Not excluding the Esheth Yahil (Woman of Valor) from Proverbs 31, Mary as the Ark of the Covenant has to be one of the greatest Old Testament types of Mary. The original […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary as the New Ark of the Covenant
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament, Part 3
Today, we continue with the third part of Mary in the Old Testament. In the month of September, we looked at Mary in the Old Testament in two parts – part 1 […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the New Testament, Part 2
Continuing with last week’s theme, Mary in the New Testament, this week we will focus on the Mary in the Redemption of Jesus Christ and her role in the life of the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the New Testament, Part 1
Recently I gave a talk at a parish here in the Phoenix Metropolitan area that focused on the Person of the Jesus Christ. One of the points I made is that the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Francis, Pope St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Our Lady of Fatima
Yesterday, in Saint Peter’s Square, the Pope consecrated the world through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in front of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima. Remember Day […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
October is considered the Month of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary and that is why for the next three weeks; we will take up Mary’s Role in the New […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament, Part 2
Today, we continue with the second part of Mary in the Old Testament. In the month of November, we will return to this theme again. Last week, in Part One, we discussed […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament, Part 1
Mary in the Old Testament might seem like a foreign concept to many if they have never studied the Holy Scriptures in detail or understand the biblical vocabulary term, Typology. Like many […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope St. John Paul II on the Suffering of Mary
Although yesterday was the twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, it was also the memorial for Our Lady of Sorrows. This memorial focuses on the seven great sorrows in the life of the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Even though yesterday was the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, September 8th is also the day we celebrate the Feast of The Nativity of […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Marian Consecration: Knowing Jesus through Mary
In his book, True Devotion to Mary, Saint Louis De Montfort states, “True devotion to Our Lady is interior; that is, it comes from the mind and heart. It flows from the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 10 Memorable Quotes about the Blessed Virgin Mary from St. John Vianney
I don’t know about you, but I love reading the Lives of the Saints and the many great things they said in the course of their lifetime. What makes the Saints so […]
Pope St. John Paul II on the Queenship of Mary
Everyone that has ever really taken the time to listen or read Pope St. John Paul II will know that his love for the Blessed Mother began in his youth, after the […]
The Queenship of Mary: Advocate, Co-Redemptrix, and Mediatrix
The Second Vatican Council in the document, Lumen Gentium – the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, declares in Chapter VIII, “Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this salvific duty, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 7 Benefits of Praying the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary
From the beginning of his Papacy, Pope Francis, has been giving us a continual catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the first day as the Bishop of Rome, he went to […]
The Death, Dormition, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Blessed Pope Pius XII in 1946 asked the Bishops of the Catholic Church to gather information for the potential dogmatic declaration of this doctrine. Two questions were asked of the Bishops: First, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 5 Quotes from the Saints on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This week in the Catholic Church we celebrate a major solemnity in the liturgical calendar. For Catholics, it’s a Holy Day of Obligation. In the East, we have the Dormition of the […]
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