Category Doctrine

Praying to Saints?

Why do we Catholics ask the Saints in Heaven to pray for us?  Is there any basis for that in the Bible?  Let’s take a look. Should members of the Body of Christ pray for each other? Our non-Catholic friends…

Mary, the new Ark of the Covenant

We celebrate the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God throughout the Latin rite today, at least in the Ordinary form of the liturgy.  In honor of Mary, the Θεοτόκος, the “theotokos” or “God bearer”, I’d like to present a short…

A Layman’s Defense of the Holy Trinity

Consider an infinitely deep well of life giving water.  One can draw water from deeper and deeper in the well, but one will never plumb the depths of it.  A doctrinal Mystery like the Holy Trinity is similar.  One can…