In these times of “politically correct” religious and moral bewilderment, in which Christmas carols are purged of Christian references, when they are not replaced with other songs, times in which Nativity scenes are rejected in the name of a misunderstood …
Category: Mary
Immaculate Conception: Feast, and Your Halls Are Crowded
Already the first great jewel threaded onto the strands of the new liturgical year is upon us: the glorious Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This year, December 8 falls on a Sunday. Yet this feast is so important that it …
Mary, Who Will Crush the Head of the Serpent
In this section, we will examine some Protestant objections to Mary as (1) the Woman in Gen 3:15 and (2) the Queen Mother of Israel and of the Church in Apocalypse chapter 12. Protestant Objection I: (i) I just cannot …
Mary Immaculate: Beloved Bride of the Holy Spirit
In an earlier article, we saw five theological proofs from the Bible, all from the Old Testament and biblical books accepted by Protestants, of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mother of God. Here, we continue our prayerful studies in …
Maria Lactans: How Our Lady Feeds Her Son, and Us
Catholic theologians throughout the life of the Church have elucidated, analyzed, and protected the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation. But few have captured this mystery in so arresting, direct, and radiant a manner as the sacred arts. In her literature, hymnography, …
What It Means to Kill and to Die in Our Lady’s Army
Even though Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen said the laity would save the Church, many in the laity are acutely aware of their limitations. We can’t elect a pontiff, submit dubia, or run a diocese. In the ongoing civil war between …
The Illustrious History of Our Lady of Victory
Victory is a theme dear to the hearts of Catholics, and that’s partly why the feast of October 7 means so much to us: it’s the glorious day Our Lady helped us save Christendom at the battle of Lepanto. In …
How to Pray the Rosary at Mass
In this month of October, as the results of the Amazon Synod loom ominously on the horizon, let us consider how our fathers felt when they saw the Muhammadan fleets on the horizon at Lepanto in 1571. As all of …
Maria, the Beloved: Contemplating the Virgin’s Holy Name
On September 12, we celebrated the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary. The mysteries and marvels of the sacred name of Maria are so vast an ocean that the field of Mariology will never finish contemplating them, even …
Mother Knows Best: An Exhortation to Pray the Rosary
In 1917, the Blessed Virgin visited three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. Just a year earlier, the children were primed for this event by an angel of the Lord on three separate occasions. We often hear atheists and skeptics ridicule …