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Jan. 1, 2016: Happy Feast Day of Mary Mother of God. "All generations will call me Blessed..." pic.twitter.com/8u4u2ZnJzE

— Tony Correia (@SanctusTony) January 1, 2016

HAPPY SOLEMNITY OF MARY💞

— Catholic Classy (@CatholicClassy) January 1, 2016

Statue of Mary, Mother of God, with St Thomas Aquinas, and his Prayer to Our Lady, fittingly said on 1 Jan #op800 https://t.co/bOQSoJcZA7

— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) January 1, 2016

Mary, Mother of God we honour your faith, we praise your Son, guide our lives towards Jesus. pic.twitter.com/6icWCqWMsn

— Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) January 1, 2016

#HappyNewYear! Today is the #SolemnityofMary, #MotherofGod. pic.twitter.com/VVwqt0os8l

— Michael Walker ن (@ACatholicPoet) January 1, 2016

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. #HNY2016 https://t.co/ICnemZwArm pic.twitter.com/YCpgDWqCcR

— Portraits of Saints (@SaintPortraits) January 1, 2016

Happy New Year! Happy Solemnity of the Feast of Mary Mother of God! pic.twitter.com/s1qACwO4GL

— Relevant Radio (@relevantradio) January 1, 2016

#MaryMotherofGod #prayforus pic.twitter.com/mMD7UW330P

— EWTN (@EWTN) January 1, 2016

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us! Wishing you a blessed solemnity and happy & holy new year! #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/cSJtF6hOT7

— N. Catholic Register (@NCRegister) January 1, 2016

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us! #SolemnityofMary pic.twitter.com/xdguHvaxoy

— Sean Lehmann (@SeanLehmann1) January 1, 2016

Happy Solemnity of Mary! Remember, today is a Holy Day of Obligation. pic.twitter.com/O306YN3NKV

— Franciscan Friars (@MFVAFriars) January 1, 2016

A blessed Octave Day of Christmas and Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of GOD, to everyone! pic.twitter.com/8wJCoOg6Hx

— James Goodman (@jamesrgoodman) January 1, 2016

#WePray, for those suffering in any way, that they may turn to Mary and ask her help. #SolemnityofMary pic.twitter.com/7abcWIZd9U

— DC Archdiocese (@WashArchdiocese) January 1, 2016

1 Jan: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God https://t.co/Foktc79wi8 pic.twitter.com/oZeEitV0ac

— Sr. Veronica Paul (@sistervpaul_) January 1, 2016

Thoughts for January 1 (Mary, Mother of God) from Fr Willie Doyle https://t.co/xyxZjrFelW

— Sr. Veronica Paul (@sistervpaul_) January 1, 2016

Jesus is God + Mary is Jesus' mother = Mary is the Mother of God Even my 3 year old gets it...

— Tommy Tighe (@theghissilent) January 1, 2016

Before leaving St. Mary Major, #PopeFrancis opens another #HolyDoor; the gates to altar of Mary Salus Populi Romani: pic.twitter.com/vyt3heXxkt

— Rich Raho (@RichRaho) January 1, 2016

Mary, the mother of #God, is also our mother. Praise You, Almighty God, for adopting us into Your glorious #family!

— Don George Mabura (@Fr_iMabura) January 1, 2016

Mother, behold humanity. #SolemnityofMary #Catholic pic.twitter.com/BflwIdERPq

— Elizabeth Westhoff ن (@ESWesthoff) January 1, 2016

Today is World Day of Prayer for Peace pic.twitter.com/HLv6u77Muv

— Clonard Monastery (@ClonardMBelfast) January 1, 2016

Wonderful to start the year dedicating this day to an amazing woman,our mother and #MotherofGod. #WYD #Krakow2016 pic.twitter.com/SacJZTKsM1

— WYD English (@wyd_en) January 1, 2016

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