Metropolitan Dimitrije: The Theotokos is our mother
Metropolitan Dimitrije describes the Virgin Mary's purity, humility, and devotion to God. He explains that by giving birth to Christ she became our mother and adopts us to God. This draws believers into the unique love between the Theotokos and her Son, a mystery that continues in the Church where its power is experienced when the faithful gather.
He states that she is honored as more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious than the Seraphim, having fallen asleep in the Lord and remaining closest to Him. Angels and archangels rejoice in her, and Saint John Damascene's hymn declares that all creation, both angelic hosts and the human race, rejoices in her. Her womb became wider than the heavens, and she is all joy, love, power, and help when we turn to her.
In hardship, suffering, and life's crossroads, Metropolitan Dimitrije urges the faithful to remember the Theotokos, her faith, and to pray to her before relying on their own thoughts and reasoning.
Key moments
- The Virgin Mary appears with purity, humility, and devotion to God, and by giving birth to Christ she becomes our mother and adopts us to God.
- We enter the unique relationship of love between the Theotokos and Jesus Christ, a mystery that continues in the Church where we experience its power when gathered together.
- She is not only mother but more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious than the Seraphim, having fallen asleep in the Lord and being closest to Him.
- Angels and archangels rejoice in her, and St. John Damascene's hymn declares that all creation, angelic hosts and the human race, rejoices in her.
- Her womb became wider than the heavens, and she is all joy, love, power, and help when we turn to the Theotokos.
- In hardship, suffering, life problems, and crossroads, we should remember the Theotokos, her faith, and pray to her before our own thoughts and reasoning.