Category: Mary

Catholic Doctrines in Scripture by Topic. Save or print 87- page Resource

by bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | Apologetics, Biblical Exposition, Mary, News, Papacy & Catholic Hierarchy, Theology | 0 |

Catholic Doctrines in Scripture, Compiled by Greg Oatis Click here for document Introduction 3 Preface 4 Church Authority and Papal Infallibility 5 Peter as First Pope 8 Apostolic Succession 11 Ordination and Priesthood 12 Salvation Not By Faith Alone/Not Assured 14 Doctrines 21 Free Will 21 Abortion 23 Contraception 24 Homosexuality […]

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Seven Ways to Live Fatima’s Message

by bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | Best of Week, Fatima, Featured, Mary, News, Our Lady of Fatima, Prayer & Spirituality | 0 |

In an earlier essay on Catholic Exchange, I shared “Why We Need Fatima’s Message Today.” As we bring to a close the centenary jubilee commemorating Mary’s apparition in Fatima, Portugal spanning the months of May-October 1917, I believe it important to revisit the messages received by Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, because they propose for us a […]

Lebanese nun says she learned from writing icon for London shrine

by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Featured, Icon, London, London shrine, Mary, Melkite, Mother of Persecuted Christians, News, Sister Souraya, U.S. & World News | 0 |

In London, prayers now rise up to God from the shrine of Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, and also from Lebanon, where the shrine’s icon originated.

Lessons from Our Mother on Her Birthday

by bcadmin | Sep 8, 2022 | Blessed Mother, Blessed Virgin Mary, devotion, Featured, generosity, intercession, Love, Mary, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, News, Prayer, Prayer Life & Liturgy, rosary, service, surrender, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

“Mary with Child, Angels and Saints” (detail) by Duccio di Buoninsegna Growing up as a Baptist, leaving that church as a teenager, and living in the spiritual wilderness for two decades until I experienced a significant conversion to Christ…

Queenship of the Blessed Virgin – August 22

by bcadmin | Aug 21, 2022 | Apologetics, Holidays/Feast Days, Mary, News | 0 |

Last week was the Feast of the Assumption of Mary and today, August 22 is the Queenship of Mary. The other day a man called to say my argument for the Assumption of Mary from the Old Testament was wrong. I had quoted 1 Kings 2:19 where Solomon had raised his mother to Queen of […]

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Steve’s Video Talks: “The Life of Mary – Real Girl & Woman of Mystery” Parts I and II

by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2022 | Apologetics, Biblical Exposition, Conferences, Mary, News | 0 |

I had a wonderful time with the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows in Beaverton Oregon where I spoke for two days at their Marian Retreat. When talking on Mary I am usually squeezed into a 1 hour timeframe. This conference was delightful since I could tell the story of Mary’s life for two hours. […]

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Pope entrusts new relationship with Indigenous to three holy women

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Algonquin, Canada, Cree, Featured, First Nation, From the Pope, Indigenous survivors, Innu, Mary, Métis, Mi'kmaq, Mohawk, News, residential schools, St. Anne, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Meeting Indigenous survivors of residential schools in Canada, Pope Francis entrusted them and the journey of truth, healing and reconciliation to three women: St. Anne, Mary and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

Martha & Mary: Jesus Calms Our Anxieties

by bcadmin | Jul 15, 2022 | Featured, Mary, News, Scripture Speaks, St. Martha | 0 |

Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, Jesus visits the home of two sisters and causes an upheaval. Why? Gospel (Read Lk 10:38-42) St. Luke tells us of a visit Jesus made to a village where “a woman whose name was Martha welcomed Him.” It must have been a comfort to Jesus to receive a […]

Jesus as an honored guest

by bcadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | martha, Martha and Mary, Mary, News, Picks, Sunday Scriptures | 0 |

“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.” Martha and Mary are two of Jesus’ closest friends and, because of this, we can assume that he spent a lot of time at their home; conversely, they spent a lot of time in his presence. However, in this week’s Gospel, we see Martha failing to be present to her guest as she struggles to be a good host.

A good father clings to Our Lady

by bcadmin | Jun 17, 2022 | Father's Day, Fatherhood, Mary, News, rosary, Spirituality, Tommy Tighe | 0 |

When my wife and I moved to the Bay Area from southern California, we were stressed. I was starting a brand new job, our first child was less than 18 months old and not sleeping at all, and we were staying at my wife’s parents’ home while we waited for…

Our Lady and Me

by bcadmin | May 30, 2022 | charity, Features, Mary, News, Opinion | 0 |

Novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce writes about his relationship with Mary, Mother of Jesus – and Mary’s Meals, the charity that bears her name and feeds 2,279,941 hungry children every school day

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Our Lovely Queen of May!

by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Featured, Mary, May Month of Mary, News, Our Lady of Fatima | 0 |

Most Catholics know that the month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Perhaps your parish holds a May Crowning, a lovely ceremony where children—usually young girls—adorn a statue of Mary with a wreath of flowers while the congregation sings a Marian hymn. And of course the greatest Marian apparition of modern times, […]