Edward P Sri

Knowing Mary Through the Bible

Mary and the Serpent
The Catholic Church calls the famous passage of Genesis 3:15 the Protoevangelium (which means "first Gospel"), for it is "the first prophetic announcement of the Messiah and Redeemer" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 410). Unfortunately, most Biblical scholars today reject a messianic interpretation of this text. There are three dominant views that say Genesis 3:15 is not a prophecy about the Messiah: 1) the "etiology" view; 2) the never-ending battle view; and 3) the collective view. More

More Knowing Mary Through the Bible

1. The Original Mary: Our Lady's Life Before the Annunciation
2. A Closer Look at the Annunciation to Mary
3. Mary’s Question - A Vow?
4. New Wine, New Eve
5. The Spousal Meaning of Mary's Last Words
6. Behold Your Mother
7. Mary's Holy Hour
8. Decoding the Woman of the Apocalypse
9. Mary's Queenship in Revelation 12
10. Praying the Hail Mary Like Never Before

Love and Responsibility

1. The Foundation of Friendship
2. Beyond the Sexual Urge
3. Avoiding Fatal Attractions
4. Sense and Sentimentality
5. Understanding the Two Sides of Love
6. Love and . . . Responsibility?
7. Resenting Chastity
8. The Battle for Purity
9. To Inspire Love: A Return to Modesty
10. Men, Women, and Tenderness
11. How Contraception Destroys Love
12. Back to the Garden: Theology of the Body from Eden to Today