Last July, during my unwanted hiatus from this blog, I received two comments which I never got around to responding to.
The first was on Hatred of the Virgin Mary, and the second on Do Protestants hate Mary?
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I am a Lutheran, and I understand that when catholics ‘pray’ to saints, they are asking the saints to [...]
Archive for the 'Doctors & Saints' Category
A response to two comments
August 26, 2008
Consecration to Mary Part 2
May 27, 2008
From the Militia of the Immaculata:
Consecration means setting yourself aside for service to God. The Church has always advocated consecrating yourself to Jesus Christ through the Blessed Virgin, the perfect model of discipleship.
Perhaps the best known advocate of Marian consecration is St. Louis de Montfort (d. 1716). Modern day promoters include Pope John Paul II, [...]
Romanus the Melodist
May 22, 2008
For quite a while now, the topic of Pope Benedict’s Wednesday Audience has been the Church Fathers. Yesterday, he discussed the little-known Romanus the Melodist.
Translated by Teresa Benedetta
Dear brothers and sisters,
In the series of catecheses on the Fathers of the Church, I wish to speak today about a little-known figure: Romanus the Melodist, born [...]
Jack Chick: Why is Mary Crying? (pt. 2)
May 13, 2008
This is the second part in a 4-part series on Jack Chick’s tract, “Why is Mary Crying?” Part 3 will come on Wednesday.
Mary and the Incarnation
May 8, 2008
From the Treatise on True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort.
14. With the whole Church I acknowledge that Mary, being a mere creature fashioned by the hands of God is, compared to his infinite majesty, less than an atom, or rather is simply nothing, since he alone can say, “I am he who [...]
The Patristic Rosary
May 4, 2008
Fr. Z has something wonderful: a Rosary based on the teachings of the Fathers of the Church.
