What Does the Title ‘Mary, Help of Christians’ Mean, and Where Does It Come From?
Mary, Help of Christians is one of the numerous names by which Catholics have come to know and love Mary. It refers specifically to the…
mary mother of jesus
Our Lady of La Leche: On the Radical and Holy Act of Breastfeeding
I was waiting to see my doctor for my final post-natal appointment. And, because my doctor is kind of an awesome big deal obstetrical rock-star,…
Waiting For God
In the back pew of the adoration chapel, I folded my arms and slouched before the God who wouldn’t talk to me. It was Advent,…
Why does Mary ask Jesus to help out at a wedding? Doesn’t she have greater concerns?
Imagine that dear friends of yours were getting married, and the beverages ran out shortly after the reception began. It wouldn’t ruin their marriage, certainly,…
Tom Petty — The Waiting
Read the story of the Annunciation and consider how hard it must have been for Mary to wait for Jesus.
100 words (give or take) on… Virgin Birth
Catholics believe that Mary, the mother of Jesus, became pregnant not through a sexual encounter with a man, but by the power of the Holy…
Thoroughly Modern Mary
For many young women, their sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, is relatively one-dimensional. They recall a humble, pious woman who was submissive to both…
