Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin – ...

A scared image of Mary and a young Jesus has captured global attention after it mysteriously started producing streams of myrrh. Myrrh, one of the three gifts brought by the Wise Men, is a gum resin ...

Mary, the mother of our Lord, occupies a complicated place in today’s world. In some Christian traditions, especially Roman Catholicism, she is elevated beyond what Scripture supports. Protestants, ...

On Marian feast days, we wear blue. I can’t stop myself from thinking this little phrase whenever I dress for one of the many feasts in the Catholic Church that are attributed to Mary. Blue is the ...