Catholic Made Simple

  Hello friends! And welcome to the Catholic Made Simple blog! With this blog, I am just attempting to make Catholic teachings as simple and interesting as I can! They are not meant to be exhaustive defenses, just enough information to clarify things! I hope to help you discover the truth of the faith, especially as it is laid out in Scripture. Want clarification and Biblical support on a Catholic topic? Leave a comment! "Soooo..... You're tellin' me that even though Mary was pregnant and had a baby, she was a virgin her whole life?" Yep! What's the Scoop? Today's topic is Mary's Virginity. The Catholic Church believes that Mary was a virgin before Jesus' birth, as well as after. The Church agrees with St. Augustine, when he says: Mary "remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin" (CCC 2692). Mary's virginity is a sign of her com...

 Hello friends! And welcome to the Catholic Made Simple blog! With this blog, I am just attempting to make Catholic teachings as simple and interesting as I can! They are not meant to be exhaustive defenses, just enough information to clarify things! I hope to help you discover the truth of the faith, especially as it is laid out in Scripture. Want clarification and Biblical support on a Catholic topic? Leave a comment! What's the Scoop? Today's topic is "Intercession." The Catholic Church teaches that in prayer, "The pilgrim Church is associated with that of the Saints, whose intercession she asks" (CCC 2692). This just means that the Church believes that those who have died and gone to Heaven, are still accessible and in communion to those on earth (the pilgrim Church). The Church believes it is good to ask for their prayers in the exact same way one would ask an earthly friend to pray for them! Some non-Catholics disagree with Intercession because they be...