Tag: Blessed Virgin Mary
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If Demons Can Affect Us, Why Can’t the Saints Pray for Us?
One of the more curious objections Catholics hear is that the saints in heaven cannot hear our requests for prayer, cannot know anything about what happens on earth, and certainly cannot intercede for us. Yet many of the same Christians have no difficulty believing that demons can tempt human beings, influence the world, wage spiritual…
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Catholic Prayers to Mary: When Quoting Devotional Language Is Mistaken for Refuting Catholic Doctrine
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in Apologetics, Biblical Exegesis, Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Doctrine, Catholic Prayers, Catholic Theology, Catholic–Protestant Debate, Church Fathers, Communion of Saints, Devotional Theology, Intercession of the Saints, Marian Devotion, Marian Doctrine, Protestant Objections, Sacred TraditionA Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on Marian Prayer, the Intercession of the Saints, the Glories of Mary, and the Unique Mediation of Jesus Christ Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics has published an article entitled “Catholic Prayers To Mary.” The article begins by appealing to passages commanding believers to call upon God in times of trouble.…
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Prayer in the Early Church: What Tertullian Really Says—and What Answering Catholics Leaves Unexamined
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on the Lord’s Prayer, the Early Church Fathers, the Communion of Saints, and Christian Intercession Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics published a page entitled “Prayer Discussed by the Early Church Writers.” The article reproduces a passage from Tertullian’s On Prayer, Chapter 2, concerning the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer.…
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Walking with Mary: The Yes That Has to Be Given Again
Edward Sri’s Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross initially appears to be a book about Mary. By the end, it becomes clear that it is really a book about discipleship. Mary is the one walking ahead of us. The genius of the book is that it does not present the…
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From the Tree of Eden to the Tree of Calvary
The Divine Mystery of Sin, Sacrifice, and Redemption How the disobedience of the first Adam was overcome by the perfect obedience of Jesus Christ, the New Adam—and how the Cross became the Tree of Eternal Life. “For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners: so also by the obedience of one,…
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The Catholic Gentleman: Manhood Is Not a Costume
A CatholicG33k Reflection on Sam Guzman’s The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today There is a way to read The Catholic Gentleman badly. You could read it as a Catholicized masculinity manual: dress like an adult, drink like an adult, work hard, protect your family, develop some discipline, stop looking at pornography, learn some manners,…
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The Holiness No One Sees
A Reflection on The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life There is a kind of holiness the world will never understand. It does not build a platform. It does not announce itself. It does not need to be noticed, praised, followed, or remembered. It simply belongs to God. And perhaps no human life…