The Hail Mary is divided into two parts: 1. Who Mary is. 2. Our prayer to Mary. Below the Hail Mary is examined line by line."Hail Mary, full of Grace"Scripture: Luke 1:28 (Hail, full of Grace)Explanation: The Angel Gabriel greets Mary with a very respectful greeting used for royalty. The...
“You Shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is the water under the earth; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God….” (Ex 20:3-5).Many Protestant Christians will accuse...
When a person is baptized, they become part of the mystical body of Christ. A Christian is connected spiritually to other Christians through their baptism. Since Christianity is a communal faith, we are supposed to help each other spiritually and physically. The Bible tells Christians to pray for one another...
Why does the Catholic Church teach that she only had Jesus and no other children? Matthew 13: 55-56 states, “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brethren James and Joseph and Simon and Jude? And are not all his sisters with us?”Reading...
No, this is not true. Catholics honor (or venerate) the Blessed Mother; they do not worship her. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (the official teaching of the Church) teaches that worship (or adoration) is meant for God alone. Catholics, as well as the Orthodox and some older Protestant groups,...
The Pope (Bishop of Rome) is the leader of over 1.2 Billion Catholics worldwide. He unites and Shepard’s the Universal Church. The Holy Father, as the Vicar of Christ, leads and guides Jesus’ Church until Our Lord’s Second Coming. Unfortunately, Non-Catholic Christians disagree with the office of the Pope or...
A1. She brought the Savior into the World Mary said Yes! In Luke 1:26-35, The Angel Gabriel appeared to the young Mary and said that she would conceive a child and He will be called “The Son of the Most High.” Mary had free will like all of us, she...
Not only was the Sacrament of Confession believed and practiced by the Apostles and is explicitly mentioned in the Bible, the early Church Fathers believed and taught Confession as well. The early Church Fathers are the clergy, leaders, teachers, apologists, and evangelists of the first couple of centuries of Christianity....
A common question asked regarding Confession is, “Why should I confess to a Priest when I can pray directly to God?” Our God is a God of intercession. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, God has used many Prophets and Angels to reveal truth. God used sinful, imperfect men to...
Often enough, the sacrament of confession is misunderstood by Non-Catholics and Catholics alike. Some people feel that confession to a priest is unnecessary when they can just pray to God, while others believe that confession is unbiblical, even going so far as to say that the Catholic Church invented confession...
