Throughout the church, a prominent theme is Mary’s fiat, her “Yes” to God. Praying before the altar in the cave, one can’t ...
This privilege of Mary derives from God's having chosen her as Mother of the Savior; thus she received the benefits of salvation in Christ from the very moment of her conception. This great gift ...
Roughly 100 Catholics from across the county paraded down Worth Avenue, singing hymns and reciting prayers in veneration of the Virgin Mary.
Readers might be tempted to skip the first 17 verses of Matthew’s Gospel. After all, it’s just a genealogy of who “begat” whom, a list of names we don’t recognize and can’t pronounce. We’re tempted to ...
Historically, devotion to the Heart of Mary grew up in parallel, but at a lesser intensity than that of devotion to the Heart of Jesus, only starting to become more prominent during the time of St ...
Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favour with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High ...