When Jesus looked down from the Cross and said, “Woman, behold your son,” He was not suddenly changing the subject to Mary’s living arrangements. He was completing a biblical story that began in the opening chapters of Genesis. The scene at Calvary is filled with typology: a Woman, a Son, a tree, the defeat of…
What would happen if we could walk into a Christian church less than 130 years after the Resurrection of Jesus and watch Christians worship? Would we find something completely unfamiliar? Would we find Christians simply gathering informally, reading Scripture and sharing ordinary bread and wine as symbols? Or would we recognise something remarkably similar to…
One of the most misunderstood titles given to Mary is: Mother of God For many Christians, especially those unfamiliar with Catholic or Orthodox teaching, the title immediately raises questions. How can Mary be the Mother of God? God is eternal. God existed before Mary. Mary did not create God. So what exactly does the Church…
Introduction Why should someone be Catholic? For Catholics, the answer is not simply that Catholicism is an old tradition, a particular style of worship, or the religion into which they happened to be born. The Catholic claim is much greater: Jesus Christ founded a visible Church, gave that Church authority, entrusted His teaching to the…
