"Though still a virgin she carried a child ... the spotless and God-bearing (theotokos) Mary in the way of birth and growth, and the manner of His life and conversation with men, and His ...

(LG 60) The Blessed Virgin Mary – Chosen Model of Holiness Especially in the Eastern Church Our Lady is invoked as Panagia (Παναγία)--the All Holy One. The title points to Mary's unique election among ...

Christians can be comfortable praying to Mary since she lives eternally as the handmaid of the Lord. She gives all praise to God.

‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion ... an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971. The internal quotes are from ...

This memorial is placed an octave, that is, eight days after celebrating Mary's Assumption into Heaven. The Queenship can be considered a prolongation of the celebration of the Assumption. The ...

Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California have a new protector. No, it is not a revamped ski patrol or new lifts ...

Our prayer life is shaped by this central mystery ... The first and preeminent of such members is the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Blessed Virgin was given to us as true mother by her son, Jesus ...

Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an early Franciscan missionary, saw an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on his way to mass. When Diego saw her vision, she asked him to speak to the Bishop and ...

“is a day of profound significance that honors the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of Jesus Christ and God's plan for humanity's redemption,” Marcos Jr. said in a statement a day ...