this theological angle, I’m sure that those who wonder about our fervor in honoring the Mother of Jesus will agree that our love for her has a solid doctrinal foundation, which makes it something more than

Landry, Bishop of Paris Church history is undeniably linked to the history of Mary Since the Lord Jesus, in the person of the apostle John, gave his mother to all who believed in him as the Son of God and

d a painting that would commemorate it—not Mary giving them the fish herself, but it’s the Child Jesus in her arms who gives the fish to his Mother, and the Mother throws the fish into the nets—that represent

training center for monks. The frescoes of this church depict scenes from the Bible, the life of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. During the Ottoman rule on the east coast of the Black Sea, the sultans

Mary: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, the Recovery of Jesus, the Resurrection and the Assumption. This crown, especially used by the Franciscans, met with great

Ascension is one of the essential mysteries of salvation, in which we are all called to participate. Jesus is in Heaven, at the right hand of his Father, as our representative, pontiff, and mediator. He presents

will help her beloved children turn even more towards her and, with her help, towards her Son. To Jesus through Mary! The Mary of Nazareth Team

throughout history. This, of course, isn’t because the rosary is magical; it’s because it brings us to Jesus. As the late Cardinal Francis E. George, archbishop of Chicago, said at the conclusion of the Year

Woman par excellence, the Woman whom God promised that she will crush the head of the serpent; and Jesus Christ, by never calling her anything but this great name, teaches us that she is the hope, the joy

asymptotic manner. Let us meditate, then, on the life of Mary, not only on the part we all know, with Jesus in Nazareth and then on Calvary, but also that of young Mary, pure and humble, even before she had