When we pray to Mary, we have the added spiritual benefit and consolation of knowing that our prayers are also being heard and honored by the Lord Jesus. The Catechism of the Catholic Church ...

The Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, as a rule, on March 25. If the date falls in Holy Week, it is moved to the next best opportunity. For this meditation, we ...

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 ...

Two decades ago, Sally Read was an award-winning poet, an outspoken feminist as well as a vehemently anti-Catholic atheist ... by Word on Fire is The Mary Pages: An Atheist’s Journey to the ...

Some Christians criticize the Catholic Church ... of Chalcedon (451 A.D.), Jesus is a Divine Person with two natures: a divine nature and a human nature. Since Mary is truly the Mother of the ...

Mary in the New Testament: A Collaborative Assessment by Protestant and Roman Catholic Scholars. New York – Mahwah (Paulist Press) 1978] reached the four following conclusions on the identification of ...

Sunday, Jan. 19, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11. In this Sunday’s Gospel passage of the ...

Mary is often described as the Mother of God. This title refers to her as the mother of Jesus. This title is directly linked to Mary as the Mother of God. Christ is described as the Head of the ...

During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...