Mary, Mother of the Light and Salvation

Abstract

The psalm is very definitive about the Lord being our Light and Salvation, which is a proclamation of faith, trust, and confidence of one who relies in God’s unwavering protection and providence. In His public ministry, Jesus openly proclaimed: I am the Light of the world, he who follows me will never walk in darkness! ( Jn 8:12). St. Paul also affirmed that, our hopes are fixed on the living God who is the savior of all men (1 Tim 4:10) and, there is but one God and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5-6). This article relates to Mary as the Mother of Light and Salvation and in particular, her image as the light and salvation in the life of Christians, which earned her the titles: Nuestra Señora de la Luz and Nuestra Señora de Salvacíon. Questions were raised before when the Church referred to Mary as the co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix between God and men that were misunderstood and greatly taken out of context. In this regard, how does Mary appear to be the “light and salvation” without prejudice to the dogma of faith that Jesus is the one Savior and Light of the world? This article will revive the traditional Marian titles in line with renewed evangelization, that is, a renewed Mariology in line with her Son’s redemptive work.