I know that when I was a Protestant, and truthfully for many years after I converted, I could not understand why on earth anyone would pray the rosary. The only reasons I could come up with like, it must be because their mother taught them, or because Sister Mary Margaret Perpetua of the Sacred Whatevers […]

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Since Behold Your Mother is doing a Mary Moments Carnival on the rosary, I thought that nowmight be a good time to re-post this for those of you who haven’t seen it before.
The husband of one of our members at the Catholic Spitfire Grill (you’re welcome to join us!) has opined that the fact there are more Hail Mary’s than […]

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That Mary remained virgin both before and after the birth of Jesus is dogma of the Catholic Church. What is not dogma is under what circumstances she chose to be a virgin all of her life. Catholics believe that the NT indicates her intention of remaining virgin based on her response to the angel Gabriel […]

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The post I made the other day about "Catholic" jewelry and my reasons for wearing the jewelry that I do and those reasons having to do with my relationship with Jesus and what He has called me to do in my life and not Mary-worship or other superstitious stuff, sparked a conversation on the Catholic […]

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