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By Mark Shea. Is it possible early Christians simply borrowed the idea of goddess worship and applied it to Jesus' mother? Not a chance
A biblical look at the mother of Jesus, our King
What this ancient title tells us about her Son
Homily Background for December 8, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)
Glad You Asked
By Paul E. Duggan. The Virgin is the ideal representation of full redemption.
Our Takes
By Carl Olson. Through God’s grace and blessing and Mary’s heartfelt faith, she truly is the Blessed Mother
In Focus
By Carl Olson. Through her faith and trusting reception, Mary became the living ark of the covenant
Mary's Dialogue with God.
TCA Reviews
By Pope Blessed John Paul II. How is Mary full of grace? (Subscription required)
The Catholic answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality, and apologetics.
TCA Reviews for March/April 2010
TCA Reviews for May/June 2011. (Subscription required)
By Father Ray Ryland, Ph.D., J.D. The Catholic Answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics.
By Father Ray Ryland, Ph.D., J.D. The Catholic answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics.
By Father Ray Ryland, Ph.D. The Catholic Answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics. (Subscription required)
By Paul E. Duggan. The Assumption
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Book on Mary and ‘spiritual two-by-four’ rescued youth from life of promiscuity, drug-dealing. Now he spreads his message of hope
By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Good pastoral judgment should be used in determining the use of music during liturgies
By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Good pastoral judgment should be used in determining the use of music during liturgies
Homily Background for December 8, 2007 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Carl E. Olson. In their faithfulness, St. John the Baptist and Mary are witnesses to the truth of Christ
Prepare ye the way to recognize him, says Carl Olson in his weekly Scripture column.
By Mary DeTurris Poust. Four recent books offer different perspectives on ancient prayer for experts and novices alike.
Mary's Assumption is the mysterious sign of our new creation.
Letters to the Editor about priesthood, single motherhood, and poverty. (Subscription required)
By Carl E. Olson. Mary and Joseph open up their hearts and home to those seeking the Word — first the Magi and now us.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
American culture balks at this, but the Church shows that as Jesus and the Blessed Mother obeyed the Father, so must we
Book reviews
By Barry Hudock. In 1987, Pope John Paul II released his landmark encyclical on the Blessed Mother. Why it is still a gold mine today
By Scott Alessi. Crownings recognize Mother of God's queenship, while gardens celebrate her blessed fruitfulness
By Thomas J. Craughwell. The month of Mary allows for 'more fervent and loving acts of homage and veneration'
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Father Christopher Rengers,O.F.M. Cap. Consecration asked at Fatima is fulfilled, but ongoing devotion will keep us on track.
Homily Background for August 15, 2012 - Year B. (Subscription required)
By John Singarayar, S.V.D. The most beautiful creation of God. (Subscription required)
By St. Alphonsus Ligouri. On the glories of Mary. (Subscription required)
By Brother Francis Wagner.
By Charles DeCelles. We have pro-life Mother in Heaven
By Charles DeCelles, Ph.D. Theotokos. (Subscription required)
By Charles Dickson. Through the years Christians have sought the prayers of Mary to support them in their pilgrimage through life.
By Rawley Myers. Mary is our special help in our sorrows.
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Preach with renewed eagerness that God saves us, forgives us, strengthens us
This article has free access for all visitors. What role should the mother of our Lord play in our worship and festival observances?
By Mark Shea. Scripture squarely supports Catholic teaching on Mary’s perpetual virginity. Here’s how
Letters to the Editor for November 22, 2009
Letters to the Editor for February 21, 2010
Homily Background for December 8, 2010 - Year A
Homily Background for January 1, 2009 - Year B
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Emily Stimpson. Believe it or not, everything you need to know about sacrifice, you learned from her
Mary was born without stain of original sin so she could bear the Son of God for the world.
By Charles Dickson. Blessed Mother essential in the Incarnation. (Subscription required)
By Mark Shea. Although critics of the Church try to use her to attack Jesus, Mary protects the truth of her son’s true identity — and our own
By Mark Shea. The Church teaching that says Our Lady was fully assumed into heaven at the end of her earthly life affirms the hope in our own bodily resurrection. (Subscription required)
The Visitation relates how the unborn John the Baptist was the first to recognize the Savior in utero
By Paul E. Duggan. The Assumption is the dawn of the New Creation. (Subscription required)
Understand the contested history and the reasons behind why we call Mary Theotokos -- or the 'God-bearer'
An easy outline for the Preacher of Mary.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Teresa Tomeo. While we need time to get away, we should follow Mary’s lead in basking in the presence of the Lord
By Mark Shea. Where does the Church get its Marian teachings? Take a deeper look into the Old Testament
Mary reminds us that the new evangelization requires the same trusting faith as the first
Historical and cultural wealth gives Catholic Americans an advantage in celebrating a truly meaningful and substantial Mother’s Day.
By Carl Olson. There is something about Mary that drives many fundamentalists and some evangelicals nuts. (Subscription required)
When we call upon Mary as our own mother, her loving gaze upon each and all of us priests recognizes the distinctive configuration to Jesus, her beloved Son.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 8, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
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Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
May is the month of Mary and a perfect time to build a shrine to her outside your home.
In Focus
By Eddie O'Neill. Ministry sends out tailor-made prayer beads to soldiers, sailors and Marines around the world
The title Mother of God means that Mary is the mother of Jesus -- who is our Savior
By Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle. What started out as a Scottish man’s aid to Bosnian refugees has spread.
By Carl Olson. The Assumption is a stamp of approval on Mary’s life of humility and quiet discipleship of her Son
Jesus, Mary and Joseph model for us how families should fulfill mission of guarding and revealing love. (Subscription required)
Bosnian bishop urges Medjugorje visionaries to stop claims about Mary
By Thomas J. Craughwell. Devotion to Our Lady runs deep in the Americas; here’s a look at her many national titles
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin grew out of centuries of understanding her role as the Mother of God
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
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Increased recitation of the prayer, which celebrates the Annunciation, may remind how precious all human life is
Mary is the embodiment of love in selfless giving of her son to world
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