Her latest book published by Word on Fire is The Mary Pages: An Atheist’s Journey to the Mother of God. Although raised in an atheist household, as a child she saw images of the Blessed Virgin ...

Most of the representations of apparitions show Mary without Jesus not because she was dissociated from him but because she comes in his name with his message. There are other traditions of autonomous ...

By turning our hearts to Mary, we experience a whole new horizon of prayer. By her gentle guidance, Mary shows us new depths ...

Q: Why doesn't the Catholic Church discourage bowing down to images of Mary or Jesus or any icon? A ... justified the veneration of icons of Christ, his mother and the angels and saints. The ultimate ...

From the Gospel according to Luke. 2:34-35,51: Simon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: "Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken ...

As proclaimed by the Tome of Leo in the Ecumenical Council 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 ...

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 ...

Jesus Christ is the Head of this universal, timeless family. As the Head, he has given his mother a place of preeminence. Mary is to his right. She is the mother of all believers. As such ...

She is rather, Mary, the mother of Jesus.” Mustafa Akoyl, a journalist from Turkey, writes this in his recent book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims.

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 ...