When I began to seriously investigate my faith, one of the things I was really struck by was Pope St. John Paul II’s devotion to Mary. It seemed like every homily he gave and every letter or book he wrote ended with some sort of recourse to the Mother of God. When I began to […]
Audacious Faith: “He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit”
Scripture begins with the story of a man and a woman saying a definitive “no” to their creator, rejecting not only God’s one direction to them (don’t eat the fruit!), but also rejecting their Creator Himself. It’s fitting, therefore, that our redemption really takes shape as a woman and then a man make the opposite […]
Unfolding Scripture: God’s Covenant with Adam
The Bible is a book that can be difficult to make sense of – which is why having a mental map of some sort to make sense of it is so important. One of my favorite ways to look at this comes from Dr. Scott Hahn, one of my professors from Franciscan University, who sees […]