In the Bible, Mary speaks on four separate occasions. During the Annunciation, she asks the angel how she, a virgin, could be the mother of God (Luke 1:34); later, she responds, “Behold, I am ...

In the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus, Pope Piux XII wrote that  Mary, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”  Thus the Assumption, a long-standing tradition of the Church, was ...

Midway through J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, notices a child walking along the streets of New York City. ...

Mary, Seat of Wisdom (also known as Our Lady of the Chair or the Latin name Sedes Sapientiae), is a very old title for Mary.  As with all of Mary’s titles, it highlights one specific aspect of ...

What we know about Mary’s parents comes mainly from apocryphal texts -- texts that are written in the style of sacred scripture but are not ...

The English major in me says that there are Marian themes in anything, if you look hard enough.  All joking aside, your question is a fascinating one. The first connection that came to my mind is ...

Question:  How can Mary be the Mother of God, if God is eternal?  Wouldn't that mean she existed before God?It’s a great question, and one that was addressed definitively at the Council of Ephesus in ...

For many of us, the traditional blue-and-white statues of Mary can make it hard to believe that she was a real woman with a real personality.  However, the Gospels reveal that Mary was courageous, nurturing and ...

This is definitely a lesser-known name for Mary, perhaps because, as you’ve indicated, it’s one that is very specific to Alaska. The title does not refer to an apparition (unlike the well-known titles Our ...

“Madonna” is an Italian term meaning “my lady.”   It has been used for Mary since late medieval times, and helps to emphasize the relationship between Mary and those who honor her (its French equivalent is “Notre ...