In Our One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, we are blessed with the fullness and richness of The Word, The Sacraments, and Tradition. What an awesome Reality. The Deposit of Faith which comes to us from the Apostles, and was definitive and final at the death of the last Apostle, is the entirety of the revelation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It has since been passed on to us in success generations in the forms of Sacred Scripture (The Holy Scriptures or Catholic Bible) and Sacred Tradition (apostolic succession).

The Holy Father guards the Church with the gift and grace of Infallibility that comes with the Chair of Peter. The Supreme Pontiff holds the keys and with the Magisterium, which consists of the Pope and the Bishops, and is the Official Teaching Authority of the Church, the Deposit of Faith comes under this protection.

The Devotions and Traditions found in this section of Mary's Project, represent a small portion of the splendor that comes with "the pious practices of the Christian people," that Our Church so graciously enriches us with. Please choose a topical sidebar of choice, and let us unite through Our Lady in prayer, ongoing catechesis and formation in Our Catholic Faith and Identity. Ad Iesum Per Mariam! To Jesus Through Mary! Carpe Mariam! Seize Mary!

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments assures us of the following:  

"Genuine forms of popular piety, expressed in a multitude of different ways, derives from the faith and, therefore, must be valued and promoted. Such authentic expressions of popular piety are not at odds with the centrality of the Sacred Liturgy. Rather, in promoting the faith of the people, who regard popular piety as a natural religious expression, they predispose the people for the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries."  

CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTS

DIRECTORY ON POPULAR PIETY AND THE LITURGY

PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES, 4, 

Vatican City, December 2001

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Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy

DECREE

"The spiritual life of the faithful is also nourished by 'the pious practices of the Christian people', especially those commended by the Apostolic See and practised in the particular Churches by mandate of the Bishop or by his approval. Mindful of the importance that such cultic expressions should conform to the laws and norms of the Church, the Council Fathers outlined their theological and pastoral understanding of such practices: "pious devotions are to be ordered so as to harmonize with the Sacred Liturgy and lead the Christian people to it, since in fact the Liturgy by its very nature is far superior to any of them"

CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTS

Prot. N. 1532/00/L

DECREE

From the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

17 December 2001.

Jorge A. Card. Medina Estévez

Prefect

Francesco Pio Tamburrino

Archbishop Secretary