fruitful through Mary. In his most faithful and inseparable Spouse, He produced…

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