In this year of Saint Paul, I want to answer the question I’ve been asked many times: if Mary is so important, why doesn’t the Bible, especially St. Paul, say more about her?
The question has a bad presupposition: that a subject’s importance can be judged by how often it is mentioned in the Bible.
So let’s [...]
Paul and the Virgin Mary
September 27, 2008
August 22: Queenship of Mary
August 22, 2008
Today is the memorial of the Queenship of Mary. Some non-Catholics object to the title “Queen of Heaven” on account of the book of Jeremiah:
“The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to offer libations to strange gods, [...]
