Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary, the First Disciple
Pope Paul VI wrote succinctly: “The Virgin Mary is held up as an example to the faithful for the way in which in her own particular life she fully and responsibly accepted the word of God and did it….She is worthy of imitation because she was the first and most perfect of Christ’s disciples.”
Praying with Mary
Lent is an ideal time for lectio divina, praying with Scripture. Mary can show us the way.
Read More →
Kids, Meet Mary
Last May, as my family sat in church, I noticed my then-five-year-old son, Alex, carefully eyeing the statue of Mary in the front of church. It had been decorated in honor of the month of May—the month of Mary. When ...
Read More →
Franciscan Inspirations: Mary at the Cross
Both the devotion of Mary and the women witnessing Jesus’ death—and the gift of Mary as mother to us—are truths we cannot be without.
Read More →
Franciscan Inspirations: The Assumption of Mary
The doctrine of Mary’s Assumption is based on something called a theological conclusion. The Scriptures contain indirect references to the concept of the Assumption, even if the word itself isn’t used.
Read More →
Honoring Mary in Your Garden
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin can be on full display in our backyard oases.
Read More →
Pope Francis on Mary’s ‘Yes’
Mary never distanced herself from love: throughout her life her whole being is a “yes” to that love, it is the “yes” to God.
Read More →