Catechism of the Catholic Church

Index 823 Ever Virgin, 499‑501 Full of grace, 722, 2676 Handmaid of the Lord, 510 “ Hodigitria ” or “She shows the way,” 2674 Immaculate, 491‑92 Mother of Christ, 411 Mother of the Church, 963‑70 Mother of God, 466, 495, 509 Mother of the living, 494, 511 The New Eve, 411 “Panagia” or All Holy, 493 Seat of Wisdom, 721 veneration of Mary faith concerning the veneration of Mary based on faith concerning Christ, 487 liturgical feasts of, 2043, 2177 in the liturgical year, 1172, 1370 not adoration, 971 prayer to, 2675‑79 respect for the name of, 2146 Mass. See Eucharist Mass media correct use of, 2496 laws against misuse of, 2498 misuse of, 2523 Masturbation , 2352 Materialism , 285, 2124 Matrimony. See Marriage Maturity (in the Christian faith) , 1248, 1308 Mediator Mary mediatrix, 969 See also Christ Meditation , 2705‑08 fruits of, 2706, 2708 goals of, 2723 and growth in understanding the faith, 94‑95 methods of, 2707 as one of the three major expressions of prayer, 2699 significance of, 2705 times suitable for, 2186 Meek , 716, 1716 . See also Gentleness Meeting between God and men, 1153, 2299, 2560, 2563, 2567, 2591, 2626, 2710 with Jesus, 529, 995, 1021 liturgy as meeting between Christ and the Church, 1097 Memorial the Eucharist as memorial of Jesus’ death and Resurrection, 611, 1167, 1330, 1358, 1362‑72, 1382 Jesus institutes the memorial of His free offering, 610, 1323, 1337 liturgy as memorial of the mystery of salvation, 1099 of the saving events of the Old Covenant, 1093, 2170 Mentality Christian, 2105 and the diversity of confession in marriage, 1634 of this world, 2727 Mercy acceptance of God’s, 1847, 2840 Christ wills, 2100 the Church bestows God’s mercy to man, 2040 the Church implores God’s, 1037 as the fruit of charity, 1829 God’s, 210‑11, 270 Jesus shows the Father’s, 545, 589, 1439, 1846 justification as the highest sign of God’s, 1994 Mary, “Mother of mercy,” 2677 significance and kinds of works of, 2447 sinners refusing God’s, 1864, 2091 works of mercy are necessary, 1473 Merit , 2006‑11 Christ as the source of our, 1476, 2011 definition and significance of, 2006 grace and, 1708, 2008‑09, 2011, 2025‑27 man as a participator in the merit of Christ, 2008‑09 no merit on the part of man before God, 2007 of the saints, 956, 1476