In Defense of Mary’s Virginity and Marian Devotion

Do Catholics worship Mary? Was Mary always a virgin? All of the Marian dogmas solicit a myriad of rebuttals and some can be difficult to respond to. In this episode, Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle address some of the common arguments against Mary’s perpetual virginity and devotion to Mary. They respond to these arguments by citing both Scripture and Tradition.

Snippet from the Show
When you look at our Lady, you see the masterpiece that God has painted with her life.

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin

"All generations will call me blessed": "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship." The Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. . . . This very special devotion . . . differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration." The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 971).

Scriptures Mentioned

• Luke 2:7 “and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
• Matthew 1:25 “He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.”
• Matthew 13:55 “Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?”
• Matthew 22:32 “‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
• John 2:12 “After this, he and his mother, brothers, and his disciples went down to Capernaum and stayed there only a few days”
• Galatians 1:19 “But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.”