126: How Scripture Teaches the Immaculate Conception
Don’t think the Bible teaches the Immaculate Conception? Think again. Matthew Leonard shows how this Catholic dogma is present from the beginning to the end of Scripture.
“Full of Grace”: The Power & Purpose of the Immaculate Conception
While I love it now, I didn’t always embrace the the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In fact, before becoming Catholic, I didn’t even understand what it was. I thought the dogma referred to something about Jesus, and how Mary gave birth to him while remaining a virgin. But it doesn’t. It has nothing to […]
How to Make the Rosary Truly Beautiful
It’s actually pretty ridiculous that I pray the rosary daily. After all, when was the last time you saw a Protestant pastor’s kid meditating on a string of well-varnished beads? Like so many others, I was absolutely convinced that praying to Our Lady would punch my one-way ticket to eternal damnation, so I avoided her […]
116: Brant Pitre Reveals the Scriptural Secrets of St. Joseph
Think you’ve heard it all about St. Joseph? Hold that thought. Dr. Brant Pitre is about to blow your mind!
Would Pentecost Have Happened Without Mary?
Have you ever noticed who is almost always shown in the center of a painting of Pentecost? Yep! It’s Mary. Why? Well, Pope St. John Paul II says she was key in making it all happen. “Pentecost is also a fruit of the Blessed Virgin’s incessant prayer,” says the Holy Father, “which is accepted by […]
101: The Virgin Mary & the Catholic Conversion of Harvard Professor Roy Schoeman
I’ve heard a lot of conversion stories…but not like this one. I’m joined on the Art of Catholic by Roy Schoeman, a former atheist/agnostic Harvard professor who not only had a full-on theophany (i.e. appearance of God), but also an apparition of Our Lady at a time when he had zero intention of ever even […]