"Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb, and the handmaid and work of his wisdom became the Mother of God." St. Ephraim of Syria, "Songs of Praise," c ...

Nor can we observe Advent without the Blessed Mother. “Among creatures, no one knows Christ better than Mary; no one can introduce us to a profound knowledge of his mystery better than his Mother,” ...

The Feast of the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on March 25 each year. The Feast commemorates the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the ...

The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph ...

When the Most Holy Virgin became three years old, her parents, true to their vow to the Lord to dedicate their child (refer to Sept. 9) to Him, in procession with young maidens "adorned with the ...

A priest who was helping a Baptist woman to understand the perpetual virginity of Mary became a bit frustrated, finally blurting out: “God Himself was in Mary's womb!” In a moment of illumination or ...

The confession that Mary is the Mother of God means Christians do not begin with speculative accounts about God’s existence or nature — for our God is to be found in Mary’s womb. (Kara Gebhardt / ...

ELYRIA -- The faithful flocked to Elyria by the thousands Wednesday for a prediction that the Virgin Mary would appear at Holy Love Ministries. Mary, they believe, appears to visionary Maureen Sweeney ...

" ‘All generations will call me blessed': ‘The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship.' The Church rightly honors ‘the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the ...