Did Mary Have Agency?
by Kirsten SandersIn her new book Women and the Gender of God, Amy Peeler adds contemporary questions of power and consent to the shopworn themes of feminist theology. Continue Reading »
Mary, the Church, Christmas, and Jimmy Lai
by George WeigelAt this Catholic moment, when so many are disturbed by ecclesiastical dysfunction, it is good, at Christmastide, to reflect on Mary and the Church—and on what Mary’s initial act of discipleship, that fiat, means for us today. Continue Reading »
St. Ambrose’s Advent Hymn
by E. J. HutchinsonHere is a new English verse translation of one of St. Ambrose's most popular compositions, which takes the Incarnation of the Son of God as its theme. Continue Reading »
Man’s Marian Future
by Peter J. LeithartOnly through tribulation does hope have its advent in the world, and all this comes to literal fulfillment in Mary. Continue Reading »
Mary and the Midwife
by Daniel P. MoloneyWhile the theology of the Immaculate Conception wasn't formulated until the Middle Ages, it was widely believed from the earliest days of the Church. Continue Reading »
The Mystery of Litanies
by James Matthew WilsonLitanies are one of my favorite forms of prayer: a rare pleasure that I look forward to on feast days, and a mystery that I sometimes contemplate and try to understand. Continue Reading »
The Gospel According to John and Mary
by Max TorresPakaluk interprets John’s soaring Gospel as informed by conversations he must have enjoyed with Mary over thirty years of living and communing in their common home. Continue Reading »
For Love of Mary
by Darren GeistMy journey to baptism started with a plunge into water. My wife and I were awakened late at night by an odd sound. We stumbled downstairs to investigate, but finding nothing amiss, went back to our room. Then we heard the crash. We jumped up and peered out the windows, but saw only the dark and . . . . Continue Reading »
America As a Catholic Country
by James Matthew WilsonOurs is a Catholic country, not because of what we have done there, but because there has been prepared a place for God to do something. Continue Reading »
What She Asks, She Obtains
by Stephen SchmalhoferThe Virgin's influence extends to American art. Continue Reading »
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