Category Archives: Ever-Virgin Mary
She held God
The time of birth was drawing near and the woman knew that she and her husband needed a place to stay for the baby. They had looked everywhere in this town of Bethlehem, but there was no room. Like our … Continue reading
Cleaning out our filth
In two martyrdoms today, we see St. Katherine of Alexandria and St. Mercurios the Great, both have tremendous filth in their lives to turn out. Both martyrs experience before their final trials that God has turned His face away from … Continue reading
Bl Mary of Agreday–Mystica Ciudad de Dios
The work of the Bl Mary of Agreda’s Mystica Ciudad de Dios or The Mystical City of God in English is a detailed history of the life of the Virgin Mary as it develops in the Gospel and then as it is … Continue reading
Apostolic Succession–a doctrine rooted in history…
Going back to a particular conversation I had with an NT scholar recently, one thing he asked in his adamant denial and objection to Apostolic Succession is whether the Church is served by dogma with no historic foundation. I would … Continue reading
Winter Break Reading…
My winter break is officially coming to an end and will end on Monday when I start school. When you’re unemployed because of an evil work-situation screwed you over, you get a lot of time to read… Here’s the fun … Continue reading
Sex-positivism refuted
There is a certain age at which human nature is desirous of procreation-procreation which must be in beauty and not in deformity; and this procreation is the union of man and woman, and is a divine thing; for conception and … Continue reading
A lesson in the holiness of orthodoxy
I often have troubles with my parents due to their liberal form of “Christianity”. It seems they tend not to understand the holiness of orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is a word coming from the Greek words orthos and doxas meaning “right glory”. When we … Continue reading
Rosary group?
I’m going to see if I can kick-start a rosary group here. Here’s what those who join it must vow to do– Pray a full rosary once a week (I waver to a more traditional side so this involves just … Continue reading
The rosary
I wanted to write this for people unfamiliar with the rosary. It is a very beautiful devotion though often misunderstood. The rosary is quite a scriptural prayer and takes on the prophetic narrative of the 150 Psalms and how they … Continue reading
That little word “until”
Matthew 1:24-25 – “he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son” (NRSV-CE) It is well-known by virtually everyone except for a select group of Protestants and a certain crazy liberal … Continue reading