Perhaps the single most misdirected and misunderstood idea that many non-Catholics have about the Catholic Church is that we worship Mary as we do God. Let me make this very clear before we move forward. Catholics believe that God alone is worthy of worship. We do not, in any way, shape, or form, worship Mary. … [Read more…]
On August 15th, the Catholic Church will celebrate one of its oldest and most important feast days: The Assumption of Mary. This feast day celebrates the end of Mary’s life on Earth when God, the Father, took her into Heaven, body and soul together. Much like the Immaculate Conception and Mary’s perpetual virginity, you won’t … [Read more…]
Whenever we talk about Mary, we address her with many different titles: Mother of Jesus, Mother of God, Holy Mary, Blessed Mother. However, out of all these, the one most often heard across Catholic (and Protestant) aisles is The Virgin Mary. Virtually every person that claims the Christian faith accepts that Mary miraculously conceived Christ … [Read more…]
During my days as a Southern Baptist, my opinion of Mary, the Blessed Virgin, was the same as every other Protestant. I saw her as just another character in the Bible, one who was given a particular task, and when God was finished with her, she faded into the background with the rest of the … [Read more…]