Madonna and Child with Two Angels
A beautiful young mother, an impish child lifted by grinning angels, a real window behind. Lippi, a friar, painted Mary fully human...
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PROTECTMARY.COM
Revering Our Mother
Not a goddess. Not a rival to Christ. His mother. He asked us to protect her and bring His people home, and that starts with the honor He Himself gives her.
Bouguereau, Regina Angelorum, 1900. Public domain.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN?
Every door is open to you
Come as you are. Bring your questions. She is patient.
I Have Questions
Doubts are welcome here
Honest answers to the most common Protestant objections, offered in a spirit of love, not argument.
Read the answersI Want to Pray
Start right where you are
Learn the Hail Mary, the Rosary, the Memorare, and the Angelus. Simple guides for those just beginning.
Begin prayingI Want to Come Home
The door is always open
If something is drawing you toward the Church, you are not alone. Find a parish near you.
Find your way homePray Your First Hail Mary
One line at a time
A gentle guided walk through the prayer the Bible wrote, with the fear answered honestly. No commitment asked.
Pray it oncePray Your First Rosary
Walk His life with her
The Rosary is the Gospel on a string of beads. We will walk you through your first decade, five minutes, one mystery.
Begin with one decadeAsk For A Prayer
Lay down your burden
Bring your need to the wall and let a community of believers carry it to Heaven beside their own.
Ask for prayerPrayer Wall
No one prays alone here
Read the intentions of those who have come here seeking God. Pray for as many as you are moved to.
Visit the wallPray for Others
Carry a stranger's burden
Join the intercessors who receive real prayer requests and lift the needs of others as their own.
Sign up to prayBring Her Your Heart
For the grieving and the grateful
A page with no argument on it, only a Mother who held her own Son in joy and in sorrow, and understands yours from the inside.
Come to herMary in the Bible
See her in the Scriptures
Walk every place she appears in the word of God, from the first promise in Genesis to her crown in Heaven.
Open the BibleWhen Heaven Came Down
The apparitions, documented
Guadalupe, Lourdes, and Fatima told as true events, with the evidence, the witnesses, and the miracles.
Read the evidenceThey Found Her Too
Skeptics who came to love her
Ministers, scholars, and converts who set out to refute her and ended up calling her mother.
Meet the convertsMary Through the Ages
Her face across the centuries
A gallery of one hundred works of art, from the catacombs to the modern age, each with the story behind it.
Enter the galleryThe Listening Room
The music written for her
Forty of the greatest works ever sung for Mary, from ancient chant to today, each with its story.
Come and listenMary on Film
Her story, told in the dark
The truly reverent films about the Mother of God, with trailers and where to watch each one tonight.
Pick one for tonightHistorical Mary Stories
Her hand across the ages
From Guadalupe to Fatima to the weeping icons, the moments Our Lady made herself known.
Explore the storiesThe Mission
Why we are here
The calling that began this work, the wound behind it, and the promise we made to her Son.
Read the missionShare Your Mary Story
She touched you too
Has Our Lady touched your life? Tell it here, so your story can strengthen someone else's faith.
Share your story"And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home."
John 19:27From the cross, Jesus gave his mother to his beloved disciple. He gives her to you too.
SACRED ART
She has been honored by the greatest artists in history
Raphael, Sistine Madonna, 1512. Public domain.
Why do Catholics honor Mary so deeply?
For two thousand years, the Church has recognized something extraordinary in this woman: that she said yes when the whole of human history hung on her answer. That she carried God in her body. That she stood at the foot of the cross when almost everyone else had fled.
The great masters of Western art saw it. Raphael, Michelangelo, Fra Angelico, Bouguereau, Murillo. They painted her not because the Church commanded it, but because they could not look away.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
You may have heard these before
"Catholics worship Mary. That is idolatry."
"The Bible says Jesus is the only mediator."
"Praying to Mary is praying to the dead."
"Mary was just a vessel. She has no special role now."
Carrying something heavy today?
You do not have to carry it alone. Leave your intention here and we will bring it before God, and ask her to pray with us.
Ask for prayer
Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1531. The image on the tilma of Juan Diego. Public domain.
THE MARIAN RECORD
The History of Our Lady Among Us
For two thousand years she has appeared, intervened, and been honored, and the Church has written it all down. Approved apparitions, documented miracles, weeping icons, healings examined by doctors, and the witnesses who stood there and would not take it back. This is not legend. It is a record, kept honestly, miracle by miracle and century by century. Come and read it.
Explore the History
RECENT ADDITIONS
Recent Additions
The newest to the collection, in art, music, story, and prayer.
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The Cavalcanti Annunciation
Carved, not painted, the angel kneeling and Mary turning with a startled, gracious tenderness, the whole thing washed in gold. The lesson...
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Adoration of the Magi
A golden, jeweled procession of kings arrives, and at the still center Mary calmly presents the Child to be adored. The lesson...
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COMMUNITY PRAYER
The Prayer Wall
Intentions shared by those who have come to ask for prayer.
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FROM THE COMMUNITY
Mary Stories
Personal testimonies from those who have found her, or been found by her.
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FROM THE COMMUNITY
Conversion Stories
Personal testimonies from those who have come home to the faith, or been brought home by her.
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