But Mary remains here. At Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit descends upon the church, only one woman is named, and she is honored by being the last person to be named. The woman is Mary. A version of this ...

They say, rich or poor, illness is the great leveller. 'They' have not recently spent the night in one of Ireland's busiest public hospitals.

To himself be made by you. The lines are an apt expression of the manifold contradictions embodied in the Christian mythology of Mary. “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea”, a new exhibition ...

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our ...

Mary and these lovely holy women remind us to embrace our feminine genius because that is who we are. As John Paul II put it, “women acknowledge the person, because they see persons with their ...