Miracles surround us; burning bushes keep revealing the Lord’s work. But we need to stop and notice.
Virgin Mary
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The U.S. can’t match Mary’s perfection, but we can aspire to her humility
Is it conceit or coincidence that a saint who was conceived without sin is the patron of a country that believes the same about itself?
Posted inFaith, Features
A pregnant pause: Mary and the Annunciation
Fewer than 200 words are attributed to Mary in Scripture, but those words have inspired innumerable prayers, hymns, sermons and other devotional practices, perhaps none more than her words at the Annunciation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: An accurate look at Muslim beliefs
Two timely texts can help elevate our thinking and improve the ways we relate to our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Four lessons from Mary for the Synod on Young Adults
Before we can accompany young Catholics, we must know where we are taking them. Mary shows the way.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How do we celebrate the Assumption of Mary in this summer of sex abuse scandals?
Pity and punish the powerful but take no delight in their fall.
Posted inFaith, News
Church is a mother, not a bachelor, pope says at Mass for new Marian feast day
The church must “remain female” and “have this attitude of a wife and mother” who nurtures her children, the pope said in his homily May 21 during a morning Mass commemorating the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I lost my mom 83 years ago, but Our Lady never left me.
One day, I looked up to the statue of Our Lady and prayed: “God has taken my mother. I need you to be my mother.”
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Catholics get chance to celebrate Mary with new feast day
Gaining a renewed and deeper understanding of Mary’s nurturing and caring side is something he said the church, especially in today’s climate, could certainly use.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis establishes a universal feast day for Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church
The Memorial will celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost in churches throughout the world.