The Church Fathers called Mary the "Go-between

[nusaibatara]

" (Mediatrix). A prayer by St. Ephrem says of Her: "After the Mediator thou art the Mediatrix of the whole world" (Oratio IV ad Deiparam. 4th Lesson of the Office of the Feast). The title Mediatrix is attached to Mary in official Church documents such as the Bull "Ineffabilis" of Pope Pius IX in 1854, in the Rosary Encyclicals "Adiuricem" and "Fidentem" of Pope Leo XIII in 1895 and 1896, and in the Encyclical "Ad Diem Illum" by Pope St. Pius X in 1904. More references are shown in detail below. The doctrine of Mary's universal Mediation of Grace is based on Her co-operation in the Incarnation which is definitely manifest in the sources of Faith. Her position as buy phone number list Mediatrix of All Grace is organically associated with Mary's Spiritual Motherhood which is in turn based on Scripture and with Her intimate participation in the work of Her Divine Son. Logically, since Mary gave the source of all Grace to men, it is to be expected that She would also co-operate in the distribution of all Grace. And since Mary became the Spiritual Mother of all the redeemed, it is fitting that She, by Her constant Motherly intercession should care for the supernatural life of all Her children (i.e. including advocacy). What remains is to formalize the constant doctrine of Her position into dogma.