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G.K. Chesterton's Lepanto wrote:
The North is full of tangled things and texts and aching eyes,
And dead is all the innocence of anger and surprise,
And Christian killeth Christian in a narrow dusty room,
And Christian dreadeth Christ that hath a newer face of doom,
And Christian hateth Mary that God kissed in Galilee
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Mark Shea arguably saved the most important book of his Marian trilogy for the end. In his first two volumes of Mary, Mother of the Son, Mr Mark Shea has made the case that
Catholic piety and teaching towards Mary come not from pagan sources, but rather from sacred Tradition, and that
the particular Marian Dogmas are not just about Mary, but about Christ, His Church, and the destiny of mankind. Now, in the conclusion to his apologetics trilogy, he gives us "Miracles, Devotion, and Motherhood." Whereas the previous two volumes were concerned with defending the Catholic teachings and piety surrounding our Lady, the third volume is more dedicated to the practice and meaning of those devotions in the life of the Church.
This is not to say that there aren't some corruptions of Marian devotion. This, Mr Shea acknowledges; indeed, he looks at a specific corruption--this one by an ELCA Lutheran parish--in which the "trappings of of the faith" (in this case, the rosary) are turned to idol-worship. Ebenezer Lutheran Church in San Francisco hosts a "Goddess Rosary" service, in which are prayed the "Our Mother" (a distortion of the Our Father) and a decade of "Hail Goddess" (a corruption of the "Hail Mary").
Read the rest at the Nicene Guys site.
Tags: Our-Lady Apologetics Books
