The Woman I love
As the case for his canonization continues, I thought I’d post a TV episode from my all-time favourite archbishop, Fulton Sheen:
Tag: Mary & the Saints
Dialog with Jerry: Part 3 (The kitchen sink)
Over the last couple of days I’ve been posting (with permission, of course) some of my exchange with a Protestant called Jerry. The final portion of his email took a wide tour of Catholic teaching and contained lots of assertions and various accusations tangential to our main conversation. For the sake of providing him with some basic answers, I responded to each of them briefly…
Nativity of the Theotokos
I know I’m off in the desert and not meant to be posting, but I couldn’t really pass up a quick post for the birthday of Mary, the mother of God:
Your birth, O Theotokos, brought joy to the whole world, for from you dawned the sun of righteousness, Christ our God. Freeing us from the curse, He gave us His blessings. Abolishing death, He granted us eternal life.
– Apolytikion, Nativity of the Theotokos
The Surfing Priest
For the last few weeks Fr. Donald Calloway has been in the San Diego speaking at different parishes, telling the story of his dramatic conversion and encouraging his listeners to dive more deeply into their Catholic faith, particularly in their devotion to Blessed Mary. Here are a few gems from this Friday’s talk:
“If Jesus is our brother, then we must have the same mother as Him, otherwise that’s one pretty funky family…”
“You’re born again? Great! Who’s your mother?”
“Jesus calls her ‘mother’ and we will not, thinking that it is beneath us. What madness is this?”
If you ever get the chance to hear him speak I’d thoroughly recommend it. If you live in the San Diego area, there are still a few opportunities to see him in the next few days.
The article The Surfing Priest first appeared on RestlessPilgrim.net
Leaving on a jet plane
I’m heading up into the clouds today as I fly back to England for a much needed vacation…
Where does Mary fit in?
Since today is the Feast of the Annunication, I thought I’d post a quick response to a recent question asked by a non-Catholic:
“1 Timothy 2:5 says ‘For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus’. How does Mary fit into this?”
Mary and Martha
…Silvanus said, “I think Mary always needs Martha, and by Martha’s help Mary is praised.”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V