It is in the Sacred Scriptures that we see the Blessed Virgin Mary come alive for us in salvation history. It is through the Old Testament writings that we see the birth […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Old Testament
The Top 5 “Mondays with Mary” from 2015
As we begin 2016, I want to share with you the Top 5 “Mondays with Mary” from 2015. It was this series that got the attention of some of the editors at […]
The Top 10 Read “Mondays with Mary” to Date So Far
It’s been nearly three years of writing on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the series “Mondays with Mary” and although I have covered a lot of information, there is still plenty to […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Sacred Scriptures
In his document, Marialis Cultus (For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary), Blessed Pope Paul VI says this about devotion to Mary in the Biblical context, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – My Five Favorite Marian Books
As I continue to write my own book and finish a writing project on the Blessed Virgin Mary, it came to me that I have never written a post on the books […]
“Mondays with Mary” – My Favorite Marian Title
Anyone that reads these weekly posts should know that I have a pretty intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. My relationship completely changed with her after a class in graduate school […]
The Declaration of the Theotokos at the Council of Ephesus
Since tomorrow is the Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God, and a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics (in the Western lung of the Church), todays post is dedicated to […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Mary, Mother of God’s Word’
As I was preparing to teach Section 1 of Pope Benedict’s Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Verbum Domini, I read his striking words on how Mary play’s such an important part in knowing the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Our tainted nature’s solitary boast’
The phrase ‘Our tainted nature’s solitary boast’ is from the poem by William Wordsworth. It is also the title of Episode 4 from Fr. Robert Barron’s exceptional series about the Catholic faith. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Importance of Studying Marian Theology
I have often said on previous “Mondays with Mary”, in talks that I have given, and in classes that I have taught, my relationship with the Blessed Mother radically changed for the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Council of Ephesus and the Declaration of the Theotokos
Since tomorrow is the Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God, and a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics, “Mondays with Mary” is dedicated to this important dogma in the life […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Importance of Studying Marian Doctrines
The letter, The Virgin Mary in Intellectual and Spiritual Formation, written by the Congregation for Catholic Education (March 25, 1988) in the section – “The Contribution of Mariology to Theological Research” states, […]
Saint Cyril of Alexandria – Defender of the Incarnation and the Theotokos
In 431, the Council of Ephesus was called just 50 years after the Council of Constantinople. The great Church Fathers who were alive and explaining truth to the Church had passed on […]
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