She belongs to the church and the church belongs to her. So when we pray the rosary, or bow our heads during the creed, we are honoring our mother, and the mother of our Lord. Although she is not God, she has earned our respect and devotion. This article appeared in the May issue of U. Catholic Vol. Ask us at editors uscatholic. Image: Flickr photo cc by Archangel About the author. Kevin P. Considine Kevin P. Considine holds a Ph.
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That is certainly a challenge, kkollwitz. Sometimes we are called to breakdown preexisting notions that may not be correct. Many Catholics would be surprised at how well it works to review the Hail Mary with a non-Catholic, especially referring to the Luke quotes.
I am a catholic by birth and faith. I believe solely that Mary is the Mother of Jesus son of God. Mary should be held high as our mother and should be venerated because she is the mother of god and none can ever take her place. Mary mother of God pray and intercede for us to your son Jesus in order that our sins may be forgiven. We as Catholics do not worship her or adore her we honor her. We pray for her intercession.
I believe she plays a role In divine intervention. Our mothers here on earth sometimes intervene when we have difficulties managing our own lives and taking care of our children at times. Mothers help. Especially the mother of god. Herman Parish Ekona , Cameroon will get themselves well informed and become more aware of the reasons why we venerate Virgin Marie.
Another comment I would like to share is that there is such a controversery about only praying to god and if we ask to anything else above this world it is idolatry. Not true. Patrick Madrid explains in a clear, easy-to-follow style why Catholics pray to and honor Mary and the saints.
Using the Bible and the testimony of the early Church Fathers, he provides a concise overview of the biblical and historical foundations of this often misunderstood Catholic doctrine.
He also walks you through the standard anti-Catholic arguments against praying to Mary and the saints and demonstrates from the Bible why these arguments are themselves unbiblical.
Most Christians know that the life of Jesus is foreshadowed throughout the Old Testament. Building on these scriptural and historical foundations, Hahn presents a new look at the Marian doctrines: Her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Assumption, and Coronation.
As he guides modern-day readers through passages filled with mysteries and poetry, Hahn helps them rediscover the ancient art and science of reading the Scriptures and gain a more profound understanding of their truthfulness and relevance to faith and the practice of religion in the contemporary world.
A challenging read that will bear much fruit for those seeking to grow in knowledge of Scripture. The Project is sponsored by the St. Sheen Fulton J. It also includes a Scriptural Rosary that offers ten Bible texts suitable for meditation on each mystery. Prayers including a visual and spiritual journey that illuminates the teachings of the New Testament follow in the second section. Voices of the Saints by Bert Ghezzi provides readers with many convenient ways to look up Catholic saints: chronologically, alphabetically, by feast day, even by theme.
The voice of each Catholic saint comes through clearly in quotations drawn from their own writings, the recollection of witnesses, and the careful work of biographers. A prayer or Scripture verse concludes each entry. Using this official Catechism, the highly-regarded author and professor Peter Kreeft presents a complete compendium of all the major beliefs of Catholicism written in his readable and concise style. Since the Catechism of the Catholic Church was written for the express purpose of grounding and fostering catechisms based on it for local needs and ordinary readers, Kreeft does just that, offering a thorough summary of Catholic doctrine, morality, and worship in a popular format with less technical language.
This book is the most thorough, complete and popular catechetical summary of Catholic belief in print that is based on the universal Catechism. Handbook of Catholic Apologetics is the only book that categorizes and summarizes all the major arguments in support of the main Christian beliefs.
Also included is a Protestant-friendly treatment of Catholic- Protestant issues. The Catholic answers to Protestant questions show how Catholicism is the fullness of the Christian faith. Handbook of Catholic Apologetics is full of the wisdom and wit, clarity and insight of philosophers Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli.
This is an informative and valuable guidebook for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason.
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